All Idioms
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Meaning: certain actions or activities cannot be performed alone - they need two people to participate
Example: Don't blame me for the argument. It takes two to tango! You are equally responsible. Read more ➺
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 ➺
