Idioms and Phrasal Verbs
Idioms
|
Sr. No. |
Idiom |
Meaning |
|
1 |
Band-aid solution |
A temporary solution to a problem |
|
2 |
Dress up to the nines |
Wear one’s best clothes |
|
3 |
Foot the bill |
Pay the bill |
|
4 |
Give someone the cold shoulder |
Ignore or reject someone |
|
5 |
Horse sense |
Common sense |
|
6 |
Know one’s onions |
Be skilled and informed |
|
7 |
Long face |
Look sad |
|
8 |
Pink slip |
Job termination letter |
|
9 |
Neck and neck |
A very close race |
|
10 |
Once bitten, twice shy |
Learning from a bad experience |
Idioms
|
Sr. No. |
Idiom |
Meaning |
|
1 |
The best of both worlds |
Enjoy the benefits of two different
opportunities at the same time |
|
2 |
See eye to eye |
Agree with someone |
|
3 |
Once in a blue moon |
An event that happens rarely |
|
4 |
Cost an arm and a leg |
Is very expensive |
|
5 |
Piece of cake |
Is very easy |
|
6 |
Kill two birds with one stone |
Solve two problems at once |
|
7 |
Add insult to injury |
Make a situation worse |
|
8 |
Let the cat out of the bag |
Accidentally reveal a secret |
|
9 |
Hit the nail on the head |
Describe exactly what is causing a
situation or problem |
|
10 |
A hot potato |
An issue that many people are
talking about and is very disputed |
Idioms and Meanings
|
Sr. No. |
Idiom |
Meaning |
|
1 |
In the fast lane |
Living a life filled with excitement |
|
2 |
Lose your marbles |
To go crazy |
|
3 |
Plain as day |
Very clear |
|
4 |
In the nick of time |
Just in time |
|
5 |
Play second fiddle |
To be less important than someone or something else |
|
6 |
Step up your game |
To start performing better |
|
7 |
Straight from the horse’s mouth |
Hear something directly from the person involved |
|
8 |
Take it easy |
Relax |
|
9 |
Tip of the iceberg |
The small, easily visible part of a larger problem |
|
10 |
Up a creek without a paddle |
In an unlucky or bad situation with no help |
Customer Relation Skills – Idioms
|
Sr. No. |
Idiom |
Meaning |
|
1 |
Pull the wool over someone’s eyes |
To deceive someone |
|
2 |
Sit on the fence |
Someone who does not want to choose or make
a decision |
|
3 |
Take with a grain of salt |
To not take what someone says too seriously |
|
4 |
The whole nine yards |
Everything; all of it |
|
5 |
Bite off more than you can chew |
To take on a task that is too much for you
to handle |
|
6 |
Scratch someone’s back |
To help someone out with the assumption that
they will return the favor in the
future |
|
7 |
A short fuse |
Having a quick temper |
|
8 |
A taste of your own medicine |
Bad treatment deservedly received for
treating other people badly |
|
9 |
Butterflies in my stomach |
To be nervous |
|
10 |
Hit the books |
To study seriously |
Cross-Cultural Communication Skills – Phrasal Verbs
|
Phrasal Verb |
Meaning |
|
Ask for |
Request that somebody does something |
|
Hand over |
Pass something to another person |
|
Call on |
Visit someone |
|
Look at |
See |
|
Give back |
Return something |
|
Wave at |
Raise your hand to say hello or
goodbye |
|
Point out |
Identify |
|
Wake up |
Become alert and ready |
|
Go back |
Return to a place |
|
Set up |
Form |
Self-Esteem Skills – Phrasal Verbs
|
Phrasal Verb |
Meaning |
|
Pull off |
To succeed in doing something
difficult or unexpected |
|
Pull away |
To move away or backward |
|
Push off |
To go away |
|
Look down on |
To think of someone as inferior |
|
Laugh at |
To think of someone as stupid |
|
Figure out |
To finally understand |
|
Break into |
To suddenly say something |
|
Stand up |
To prove to be true; to support |
|
Burst out |
To suddenly begin something |
|
Spark off |
To activate or initiate |
Customer Relation Skills – Phrasal Verbs
|
Phrasal Verb |
Meaning |
|
Ring out |
Sound loudly and clearly |
|
Read out |
Read something loudly |
|
Call out |
Ask someone to come |
|
Accustom to |
Make familiar with |
|
Go off |
Leave a place |
|
Get up |
Stand after sitting or kneeling;
rise |
|
Come out |
Appear |
|
Snatch at |
Try to take hold of something
abruptly |
|
Find out |
Get information |
|
Break in |
Interrupt |
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