The English Vocabulary Crash Course: Zero to Expert!

In this lecture, you will learn the origin and the meaning of following idioms -

1. Bite the bullet

2. Bite the cartridge

3. Chew the bullet

4. Break the ice

5. Icebreaker

6. Butter someone up

7. Cat got your tongue

8. Turn a blind eye

In this lecture, you will learn the origin and the meaning of following idioms -

1. Bury the hatchet

2. Caught red-handed

3. Give the cold shoulder

4. Pull someone's leg

5. Straight from the horse's mouth

6. Let the cat out of the bag

In this lecture, you will learn the origin and the meaning of following idioms and phrases -

1. Ears are burning

2. Steal someone's thunder

3. Eat the humble pie

4. Run amok

5. Up to scratch

6. Pull out all the stops

In this lecture, you will learn the origin and the meaning of following idioms and phrases -

1. Cost an arm and a leg

2. Burn the midnight oil

3. Get the sack

4. With a grain of salt

5. A bigwig

In this lecture, you will learn the origin and the meaning of following idioms and phrases -

1. Armed to the teeth

2. Bark up the wrong tree

3. Fly off the handle

4. Whole nine yards

5. Kick the bucket

In this lecture, you will learn the origin and the meaning of following idioms and phrases -

1. Let your hair down

2. Red herring

3. Grapevine

4. White elephant

5. Throw the baby out with the bathwater

6. Skeletons in the closet

In this lecture, you will learn the origin and the meaning of following idioms and phrases -

1. Hands down

2. Cut to the chase

3. With flying colors

4. The ropes

5. Taken aback

In this lecture, you will learn the origin and the meaning of following idioms and phrases -

1. Don't look a gift horse in the mouth

2. Break a leg

3. Crocodile tears

4. Show your true colors

5. With flying colors

In this lecture, you will learn the origin and the meaning of following idioms and phrases -

1. Born with a silver spoon in the mouth

2. Get one's goat

3. Achilles heel

4. Blue blood

5. Silver lining

In this lecture, you will learn the origin and the meaning of following idioms and phrases -

1. Spill the beans

2. Rest of laurels

3. Hands down

4. A wolf in sheep's clothing

5. Read the riot act

In this lecture, you will learn the origin and the meaning of following idioms and phrases -

1. Rule of thumb

2. Beat around the bush

3. Called on the carpet

4. By and large

5. Bolt from the blue

In this lecture, you will learn the origin and the meaning of following idioms and phrases -

1. Rank and file

2. By fits and starts

3. A wee bit

4. Wee hours

5. Out of the woods

6. Under someone's thumb

In this lecture, you will learn the origin and the meaning of following idioms and phrases -

1. At one's wit's end

2. Scare out of one's wits

3. Between the devil and the deep blue sea

4. Call a spade a spade

5. An axe to grind

6. Hope against hope

In this lecture, you will learn the origin and the meaning of following idioms and phrases -

1. Get rid of

2. at daggers drawn

3. Ducks and drakes

4. Take the bull by horns

5. Move heaven and earth

6. No avail

In this lecture, you will learn the origin and the meaning of following idioms and phrases -

1. At bay

2. Baying for blood

3. In the offing

4. On the horizon

5. Make a clean breast of

6. Get something off your chest

7. Come clean

In this lecture, you will learn the origin and the meaning of following idioms and phrases -

1. Have a card up the sleeve

2. Like a cat on hot tin roof

3. Cat and dog life

4. A Cock and Bull story

5. Ask for the moon

In this lecture, you will learn the origin and the meaning of following idioms and phrases -

1. The Pros and the Cons

2. Be in a tight spot

3. Dot your i's and cross your t's

4. At arm's length

5. Out of the question

In this lecture, you will learn the origin and the meaning of following idioms and phrases -

1. Out of the way

2. Show a clean pair of heels

3. Keep fingers crossed

4. In the nick of time

5. On the fence

6. Spread like wildfire

7. Gift of the gab

8. Mend fences

In this lecture, you will learn the origin and the meaning of following idioms and phrases -

1. By hook or by crook

2. Feather your own nest

3. Throw out of gear

4. Take to your heels

5. Tooth and nail

6. No holds barred

In this lecture, you will learn the origin and the meaning of following idioms and phrases -

1. To die in harness

2. Take a leaf out of one's book

3. Leave no stone unturned

4. A stone's throw

5. Carved/etched/set/written in stone

6. A man of straw

In this lecture, you will learn the origin and the meaning of following idioms and phrases -

1. Read between the lines

2. In the cold blood

3. A thorn in the flesh/side

4. Smell a rat

5. Harp on the same string

6. Leave one in a lurch

7. Like a fish out of water

In this lecture, you will learn the origin and the meaning of following idioms and phrases -

1. At one's beck and call

2. To make both ends meet

3. In hot water

4. Nip in the bud

5. Stick to one's guns

6. Jump the gun

In this lecture, you will learn the origin and the meaning of following idioms and phrases - .

1. Put the cart before the horse

2. Call names or name-calling

3. On tenterhooks

4. Wash your dirty linen OR Air your dirty laundry

5. Bell the cat

6. A Hard nut to crack

7. Nuts and bolts

In this lecture, you will learn the origin and the meaning of following idioms and phrases -

1. Big gun

2. Kill two birds with one stone

3. Take someone to task

4. Gain ground

5. To blow one's own trumpet

In this lecture, you will learn the origin and the meaning of following idioms and phrases -

1. A bosom friend

2. Turn a deaf ear

3. Fall on deaf ears

4. A close shave

5. Turn over a new leaf

6. Make up one's mind

In this lecture, you will learn the origin and the meaning of following idioms and phrases -

1. In the long run

2. Bring to light

3. Come to light

4. Throw/cast/shed some light

5. Pull punches

In this lecture, you will learn the origin and the meaning of following idioms and phrases -

1. Poker face

2. Settle scores

3. Hard and fast rules

4. At the eleventh hour

5. High-handed

6. Burn one's fingers

In this lecture, you will learn the origin and the meaning of following idioms and phrases -

1. Chew the cud

2. Chew over

3. Ruminant

4. Ruminate

5. Play the second fiddle

6. Above board

7. Under the table

In this lecture, you will learn the origin and the meaning of following idioms and phrases -

1. Put a spoke in someone's wheels

2. At sixes and sevens

3. Through thick and thin

4. At home

5. Alpha and Omega

6. At sea

7. By leaps and bounds

In this lecture, you will learn the origin and the meaning of following idioms and phrases -

1. Burn your bridges OR burn your boats

2. Burn candle at both ends

3. A bone of contention

4. Bone to pick

5. Add fuel to the fire

6. Acid test

In this lecture, you will learn the origin and the meaning of following idioms and phrases -

1. At the snail's pace

2. Snail mail

3. Build castles in the air

4. Once in a blue moon

5. Cry over the spilled/spilt milk

6. Apple of one's eyes

In this lecture, you will learn the origin and the meaning of following idioms and phrases -

1. Chip on your shoulder

2. Golden hello

3. Golden handcuffs

4. Golden handshake

5. Blessing in disguise

6. Mean business

In this lecture, you will learn the origin and the meaning of following idioms and phrases -

1. Come hell or high water

2. Bite off more than you can chew

3. The best of both worlds

4. The worst of both worlds

5. Under the weather

6. Icing on the cake

In this lecture, you will learn the origin and the meaning of following idioms and phrases -

1. Jump the bandwagon

2. The ball is in your court

3. To be in the doldrums

4. Can't judge a book by its cover

5. It takes two to tango

In this lecture, you will learn the origin and the meaning of following idioms and phrases -

1. Black and blue

2. Be on the cloud nine

3. The last straw

4. Bird's eye view

5. A litmus test

6. At the drop of a hat