Idioms/Phrases For SSC Exams -7

At one with (somebody)

Meaning:-

completely agree with somebody
of the same opinion

Mind Tricks:-

When we become one means we agree with each other.

Usages:-

They are at one with their leader.

Gift of the gab

Meaning:-

the ability to speak easily and to persuade other people with your words
talent for speaking well

Mind Tricks:-

Gab means to talk for a long time.

Usages:-

Obama has the gift of the gab.
A good leader should have the gift of the gab.

At one's wits' end /At your wit's end

Meaning:-

to be so worried by a problem that you do not know what to do next
completely confused

Mind Tricks:-

Wits means ability to think quickly and clearly and to make good decisions and end of wit means end of your ability to think.

Usages:-

He is at his wits' end and does not what to do.
In exams time, students are at his wit's end.

Blow hot and cold in the same breath / Blow hot and cold

Meaning:-

to change your opinion about something often
said something and contradicted it immediately

Mind Tricks:-

Here hot and cold refers yes and no respectively and blow for speak.

Usages:-

You are always blow hot and cold on my questions.
Suspect blows hot and cold in the same breath in front of police.

Strike a chill to the heart

Meaning:-

arouse fear

Mind Tricks:-

Chill means a feeling of fear.

Usages:-

Robbers struck chill into the heart
Painters draw on his fancy on their sketch.

Hew from same rock

Meaning:-

of similar kind of courage

Mind Tricks:-

Hew means to cut something large and here rock refers for courage.

Usages:-

Superman and Spiderman hew from same rock.
Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King were great people hewn from same rock.

Kick your heels

Meaning:-

to have nothing to do while you are waiting for somebody
kept waiting

Usages:-

I am not in habit of kicking my heel.
Candidates are kicking their heel in the interview hall.

Deliver the goods / Come up with the goods

Meaning:-

to do what you have promised to do or what people expect or want you to do
keep the promise

Mind Tricks:-

You promise to deliver the goods at the right time. Finally, you deliver the goods and keep the promise or you do what you say.

Usages:-

Team Indian failed to deliver the good.
You deliver the goods.

Tighten your/one's belts

Meaning:-

to spend less than you did before because you have less money
to manage to spend less money
be frugal

Mind Tricks:-

We tighten our belt to be ready for any hard situation.

Usages:-

We should tighten our belts for higher price.
Companies are tighten their belts in manufacturing of good.

Hard up

Meaning:-

greatly in need of something, especially money
short of money

Mind Tricks:-

In hard time, we would be hard up for money.

Usages:-

He was so hard up, he could afford to buy anythings.
I am hard up, I can't buy any car.

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