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A big gun

A famous personality

A cakewalk

An easy task

A cat and dog’s life

A useless life

A child’s play

An easy task

A close shave

A narrow escape

A dog in the manger policy

One who neither wants to eat nor let others eat

A dog’s life

Life of strife

A fair deal

An honest work

A fair weather friend

One who does not support in rainy days

A far cry

Unreachable thing

A fish out of water

Life that is very difficult to live

A foul play

Dishonest work

A good turn

A good change

A hard nut to crack

Difficult work/person

A last resort

Last chance

A leap in the dark

To guess

A matter of life and death

Do or die

A nine days wonder

Few days’ richness

A red letter day

Important day

A shot in the dark

To fluke

A white elephant

The costliest thing

A wild goose chase

Useless effort

Above board

An honest man

Against a rainy day

For future

All in all

The chief

An axe to grind

To make own profit while ignoring others

An eyewash

Cheating

Appear out of nowhere

Appear suddenly

Apple of discord

Reason for quarrel

Apple of one’s eye

Loved one

As per

According to

At a glance

At one sight

At a loss

At a loss

At a snail’s pace

Very slowly

At a stone throw distance

The nearest

At any cost

somehow

At large

absconding

At sixes and seven

scattered

At stake

At risk

At the eleventh hour

At last moment

At the mercy of

Depends on somebody

At the most

More and more

Bag and baggage

Luggage

Bang one’s head against the wall

Fail to make somebody understand

Be afraid of one’s shadow

To fear too much

Be at crossroads

Try two things at same time

Be at the bottom of

Be the reason of

Be in one’s blood

To have relationship with

Be poles apart

Totally different

Beat about the bush

To talk uselessly

Behind bars

In lock up

Between the devil and the deep sea

Confused

Birds of feather

Of same quality

Bit by bit

Slowly

Black and white

In written

Blow one’s own trumpet

To boast of oneself

Bone of contention

Reason for fighting

Break into laughter

To laugh

Break into tears

To weep

Breathe new life into

To give somebody a new life

Breathe one’s last

To take last breath

Bring to light

To bring in front of people

Broad day light

publicly

Build castles in the air

To boast

Burn the candle at both ends

To work hard tirelessly

Burn the midnight oil

To work hard

Burning question

Common problem

Burst into tears

To weep

By and large

On the whole

By courtesy of

Because of somebody

By dint of

Due to

By fair means of foul

Anyhow

By fits and starts

Irregularly

By hook or crook

Anyhow

By leaps and bounds

Progress regularly

Cash it on

To make the most of

Cast a spell on

To do magic

Cast/draw lots

To throw chits

Castles in the air

To boast

Catch sight of

To see somebody suddenly

Chicken hearted

Coward

Child’s play

An easy task

Cock and bull story

A fake story

Come down to earth

To behave as common man

Come into effect with

To apply

Come off with flying colours

To succeed

Come to an end

To get finished

Come with flying colours

To return confidently

Crocodile tears

Pretend to be sad

Cross one’s mind

To meet with an idea

Cry one’s heart out

To cry wholeheartedly

Cut and dried

Cooked food

Cut coat according to one’s cloth

To spend according to the capacity

Double dealing

To cheat

Fancy price

Highest price

Far and near

From everywhere

Far and wide

From everywhere

First and foremost

Before everything

Flatter the fool

To listen to the fool in urgency

For good

Forever

For the time being

At present

From hand to mouth

Hardly earn two square meal per day

From head to toe

Completely

From scratch

From the beginning

From the bottom of one’s heart

Thank somebody whole heartedly

Get into one’s head

To trouble somebody

Get off a flying start

Good start

Get things off one’s chest

To lighten the weight off somebody

Get to the bottom of

To find out the reason

Give and take policy

To receive and pay

Give up

To lose

Go without saying

Don’t take interest in

Good for nothing

Useless

Good offices

Recommendation

Grasp at straws

To use even the smallest thing

Hang heavily

Trouble

Hang in the balance

Confused

Hard and fast

Not particular

Hard up

Short of

Have an eye for

Know how to evaluate a thing

Have designs of

Have the qualities of

Have the makings of

Have the qualities of

Heap coals of fire

To do good in return of bad

Heart to heart

Open discussion

Henpecked husband

One who blindly follows one’s wife

Herculean task

Difficult work

High time

Right time

Hue and cry

Noise

In a nutshell

In brief

In addition to

Apart from that

In any case

Anyhow

In cold blood

Angrily

In dirt cheap

Things at the cheapest rate

In full swing

From every side

In high spirits

Full of confidence

In hot water

In trouble

In less than no time

Quickly

In mint condition

Brand new thing

In no case

In any case

In opposition to

On the contrary

In passing

During conversation

In that case

In that case

In the dark

To make somebody unclear

In the heat of the moment

At right time

In the interest of

In favour of

In the limelight

Famous

In the nick of time

At right time

In the nick of time

Quickly

In the prime of

Good form

Ins and outs

Completely

Just round the corner

Nearby

Keep an eye on somebody

To watch somebody

Keep pace with

To walk with somebody

Keep up one’s spirits

To encourage

Kith and kin

Relatives

Laughing stock

A thing/person to laugh at

Lay down one’s arms

To surrender

Lay down one’s life

To sacrifice life

Learn the hard way

To learn from troubles

Leave in the lurch

To leave in between

Level with the ground

To destroy somebody Or something

Lick one’s boots

To flatter somebody

Lion’s share

Major share

Look daggers at

To look down upon

Lose one’s heart to

To love somebody

Lose one’s life

To sacrifice life

Make a spectacle

To publicize somebody

Make headway

To progress

Make or break

To do or did

Make out

Understand

Make the best of

To avail the opportunity

Make up one’s mind

To be ready

Make up with

To friends with somebody

Man of letters

Knowledgeable

Man of straw

Useless

Meet somebody halfway

To meet somebody on the way

Mess around here and there

To roam

Milk and water policy

Weak policy

Neck and neck

Equally

Nook and corner

Everywhere

Not bat an eyelid

To get shocked

Off and on

Often

Off hand

Without preparation

Old head on young shoulders

More intelligent than others

On account of

Due to something/somebody

On behalf of

From somebody or something

On dot

On right time

On the contrary

Opposite to that

On the first water

Sure

On the last legs

In last time

On this side of the grave

About to die

Once in a blue moon

Rarely

Open secret

Fact which is known to everybody

Order of the day

Common thing

Out and out

Completely

Out of order

Not working

Out of the questions

Impossible thing

Over and above

On the whole

Over head and ears

Completely

Owing to

Due to

Pay homage

To honour somebody after death

Play a double game

To have dual attitude

Play truant

To bunk from school

Play with fire

To take risk

Point blank

Clearly

Put on the market

To bring to sell

Put pen to paper

To write

Put someone on a pedestal

To boast of somebody

Put to the sword

To kill somebody

Put up a fight

To fight

Raise the roof

To trouble somebody

Ready money

Cash

Rise with the lark

To get up early

Round the clock

Whole day

Rub salt onto wound

To add to somebody problem

Run over

To be crushed

Run through

To waste money

Safe and sound

Safe

Save one’s skin

To protect oneself

See eye to eye

To have same views

See off

To say goodbye

Sell like hot cakes

To sell quickly

Set by the ears

To abet somebody

Set in

To begin

Set up house

To build

Settle the score

To equal the score

Shed light on

To put something to light

Shout someone down

To shout at somebody

Show a clean pair of heel

Not to support in rainy days

Show one’s teeth

To threaten somebody

Show the white feather          

To show cowardice

Slip of the pen or tongue

Mistake in either writing or speaking

Smell a rat

To suspect somebody

Sooner or later

One of the day

Sow the dragon’s teeth

Sow poison

Speak highly of

To praise somebody

Spick and span

Quick and confident

Stab in the back

To deceive somebody

Stand on one’s legs

To become independent

Strike the iron while it is hot

To make the most of

Sum and substance

Conclusion

Take effect

To get applied

Take for aside

To use as another option

Take ill

Mind the things

Take leave of one’s senses

To go mad

Take something For granted

Take something Non-seriously

Take the bread out of one’s mouth

Don’t let anybody eat.

Take the law into one’s hand

Not to follow the law and order

Take to

To start

Take up arms

To raise voice against somebody

The green eyed monster

Who is jealous of others

Then and there

On the spot

Through and through

Completely

Through thick and thin

In all the condition

Throughout the day

The whole day

Throw dust in one’s eyes

To cheat somebody

Throw mud at somebody

To blame somebody

Thrust one’s nose into

To interfere in others’ life

Time and again

Again and again

Tip of an iceberg only

Merely beginning

To add fuel to fire

To add more trouble

To and fro

Here and there

To be dashed to the ground

To be destroyed

To begin with

To start

To bell the cat

To take risk

To bite bosom

To bother somebody

To born with a silver spoon

To bear rich

To break the ice

To disturb somebody

To burn the candle at both ends

To work tirelessly

To bury the hatchet

The solve the disputes

To call a spade a spade

To speak truth

To call names

To  mis name somebody

To carry the day

To win something

To catch red handed

To catch somebody doing something

To come into force

To get applied

To come to a standstill

To get stopped

To come to blows

To be hit hard

To come to grief

To become unhappy

To come to light

To come in public

To cry over split milk

To weep after everything robbed

To cut no ice

Not to put any hard work

To die in harvest

To die working hard without being rewarded

To do away with

To leave something

To eat one’s words

Not to tell complete things

To end in smoke

To get spoilt

To face music

To face trouble

To fall short of

To have deficit of

To feather one’s own nest

To make own profit

To feel at home

To feel comfortable

To find fault with

To hold somebody responsible

To flog a dead horse

To waste energy

To follow the footsteps of

To follow somebody

To get into hot water

To put one into trouble

To get through fire and water

To face trouble

To get wind of

To get to know

To gird up one’s lions

To be ready for the competition

To give oneself airs

To put somebody on pedestal

To go to the dogs

To go to hell

To go without saying

To get disappointed

To grease the palm of

To bribe somebody

To have a hand in

To become the reason for

To hit below the belt

To cheat somebody

To hold good

To have command

To hold one’s tongue

To control

To keep abreast of

To walk along with something

To keep an eye on

To watch somebody/something

To keep body and soul together

To live

 To keep fingers crossed

To expect good

To keep pace with

To go along with something

To kick up a row

To fight

To leave no stone unturned

To do the best

To look down upon

To hate somebody

To make both ends meet

To earn livelihood

To make mountain of a mole hill

To exaggerate the things

To make neither head nor tail

Not to take definite stand

To nip in the bud

To stop in the beginning

To one’s heart content

To do till one wants

To pick a quarrel

To fight with somebody

To play in the hands of

To learn from somebody

To solve riddle

To solve the doubts

To take advantage of

To misuse somebody

To take pains

To sacrifice

To take to task

To take in hands

To tell upon

To effect somebody

To the best of one’s ability

To try best

To turn the table

To change the situation

To worship the rising sun

To support the winner

Try one’s best

To try up to one’s best extent

Turn a deaf ear

Not to pay any heed

Turn over a new leaf

To start again

Turn tail

Run away cowardly

Turn the other cheek

To let somebody beat you

Under lock and key

Safe

Under one’s nose

In front of somebody

Under to cloud

Under suspicion

Underway

Work in progress

Up to the mark

Almost 100%

Wash one’s dirty clothes in public

To publicise the things

Weal and woe

Happy and unhappiness

White lie

Lie

Wipe off the map

To destroy

With bated breath

With open eyes

With God grace

Blessing of God

With might and main

With full power

With open arms

With great respect

Without fail

Successfully

Without fear or favour

Without any discrimination

Wolf in sheep’s clothing

A man in disguise

Worthwhile

Deserving

Worthy of

Deserving

Yes man

Who always says “Yes”

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