Important Idioms and Phrases for Competitive Exams

1. Make Amends For :
   Meaning – To make up for something someone did
   Usage- The mother made amends for the mistake of her son.
2. Left me high and dry:
   Meaning-To leave someone unsupported
   Usage-Despite knowing about her parents’ death, she left him high and dry.
3. Don’t make a mountain out of a mole hill :
   Meaning-To make a major issue out of minor one
   Usage-She has the habit of making a mountain out of a mole hill for every little incident.
4. Spilled the Beans:
   Meaning-Disclose a secret
   Usage-She spilled the beans about her birthday surprise.
5. Snake in the grass :
   Meaning-A despised person
   Usage-How could you trust her? She is such a snake in the grass.
6. Helter-Skelter :
   Meaning-In disorderly haste
   Usage-The children ran helter-skelter all over the sea shore
7. Leaps and Bounds :
   Meaning-Rapidly
   Usage-Patients’ condition improved by leaps and bounds.
8. Herculean Task :
   Meaning-A work requiring very great effort
   Usage-It would indeed be a herculean task to teach the students if they have not done their homework on the task.
9. Got the sack :
   Meaning- Was dismissed from
   Usage-He got the sack when they found that he had lied about his qualifications.
10. The green eyed monster :
    Meaning- Jealousy
    Usage-He was bitten by the green eyed monster.