Some important idioms & phrases with meanings -1

Bag and baggage-with all belongings

Adoubting Thomas- A skeptic who needs physical or personal evidence in order to believe something

A drop in the bucket- A very small part of something big or whole

Bakers dozen- 13 in number

 A fool and his money are easily parted- It’s easy for a foolish person to lose her money

A gentleman at large- An unreliable person

Be born with a silver spoon in one's mouth-  to be born in a rich family

A green horn- Inexperienced

A leopard can’t change his spots- You cannot change who you are.

Be in the driving seat-bearing all responsibilities.

A lost cause- A hopeless case, a person or situation having no hope of positive change.

 A man of straw- A weak person

 A mare’s nest- A false invention

Beat about the bus-to talk in round about manner or circumlocution

A penny saved is a penny earned- By not spending money, you are saving money .

A picture paints a thousand words- A visual presentation is far more descriptive than words

Beat black and blue-beating mercilessly

A piece of cake- A task that can be accomplished very easily

 slap on the wrist- A very mild punishment.

 stalking horse- Pretence

 A steal- Very inexpensive, a bargain

Breathe ones last- to pass away our to die

toss up- A result hat is still unclear and can go either way

wolf in sheep’s clothing- A dangerous person pretending harmless

ABC- Very common knowledge about to- Ready to, just going to

Broken Reed- a weak unreliable person

Above all- Mainly, especially

Brown study- state of deep thought

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