List - 5
81. To
hope against hope ( to hope even when the case is almost hopeless
)
** He has made no preparation
for the examination yet he hopes against hope that he will pass.
82. To
have clean hands ( to be perfectly innocent )
** He has nothing to fear as he
has clean hands.
83. To
hold one's tongue ( to stop talking )
** His father was speaking. So
he had to hold his tongue.
84. To
have the gift of the gab ( to have a talent for speaking )
** Mr. Sharma has the gift of
the gab, so he has risen in the eyes of the public.
85. To
hit below the belt ( to play foul )
** Please try to convince me, Do
not hit below the belt.
86. To
have a finger in every pie ( to mendle in every affair )
** It is not a good habit to
have a finger in every pie.
87. To
join the majority ( to die )
** Everyone has to join the
majority one day or the other.
88. To
keep the wolf from the door ( to avoid starvation )
** He works day and night to
keep the wolf from the door.
89. To
keep abreast of ( to go with the time )
** We must keep abreast of time.
90. To
kill two birds with one stone ( to succeed in two things by making one
effort )
** To help the poor is to do
both social and national service. It is just killing two birds with one stone.
91. To
keep another in dark ( to keep in ignorance )
** He does not say what he is
going to do. He keeps another in the dark.
92. To
keep pace with ( to go with the same speed as others )
** India should keep pace with
the other forward countries of the west.
93. To
laugh in one's sleeves ( to laugh secretly )
** When Mr. Sharma began to
boast himself, I laughed in my sleeves.
94. To
leave one in lurch ( to desert a person in a difficult situation )
** When his friend needed help,
he left him in lurch.
95. To leave
the beaten track ( to do something uncommon )
** I am a man of progressive
views. So I want to leave the beaten track.
96. To
leave no stone unturned ( to use all possible means )
** He left no stone unturned to
please his employer.
97. To
let the cat out of the bag ( to disclose a secret )
** Pakistan is supporting
infiltrators, but it does not let the cat out of the bag.
98. To
lead a cat and dog life ( to be always quarreling )
** Ramesh and his wife are
leading a cat and dog life.
99. To
lick the dust ( to come to humiliation )
** Ibrahim Lodi had to lick the
dust in the first battle of Panipat with Babar.
100. To lend a
hand ( to help )
** We should lend a hand to the
poor.
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