Idioms

Date : 29/6/2013

Why IDIOMS ? Idioms make a language * sound very creative * get others to think what it

means

The following slides has the list of popular idioms used in the corporate circle. Figure out whether you know the meaning of these idioms.

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1. Game plan2. You've got to be kidding3. Miss the boat4. Call it a day5. Get on one's nerves6. Take the bull by the horns7. Read one's mind8. Feel blue9. Ahead of the game10. Win-win situation11. Cut to the chase12. Give somebody a hard time13. Make up one's mind14. Go Dutch15.Goose bumps

Section 1 Click here for the meaning

1. Sweeten the Deal2. Stay in touch3. Give and take4. Rain or Shine5. Ball rolling6. Easier said than done7. It's about time8. Jump to conclusions9. Keep an eye on10. Out of the blue11. Know something inside out12. Give someone a hand13. Now and then14. Go back to Square one15. On the dot


1. Grab a bite2. Take it easy3. Go with the flow4. Twenty-four seven5. On the right track6. Don't sweat it7. Ahead of the curve8. Broke9. Beats Me10. I Don't Buy it11. Keep Your Cool12. Out of Sorts 13. Good For You14. Stay on your toes15. Shotgun


1. Who Cares ?2. Big Deal3. What a Small World4. What's going on?5. Now You're Talking6. Over My Dead Body7. Coming Right Up8. Think on one’s feet9. Blow you away10. All or nothing 11. Come On12. Never mind13. If You Insist14. Know the ropes15. Better than Nothing


1. In the same boat2. Fair Enough3. Cat out of the Bag4. My Pleasure5. It Totally Slipped My Mind6. Give It to Me Straight7. It's written all over your face8. Go For It9. It's a Deal10. Don't Be a Stranger11. Let's Go Fifty- Fifty12. Good for Nothing13. You're Telling Me14. Get a Life15. Don't Joke


1. I Can't Thank You Enough2. Hand in hand3. Above the call of duty4. Work your fingers to the bone5. The cream of the crop6. Monkey Business7. Tricks of the trade8. Trade-off9. Hang In There10. I Owe You One11. Take a Hike12. It's a Piece of Cake13. To take a look 14. Raise the bar15. It's a Long Story


1. Stay on top of things2. Give (someone) the green light3. Burn out4. Go public5. At Face value6. It Figures7. Fair play8. No Sweat9. I Blew It10. Crunch numbers11. Double check12. I Beg to Differ13. Bottom line14. Clinch a deal 15. A calculated risk


1. No Strings Attached2. In black and white3. In the long run4. I Couldn't Agree With You More5. Thank Goodness6. ASAP7. Sell like hotcakes8. Write-Off9. Tight spot10. You Made It Big11. Glass Ceiling 12. Breathe down the neck13. The ball is in your court14. Take stock15. Call it a day


1. Safe Bet 2. I Can't Wait3. Lighten Up4. Think outside the box5. Sky's the limit6. Run/go around in circles7. Hop In8. I Told You So9. You Know Better Than That10. Second nature11. Keep Me in the Loop12. Play hardball13. Get to the Point14. Down to Earth15. In a nutshell


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Section 1

Sl. No Idioms Meaning

1 Game plan a plan for achieving success, especially in business or politics

2 You've got to be kidding

This cannot be the truth. Surely you are kidding me!

3 Miss the boat to be too late to get something that you want

4 Call it a day to quit work and go home; to say that a day's work has been completed.

5 Get on one's nerves to annoy someone, especially by doing something again and again

6 Take the bull by the horns

to confront a problem head-on and deal with it openly.

7 Read one's mind to guess what someone is thinking.

8 Feel blue to feel sad.

9 Ahead of the game being early; having an advantage in a competitive situation; having done more than necessary.

10 Win-win situation guaranteeing a favourable outcome for everyone involved

11 Cut to the chase to focus on what is important; to abandon the preliminaries and deal with the major points.

12 Give somebody a hard time

to treat someone severely or to cause difficulties for them

13 Make up one's mind to become very certain that you want to do something

14 Go Dutch to share the cost of something, especially a meal

15 Goose bumps a prickly feeling related to having bumps on one's skin due to fear, excitement, or cold.

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Section 2 Sl.No Idioms Meaning

1 Sweeten the Deal To give an attractive offer to the other party during a negotiation process.

2 Stay in touch To maintain communications with someone

3 Give and take A lot of two-way discussion ; a lot of negotiating and bargaining

4 Rain or Shine If you say you will do something come rain or shine, you mean you will do it whatever happens

5 Ball rolling To cause something that is in progress to continue.

6 Easier said than done

Something that you say when something seems like a good idea but it would be difficult to do

7 It's about time It is almost too late!; I've been waiting a long time! (Said with impatience.)

8 Jump to conclusions To guess the facts about a situation without having enough information

9 Keep an eye on To watch or give your attention to someone or something

10 Out of the blue Happening suddenly and unexpectedly

11 Know something inside out

To know everything about a subject

12 Give someone a hand

To help someone

13 Now and then Sometimes; occasionally.

14 Go Back to Square One

To start everything all over again, signaling that the initial efforts were not enough and that something had to be restarted.

15 On the dot At exactly the right time.


Section 3

Sl.No Idioms Meaning

1 Grab a bite To get something to eat; to get food that can be eaten quickly.

2 Take it easy Calm down.; Relax.; Do not get excited.

3 Go with the flow To do what other people are doing or to agree with other people because it is the easiest thing to do

4 Twenty-four seven Twenty-four seven or 24/7 means all the time, coming from 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

5 On the right track To be doing something in a way that will bring good results

6 Don't sweat it Something that you say in order to tell someone not to worry

7 Ahead of the curve If you want to agree strongly with what someone has said

8 Broke Completely broke; without any money.

9 Beats Me Something that you say when you cannot understand something

10 I Don't Buy it Not accept something (to be true).

11 Keep Your Cool To stay calm and undisturbed.

12 Out of Sorts If you are feeling a bit upset and depressed, you are out of sorts.

13 Good For You A complimentary expression of encouragement for something that someone has done or received.

14 Stay on your toes Aware and energetic

15 Shotgun Giving actual or figurative support or aid to someone in a situation or project


Section 4


1 Who Cares Does anyone really care?; It is of no consequence.

2 Big Deal Something represented as important, is in fact only ordinary:

3 What a Small World When you discover that someone knows a person that you know

4 What's going on? What is happening in this place?; What is the explanation for the strange things that are happening here?

5 Now You're Talking You finally have a good idea

6 Over My Dead Body I will never let this happen; you mean that you will do everything you can to prevent it '

7 Coming Right Up Around the corner ; you will bring what someone has asked for very soon

8 Good Thinking ; think on one’s feet

To think and react quickly, especially in a situation where things are happening very fast

9 Blow you away To overwhelm a person; to excite a person very much ; to be carried away by the wind.

10 All or nothing Time to choose to do something or not to do it. Completely or not at all

11 Come On To begin to work at one's scheduled time. ; tell the truth

12 Never mind Do not worry about someone or something

13 If You Insist A vague phrase answering yes to a question that asks whether one should do something.

14 Know the ropes Knowledge of how to do something; how to work something.

15 Better than Nothing Having something that is not satisfactory is better than having nothing at all.


Section 5


1 In the Same boat Experiencing the same situation or condition.

2 Fair Enough Alright ; Something that you say in order to show that you understand why someone has said or done something.

3 Cat out of the Bag The secret has been made known.

4 My Pleasure You're welcome.; It is my pleasure to do so.

5 It Totally Slipped My Mind

If something slips your mind, you forget about it.

6 Give It to Me Straight

Something that you say when you want someone to tell you something unpleasant directly and honestly.

7 It's written all over your face

If an emotion is written all over someone's face, it is clearly shown in their face.

8 Go For It To do anything you have to in order to get something.

9 It's a Deal Okay.; It is agreed.

10 Don't Be a Stranger Keep in touch, let's keep in contact even though we're parting.

11 Let's Go Fifty- Fifty Even or equal ; if something is divided fifty-fifty, it is divided equally between two people.

12 Good for Nothing A person, usually a man, who is lazy and does not do anything useful.

13 You're Telling Me I know all too well the truth of what you are saying.

14 Get a Life To do something different ; to have fun.

15 Don't Joke To make a joke that tricks someone.


Section 6


1 I Can't Thank You Enough

A polite expression of gratitude.

2 Hand in hand To be present together ; exist together ; connected with each other

3 Above the call of duty

Great degree of courage or effort displayed by a person than which is usually required or expected in their job.

4 Work your fingers to the bone

Extremely hardworking.

5 The cream of the crop

Best people or things in a particular group.

6 Monkey business An activity which is organized in a deceitful or dishonest way

7 Tricks of the trade Clever methods that help you to do a job better or faster

8 Trade-off To get rid of something in an exchange.

9 Hang In There To continue to try to do something although it is very difficult

10 I Owe You One Thank you, now I owe you a favor.; I owe you something similar in return.

11 Take a Hike To leave ; take a walk

12 It's a Piece of Cake Something easy to do.

13 To take a look To review or to evaluate

14 Raise the bar To make a task a little more difficult.

15 It's a Long Story Something that you say when someone has asked you about something that happened and you do not want to explain it to them because it would take too long



1 Stay on top of things To keep watch /well informed over someone or something.

2 Give (someone) the green light

To give permission for something to happen

3 Burn out To do something so long and so intensely that one runs out of fuel.

4 Go public To make something known that was secret before

5 At Face value From outward appearance; from what something first appears to be.

6 It Figures It makes sense.; It confirms what one might have guessed.; I'm not surprised

7 Fair play People obey the rules and do not cheat ; a way of treating people that is fair and equal

8 No Sweat There is no problem or difficulty

9 I Blew It To lose an opportunity

10 Crunch numbers Perform numerous calculations or process a large amount of numerical data.

11 Double check To check twice or again; verify

12 I Beg to Differ A polite way of saying that you disagree with something that someone has said

13 Bottom line The result; the final outcome.

14 Clinch a deal You reach agreement on a proposal or offer.

15 A calculated risk A chance taken after careful estimation of the probable outcome



1 No Strings Attached No special demands or limits that you have to accept

2 In black and white { of an agreement, contract, or statement } official, in writing or printing.

3 In the long run Finally

4 I Couldn't Agree With You More

I support that very strongly

5 Thank Goodness I am pleased or happy / thank heavens

6 ASAP Acronym for “As Soon As Possible”

7 Sell like hotcakes To sell quickly and in large numbers

8 Write-off To drop someone or something from consideration ; to give up on someone or something as a dead loss, waste of time, hopeless case, etc.

9 Tight spot In a difficult situation /Tough Spot

10 You Made It Big To become very successful or famous

11 Glass ceiling A metaphor for a barrier that prevents people, typically women or minorities, from ascending to high positions.

12 Breathe down the neck

To make someone feel uncomfortable by watching them very closely

13 The ball is in your court

YOU now have control of the situation

14 Take stock To examine a situation carefully

15 Call it a day To stop doing something, especially working /to quit work and go home;



1 Safe bet Someone or something that you are certain will win or succeed

2 I Can't Wait To be very eager, as if to be unable to endure the wait until it is possible to do something.

3 Lighten Up To be less rough and demanding or rude with someone or something.

4 Think outside the box

To think imaginatively using new ideas instead of traditional or expected ideas

5 Sky's the limit There is no limit to what something or someone can achieve

6 Run/go around in circles

To use a lot of time and effort trying to do something, without making any progress

7 Hop In To jump into something; to get into something.

8 I Told You So something bad happens , after you warned someone that it would happen.

9 You Know Better Than That

To be wise enough to know that , you should not believe someone or something

10 Second nature Easy and natural for someone.

11 Keep Me in the Loop To furnish someone with sufficient relevant information and include them in the decision -making process.

12 Play hardball To be so determined to get what you want, especially in business, that you use methods that are unfair or harm other people

13 Get to the Point To arrive at a discussion or explanation of the purpose of something.

14 Down to Earth A person who is approachable, unpretentious, authentic, genuine, not snobby and not arrogant. ; "Down to Earth" means realistic, practical, everyday.

15 In a nutshell Very briefly


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