All Idioms
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Meaning: Describe something with total accuracy.
Example: Your analysis really hit the nail on the head. Read more ➺
Meaning: abandon taking responsibility for someone or something
Example: That job did no good to me. I washed my hands of it few months back and joined another one. Read more ➺
Meaning: inform someone forcefully to stay at a distance
Example: The board was placed near the manhole to warn off the kids from playing there. Read more ➺
Meaning: extract something beneficial from an unwelcome obligation
Example: It's was a long journey from Delhi to Australia so I thought I would make a virtue of necessity and write some articles that had to be submitted to the magazines. Read more ➺
Meaning: a person who deceives you after receiving help from you
Example: I got my friend a good position in my company and all he did is convinced my manager to get him the designation I had in the project. He was no more than a viper in my bosom. Read more ➺
Meaning: something that is very different from something else
Example: The apartment they live in now is a far cry from the huge mansion they once used to have. Read more ➺
Meaning: to hear rumours about something
Example: I heard on the grapevine that he was being promoted, but I don't know anything further. Read more ➺
Meaning: to be ill or feel ill
Example: I did not go to work today, as I was feeling a bit under the weather. Read more ➺
don’t put all your eggs in one basket
Meaning: don't make everything dependent on one thing
Example: It would be better if you applied to several companies instead of just one; don't put all your eggs in one basket. Read more ➺
drastic times call for drastic measures
Meaning: extreme circumstances can only be resolved by equally extreme actions
Example: After the company had posted losses for the third consecutive year, the board decided to replace all of its top management. After all, drastic times call for drastic measures. Read more ➺
