Idioms

Idioms Sentences

1. Turn a deaf ear: He turned a deaf ear to my advice.

2. Turn over the new leaf: It is never too late to turn over the new leaf.

3. Turn the tables on: The clever fellow turned the tables on his opponents.

4. To be in one’s good books: Ahmed is in teacher’s good books.

5. A maiden speech: His maiden speech highly impressed the audience.

6. An open secret: This document is an open secret.

7. Hue and cry: The students raised hue and cry in the classroom.

8. Tooth and nail: You must fight tooth and nail to pass the exam.

9. Black and white: He was offered the terms of job in black and white.

10. A burning question: Kashmir issue is a burning question between India and

Pakistan.

11. Odds and ends: I found an interesting book among odds and ends of the

house.

12. Ups and down: Man undergoes different ups and downs during the life.

13. The lion’s share: The eldest son got the lion’s share of his father’s property.

14. To be at loss: I am at loss to know what to do.

15. Add insult to injury: The company terminated his job and to add insult to

injury, refused to pay his post service benefits.