May 5, 2011

Idioms and phrase

  1. Let that sink in.
  2. We decided on changing the date.
  3. Let-up : A pause or reduction in the intensity of something. Strauss promises no let-up in 2nd Test.
  4. Stay put: remain in a fixed or established position.
  5. Hang on: To keep a telephone connection open
  6. Hang up: To end a telephone conversation.
  7. Hang in: To persevere.
  8. Hangover: Disagreeable aftereffects from the use of drugs (especially alcohol). Something that has survived from the past.
  9. Stand someone up: It has the idea that he let me down or he failed to come to meet me although we had agreed to meet, e.g., He stood me up.
  10. Cut loose: To speak or act without restraint
  11. He panned out as cricketer. Pan out: to be successful, to turn out well.
  12. Hit the doldrums around: A period of depression or unhappy listlessness.
  13. The kick-off meeting starts on 10AM Monday. kick-off: A start of an event or activity.
  14. How about planning on lunch around afternoon.
  15. Tom Cruise cracked up on Oprah show. To experience or cause to experience a great deal of amusement: really cracked up when I heard that joke. To laugh or cause to laugh uproariously or uncontrollably
  16. Each was modeled on the posh English Public School System.
  17. Butt in: To interfere or meddle in other people's affairs. Sorry to butt in.
  18. Fall-out : The adverse side effects or results of a situation. A fallout between senior Zimbabwean players and administrators led to an exodus of its top cricketers and the self-imposed exile.
  19. Dereliction: The state of having been abandoned and become dilapidated. The shameful failure to fulfill one's obligations.
  20. Count in: include, you can count me in.
  21. Count on: rely, depend. You can count on me.
  22. Stuck in a rut:  a habit or pattern of behavior that has become dull and unproductive but is hard to change
  23. Run-of-the-mill: everyday, ordinary item that does not stand out from the rest. When used for person it signifies that someone not notable.
  24. Cut through the garden and the building will be on your right
  25. Last week since we couldn't finish Jitendra Malik's podcast, we will pick up where we left off.
  26. Sure, some things still slip through the cracks — but even those mistakes have really good reasons! Jane never does anything like that.
  27.  Last week since we couldn't finish Jitendra Malik's podcast, we will pick up where we left off.
  28. Take a dig at (someone or something): To make a mocking, sarcastic, or insulting remark, gibe, or criticism at someone's or something's expense.
  29. Fear sets in
  30. Bail-on: To ditch or pull-out of something. Bailed on my friend: failed to meet an appointment
  31. I had to resurface again after disappearance
  32. Someone inspires fear
  33. Duck out of the class
  34. Heads up on a exam
  35. Blow up
  36. Tire popped and he came back home
  37. He has put on some weight lately.
  38. Keep an eye on it so that they do not wander off. 
  39. Between Scylla and Charybdis: it was referred to as, between and scylla and charybdis, Back in the days of ancient Greece, if a person was faced with two equally disastrous or perilous choice 
  40. Throw back out: "I can't walk after I threw my back out" - Payton


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