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LIST OF IDIOMS FOR STUDENTS

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 List of Idioms for Students (50 Idioms List)

LIST OF IDIOMS FOR STUDENTS (50 IDIOMS LIST)

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List of Idioms for Students!

Here is a list of 50 useful idioms for students. This list of idioms are best suitable for students of grade 3 to grade 11.

LIST OF IDIOMS FOR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS

1.      Lead somebody astrayto encourage someone to do immoral things Jack was led astray by some of his friends.
2.      Lead someone by the noseto make a person do whatever one wants She leads her husband by the nose.
3.      Leave in the lurchleave in crisis Do not leave your friends in the lurch.
4.      Leave no stone unturnedto try every possible means She let no stone unturned to pass the examination.
5.      Lend an earto listen in a sympathetic way to sb This kind lady lend an ear to the problems of the poor.
6.      Let sleeping dogs lieavoid troubles He decided to let sleeping dogs not to ask his son about his failure.
7.      Let the cat out of the bagto let a secret become known unintentional I wanted to keep my success a secret for pleasant surprise but my brother let the cat out of the bag.
8.      Let the grass grow under one’s feetto delay or waste time He decided quickly well and does not let the grass grow under his feet.
9.      Lion’s sharethe largest share She got the lion’s share from her husband property.
10.  Live by one’s witso get money by clever means He does not work hard and lives by his wits.
11.  Live from hand to mouthto live by spending all what you earn He earns a little and lives from hand to mouth.
12.  Live in a fool’s Paradiseo be in happy state for foolish reasons To hope to pass the examination without hard work is like to live in a fool’s paradise
13.  Lock, stock and barrelcompletely They shifted their business lock, stock and barrel to a new city.
14.  Long and short of sthstory, in a few words The long and short of the quarrel between the two brothers is that each wants to marry his rich cousin.
15.  Look aheadto think about future After months of work, we looked ahead to summer vacation.
16.  Look sharpto be quick, to hurry Bring me a glass of water and look sharp
17.  Lose groundto lose one’s advantage I think, we are losing ground about this project.
18.  Lose heartto become disappointed We should not lose heart and continue our struggle.
19.  Lose one’s temperto show anger I lost my temper and gave him a blow.
20.  Lose one’s headto become unable to behave sensibly John has lost his head over the matter.

A BIG LIST OF 50+ IDIOMS FOR STUDENTS

21.  Lose sight ofto stop being able to see She lost sight of her child in crowd.
22.  Maiden speechfirst speech She impressed us with her maiden
23.  Maiden voyagefirst sea journey The titanic sank during its maiden voyage.
24.  Make a clean breast of somethingto confess something First he denied his crime but finally, he decided to make a clean breast of it.
25.  Make a mountain out of a molehillto treat a minor as a large one Your son is just late, it does not mean that he has had an accident, you are making a mountain of a molehill.
26.  Make amends forto compensate It is just an accident, but still I am ready to make amends for the damage.
27.  Make both ends meetto live within one’s income It is very difficult for the poor to make both ends meet.
28.  Make fun ofto mock at The whole class made fun of her odd clothes
29.  Make goodto become successful and rich after being poor The man has made good, though he was poor a little while ago.
30.  Make headwayto make progress in spite of difficulties They have made headway towards finding the solution to the problem.
31.  Make light of somethingto treat something as trivial He had a bad fall but he made light of his cuts.
32.  Make neither head nor tailto be completely unable to understand something I could make neither head nor tail of the matter.
33.  Make one’s markto make a strong impression He is making his mark as a good writer.
34.  Make the best of it / a bad job / a bad bargainto try fully to turn failure into success The job was against her taste, but she made the best of it.
35.  Make the most ofto take full advantage of We have got only one day in new York, so we should make the most of it.
36.  Make up one’s mindto decide He has made up his mine to visit Pakistan.
37.  Mark timeto pass the time while you wait for something more interesting He is just marking time in this job, he hopes to be an army officer soon.
38.  Meet somebody halfwayto make a compromise with somebody If you charge somewhat less, I may meet you halfway.
39.  Midsummer madnessextreme folly It would be midsummer madness to oppose the boss for nothing.
40.  Mind one’s own businessto pay attention to one’s own affairs and not to interfere in people’s affairs Do not advise me, mind your own Business.

Also Check: Some Daily life Idioms

41.  Miss the bus/boatto fail to take advantage of an opportunity You will miss the boat if you do not propose to her on her birthday.
42.  More or lessnearly He earns more or less fifty thousand a month.
43.  Move heaven and earthto make full efforts she moved heaven and earth to get her aim.
44.  Neck or nothingrisking everything I drove neck or nothing to reach the examination hall on time.
45.  Next to nothingalmost nothing He knows next to nothing about farming
46.  Nip in the budcrushed at the beginning Nip every evil in the bud.
47.  Now and thenat times Now and then, we meet our old friends
48.  Null and voidnot valid This contract is null and void.
49.  Of one’s own accordto do something without being forced She married Jolly of her own accord.
50.  Off and on / on and offnow and again, sometimes It rained off and on all day long.

 

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