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Important Idioms (from past papers)

1. YEAR 2004
(GROUP I)
(i) Bear
up
(ii) Die out
(iii) Come to
(iv) Vest in
(v) Damocles' sword
(vi) Feather in one's
cap
(vii) Gift of the gab
(viii) A fishy story
(ix) Stand of
ceremony
(x) Make a bee line
for

2. YEAR 2004
(GROUP II)

(i) Do up (ii) Get

away with
(iii) Live by
(iv) At loggerheads
(v) Out of bounds
(vi) Play upon
(vii) As the crow
flies
(viii) The under dog
(ix) The school
master is abroad
(x) A blue stocking

3. YEAR 2005
(GROUP I)

(i) Bring forth

(ii) Die down
(iii) Go against
(iv) Knock about
(v) House of cards
(vi) Laughing stock
(vii) Nip in the bud
(viii) Play truant
(ix) Keep one's
fingers crossed

By: Mehfooz Ahmed

(x) Have a bee in

one's bonnet

4. YEAR 2005
(GROUP II)

(i) Stick to
(ii) Stand out
(iii) Run out
(iv) Carry weight
(v) Cut a sorry figure
(vi) Bury the hatchet
(vii) Do up
(viii) Turn coat
(ix) A dark horse
(x) By and large

5. YEAR 2006
(GROUP I)

(i) Bear away

(ii) Accede to
(iii) Act for
(iv) Make at
(v) A dog in the
manger
(vi) A labour of love
(vii) The Old Adam
(viii) Boil over
(ix) Do away with
(x) Fall in with

6. YEAR 2006
(GROUP II)

(i) A bull in a china

shop
(ii) Brevity is the
soul of wit
(iii) Get at the
bottom of
(iv) A cat and dog
life
(v) Speak daggers
(vi) Cut of
(vii) Cry out
(viii) Bear up
(ix) Call God to
witness
(x) Fall across

7. YEAR 2007
(GROUP I)

(i) Look back

(ii) Freudian slip
(iii) Get at
(iv) Drop a line
(v) Deliver the goods
(vi) Cut in
(vii) Cry down
(viii) Bolt from the
blue
(ix) Around the
corner
(x) At a stretch

8. YEAR 2007
(GROUP II)

(i) Go back upon

(ii) Get into a scrape
(iii) Break away
(iv) Buy of
(v) Confide to
(vi) Hold of
(vii) Throw cold
water upon
(viii) Fall out with
(ix) Cast about
(x) Hold water

9. YEAR 2008
(GROUP I)

(i) Take down

(ii) Take in
(iii) Throw up
(iv) Stand for
(v) Strike down
(vi) Stand for
(vii) Ring out
(viii) Become a
byword
(ix) Fall foul of
(x) Have no touch
with

10. YEAR 2008

(GROUP II)

(i) Stick to the point

(ii) Hush up
(iii) Bring through

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(iv) Beat back

(v) Die away
(vi) Go about
(vii) Run down
(viii) Broken reed
(ix) Face the music
(x) Flog a dead
horse

11. YEAR 2009

(GROUP I)

(i) Come about

(ii) Fix up
(iii) Look up
(iv) Turn up
(v) Run up against
(vi) Root and branch
(vii) Hang fire
(viii) Kick the bucket
(ix) On the cards
(x) Pull up

12. YEAR 2009

(GROUP II)

(i) Bear out

(ii) Fall out
(iii) Make of with
(iv) Set up for
(v) Round up
(vi) Thumbnail
sketch
(vii) Fishy deal
(viii) In the pipeline
(ix) Rule out
(x) Sit back

13. YEAR 2010

(GROUP I)

(i) Blow out

(ii) Bear up
(iii) Bear with
(iv) Back out
(v) Drop in
(vi) Compare notes
(vii) Crocodile tears
(viii) Follow suit
(ix) Feather in one's
cap
(x) In a mess

14. YEAR 2010

(GROUP II)

By: Mehfooz Ahmed

(i) Blind in
(ii) Back away
(iii) Be up to
(iv) Give up
(v) Go back on
(vi) Fall short of
(vii) Every inch
(viii) For good
(ix) Through thick
and thin
(x) The under dog

(i) Break down

(ii) Bring up
(iii) Pass away
(iv) Make up for
(v) Look down upon
(vi) Oily tongue
(vii) French leave
(viii) Carry the day
(ix) Cat's paw
(x) Out of elbows

(i) Buy of
(ii) Break away
(iii) Turn away
(iv) Hold on
(v) Bear out
(vi) Get into a
scrape
(vii) Confide to
(viii) At a stretch
(ix) Dutch courage
(x) Lame duck

(i) Give up the ghost

(ii) Die in harness
(iii) Cold comfort
(iv) Cock and bull
story
(v) Cut to the quick
(vi) Come of age
(vii) Get over
(viii) Fall in with
(ix) Make out
(x) Put up with

(i) Stick to
(ii) Stand out
(iii) Bear with
(iv) Back out
(v) Run out
(vi) Compare notes
(vii) Carry weight
(viii) Follow suit
(ix) In cold blood
(x) A block head

(i) Put in
(ii) Make over
(iii) Look into
(iv) Go over
(v) Keep down
(vi) Cat's paw
(vii) For good
(viii) Hard nut to
crack
(ix) Give the devil
his due
(x) In black and
white

15. YEAR 2011

(GROUP I)

16. YEAR 2011

(GROUP II)

17. YEAR 2012

(GROUP I)

(i) Fall out

(ii) Break out
(iii) Get through
(iv) Get over
(v) Make for
(vi) Apple pie order
(vii) At a loss
(viii) Face the music
(ix) Small talk
(x) Work wonders

18. YEAR 2012

(GROUP II)

19. YEAR 2013

(GROUP I)

20. YEAR 2013

(GROUP II)

21. Year 2014

(Group 1)

(i) Creature comforts

(ii) A chip of the old
block
(iii) Under a cloud
(iv) Between two
fires
(v) A bull in China
shop
(vi) Come by

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(vii) Bring under

(viii) Break out
(ix) Bear out
(x) Turn up

22. Year 2014

(Group II)

By: Mehfooz Ahmed

(i) Bring under

(ii) Kick the bucket
(iii) Jed wood justice
(iv) Of hand
(v) In hot water

(vi) To hold water

(vii) Get away
(viii) Go over
(ix) Look for
(x) To let the cat out
of the bag