Idioms and phrases

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1. IDIOMS AND PHRASES:
1.A gentlemen at a large: an unreliable person
2.A bull in a china shop: one who cause damage
 A damp squib : complete failure
 A green horn: inexperianced
 A stalking horse: pretence
 A mares nest: a false invention
 A wolf in sheep clothing : a dangerous person pretending harmless
 Above board: fair and honest
 Again and again: repeatedly
 All and sundary: without making any distinction
 An eye wash : a pretence
 All in all: most important
 Back and call : at the service
 Bag and baggage: with all goods
 Bated breath :in anxiety
 Bank on: depend on ,count on
 Between the cup and the lips : on the point of achievement
 Black and white: in writing
 Body and soul: entirely
 By fits and starts: irregularly
 By hook and crook: by any means
 By lips and bound :speedily
 By & by : gradually
 Call a spade a spade: straight talks
 Cats and dogs : heavy rains
 Cut and dried: readymade form
 Curtain lecture: a reproof by wife to her husband
 Egg on : to urge somebody
 Fair and square: honest
 Far and wide: everywhere

2.  Fabian polic: policy of delaying decisions
 Fire and brimstone: fearful penalties
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