A sore point
Meaning : A matter which irritates
A square deal
Meaning : Good behaviour
A square meal
Meaning : Full/Complete meal
A square peg in a round hole
Meaning : A misfit
A stalking horse
Meaning : Conceal a secreat project
A standing army
Meaning : Permanent army
A standing order
Meaning : An order to pay which the bank pays automatically
A stepping stone
Meaning : A step of progress
A stiff-necked person
Meaning : A man with ego
A still tongue keeps a wise head
Meaning : Wise people don't talk much
A stone's throw
Meaning : A short distance
A stone's throw of
Meaning : At a short distance from
A storm in a tea-cup
Meaning : A lot of enticement and discussion about a trivial matter
A straight play
Meaning : A serious play with light entertainment
A straw vote
Meaning : An unofficial opinion poll
A stumbling block
Meaning : Barrier
A sweeping statement
Meaning : Leaving out details
A talk of the town
Meaning : A person or event which excities much attention
A tall order
Meaning : A task which is difficult
A tall talk
Meaning : To boast or exaggerated story telling
A Taste Of Your Own Medicine
Meaning : When you are mistreated the same way you mistreat others
A thankless task
Meaning : Prize less
A thorn in one' flesh
Meaning : Reason of worry
A thorn in one's flesh
Meaning : A source of irritation
A thorn in the flesh
Meaning : unwanted guest
A thumb nail sketch
Meaning : A small scale drawing
A tight squeeze
Meaning : To be very crowded
A token strike
Meaning : A short strike held as a warning
A Toss-Up
Meaning : A result that is still unclear and can go either way
A tough luck
Meaning : Bad Luck
A tower of strength
Meaning : A person who can be relied upon
A turn coat
Meaning : Party defector
A turncoat
Meaning : A politician who changes sides
A turning point
Meaning : A new turn
A twice-told tale
Meaning : A well known story
A universal rule
Meaning : One which can be applied without exception
A Utopian scheme
Meaning : An unrealistic good scheme
A vested interest
Meaning : A connection with some enterprises with personal gain
A vexed question
Meaning : Dispute but which remains unresolved
A walk over
Meaning : Winning easily
A wet blanket
Meaning : One who kills joy
A white elephant
Meaning : Costly affair
A white lie
Meaning : A lie that is told to avoid offending someone or hurting his / her feelings
A white paper
Meaning : A government report
A white-collar worker
Meaning : An office worker
A wild goose chase
Meaning : Useless search
A word in season
Meaning : Advice or warning given at the right time
A yes-man
Meaning : Someone who tries to get approval by agreeing with everyone.
ABC
Meaning : Primary education
Abide by
Meaning : Be faithful, To keep
Abound in
Meaning : Full
About face
Meaning : Change their position on an issue
Above all
Meaning : More than everything else
Above board
Meaning : Honest, Fair, Upright.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder
Meaning : Their love grows stronger
According to
Meaning : As wished
Achilles's heel
Meaning : Weakness
Acid test
Meaning : To refer to something as the acid test means that it will prove how effective or useful something is.
Across the board
Meaning : Including everyone or everything
Act of God
Meaning : This term refers to a natural event or accident, for which no person is responsible (such as an earthquake, lightning and similar acts of nature).
Act up
Meaning : Cause annoyance through awkward behavior
Actions Speak Louder Than Words
Meaning : It's better to actually do something than just talk about it
Adam’s ale
Meaning : Pure and clean water
Add fuel to fire
Meaning : To ignite
Add Fuel To The Fire
Meaning : Whenever something is done to make a bad situation even worse than it is
Add fuel to the flames
Meaning : If you add fuel to the flames, you say something that makes a difficult situation worse.
Add up
Meaning : Make sense
Add up to something
Meaning : Amount to
Addicted to
Meaning : In habit of a bad thing
Adding salt to the wound
Meaning : The situation worse or cause people to suffer more
Adhoc
Meaning : For a specific purpose
Affiliate to
Meaning : Attach to
Afraid of one's own shadow
Meaning : A person who is afraid of their own shadow is very nervous or easily frightened.
After a fashion
Meaning : To a certain degree, not satisfactorily
After all
Meaning : As because
After once heart
Meaning : To one will
After your own heart
Meaning : Thinks the same way as you
Again and Again
Meaning : Repeatedly
Against The Clock
Meaning : Rushed and short on time
Against the grain
Meaning : Contrary to somebody’s wish and principles
Against time
Meaning : With utmost speed
Agree with someone
Meaning : Suit someone's else
Agreed to differ
Meaning : Gave up trying to convince each other
Air your dirty laundry in public
Meaning : To reveal aspects of your private life
Alive and kicking
Meaning : Fit and fine
All (other) things being equal
Meaning : This expression refers to a probable situation if in all other ways the conditions remain unchanged or equal.
All - round
Meaning : Having ability in many departments
All agog
Meaning : Full of vigor
All and sundry
Meaning : every one without exception
All Bark And No Bite
Meaning : When someone is threatening and/or aggressive but not willing to engage in a fight
All bets are off
Meaning : Agreements that have been made no longer apply
All ears
Meaning : To say that you are all ears means that you are listening very attentively.
All eyes
Meaning : Eagerly watching
All eyes on me
Meaning : Everyone is paying attention to them
All fool's day
Meaning : First of April
All Greek
Meaning : Unable to understand any thing.
All Greek to me
Meaning : Meaningless and incomprehensible like someone who cannot read, speak, or understand any of the Greek language would be
All heart
Meaning : Very kind and generous
All hell broke loose
Meaning : To say that all hell broke loose means that there was a sudden angry, noisy reaction to something.
All in all
Meaning : The most important and powerful person
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