Some common idioms

Some common idioms Here are some common idioms in English Rise to the occasion When you rise to the occasion, you are able to cope with the circumstances See eye to eye When you not see eye to eye with someone, you not agree with them Fair and square If a deal is fair and square, it is just and honest Flog a dead horse To flog a dead horse is to waste your time and energy on a cause that will not yield any results Face the music To face the music is to face criticism Fan the flame To fan the flame is to make a bad situation worse Feather one’s own nest To feather your own nest is to make yourself rich in ways that are unfair or dishonest From hand to mouth To live from hand to mouth is to live on very little money For good If someone leaves a country for good, they leave for ever To fish in troubled waters To fish in troubled waters is to take undue advantage of others’ problems The gift of gab The gift of gab is the power of speech Grope in the dark To grope in the dark is to search in vain Grease the palm To grease the palm is to give someone money to persuade them to something for you Gird up one’s loins To gird up one’s loins is to prepare oneself for difficult or dangerous actions Stay on top of your writing! Download our grammar guide from www.englishgrammar.org to stay up-to-date Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)