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SSC IDIOMS AND PHRASES-2

Send(one) about one’s business	To send someone away , usually in an unfriendly way
Run in the same groove	Advance in harmony
Wolf in sheep’s clothing	Hypocrite
Chewing the cuds	To muse on, to chat , in an aimless manner
At ease	Embarrassed
Cut corners	Simplify the producers
At the drop of hat	Without delay
Burning question	A widely debated issue
Paddle of own canoe	Depended on himself
At cross purposes	Misunderstanding of  each other’s purposes
In raptures	Very enthusiastic
Out of place	Inappropriate
Gets on nerves	Irritate
Wear heart on sleeves	Exposing innermost feeling to others
Like a duck in a thunderstorm	Distressed
Herculean task	Work required great effort
An eye to the main chance	Object to make money
Make flesh creep	Frightened
Himself to himself	In unsociable
Leave high and dry	To leave some one unsupported and unable to manoeuvre
Call in questions	Challenges
Means business	Earnest /sincere
A left handed compliment	An insincere
Once in a while	Occasionally
Kick heels	waste time
Lying down	To show no reaction
Gone down the drained	Wasted
in the offing	About to start
Design on	To have plans to exploit or somehow  take of someoneadvantage or something
Queer fish	Strange person
Broken reed	A frustrated man
Gather roses only	Seek all the enjoyment of life
At sea	Confused
Lay by the heels	Chance and capture
Hanky‐panky	Jugglery
Stick one’s neck out	To Take a risk
Mare’s nest	A false invention
Back‐chat	Impertinent/disrespectful remarks
Bear in mind	Remember
To cut your teeth	To gain experience
Keeping up appearances	Maintaining outward show
Heads will roll	People will get into serve trouble
Little elbow	Freedom
A bee in bonnet	An obsession about something
Gift of the gab	Fluency of speech
Turn hand	Adapt himself to
Fell flat	Had not effect
Gentleman on large	Has no serious occupation
White elephant	Useless
To let the bygones be bygones	Ignore the past
Come to the crunch	Decisive movement
Keeps a good table	Entertain guest sumptuously
Draw the long bone	Exaggerate
Burn the candle a both end	Overtaxing his energies

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