Monday, March 9, 2015

Important Idioms and Phrases


  • Like a fish out of water - In a strange situation
  • Smell a rat - Suspect something foul
  • Read between the lines - Understand the hidden meaning
  • Tooth and Nail - With all of one’s power
  • Spread like wild fire - Spread quickly
  • Hit the nail on the head - Do or say the exact thing
  • Burn the midnight Oil - Work or study hard
  • Under his thumb - Under his control
  • With a high hand - Oppressively
  • Gain ground - Become popular
  • By leaps and bounds - Rapidly
  • Make off with - To run away with
  • Pass away - To die
  • To cry for the moon - Ask for the impossible
  • To make a pig of oneself - To over-eat
  • Donkey’s years - Very long time
  • To pull one’s leg - To joke; tease
  • To keep one’s fingers crossed - To hope fervently
  • To eat humble pie - To apologize in a humble manner
  • To fight a losing battle - Struggle without hope of success
  • A deadlock - A position when no progress can be made
  • A daredevil - A person who does not care for any consequences
  • Once in a blue moon - Very rarely
  • At a premium - Difficult to get or obtain
  • To play the game - To act honestly

Famous Company with Full Names


  • HDFC Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited
  • HCL Hindustan Computer Limited
  • HTC High Tech Computer Corporation
  • HP Hewlett-Packard
  • HMV His Master's Voice
  • HSBC Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
  • H&M Hennes and Mauritz
  • ICICI Bank Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India Bank
  • ESPN Entertainment and Sports Programming Network.
  • IBM International Business Machines
  • Infosys Information Systems
  • IntelIntegrated Electronics
  • IKEA Ingvar Kamprad Elmtaryd Agunnaryd
  • ING International Netherlands Group
  • JVC Japan Victor Company
  • JBL James Bullough Lansing
  • KFC Kentucky Fried Chicken
  • L&T Larsen and Toubro
  • LG Lucky and Goldstar
  • LEGO leg godt
  • MRF Madras Rubber Factory
  • NEC Nippon Electric Company
  • Nikon Nippon Kogaku
  • Nissan Nippon Sangyo
  • P&G Procter and Gamble Company
  • SAP System Analyse und Programmentwick
  • TCL Today China Lion
  • UPS United Parcel Service of America
  • Wipro Western India Palm Refined Oil Ltd

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