IDIOMS:

         Idiom:                                                                       Explanation:

At the eleventh hour                                                    At the last minute

Beat about the bush                                                     Approach a matter in an indirect or                                                                                                          roundabout way

Be left high and dry                                                     Stranded

Behind the scenes                                                        In private, out of sight

Bite the dust                                                                 Be defeated / die

Blood is thicker than water                                         Take your family’s side against those not                                                                                                related

Blow hot and cold                                                       Chop and change one’s opinions continually

Bring the house down                                                Cause rapturous applause

Build castles in the air                                                Make plans in your imagination

Burn the candle at both ends                                      Overwork yourself by working day and night

Bury the hatchet                                                         Make peace, smooth over differences

Call a spade a spade                                                   Speak one’s mind, put things bluntly

Cross the bridge when you come to it                        Don’t worry about a situation until you are                                                                                             faced with it

Cut and dried                                                              Pre-arranged

Full of airs and graces                                                Someone who thinks a great deal of him /                                                                                                herself

Get out of bed on the wrong side                               Bad-tempered, grumpy

Handle with kid gloves                                              Treat very gently

Have an axe to grind                                                  Pursue an unresolved issue

Have a bee in one’s bonnet                                        To be obsessed by something

Have a bone to pick with someone                            Have a controversy to settle