English Idioms, Proverbs for PPSC FPSC NTS all other Job Tests
In this article, you are going to learn the Most Important and repeated English Idioms and Proverbs with their simple meanings in PPSC FPSC and NTS Job Tests. These idioms are proverbs are very important and repeated in many job tests conducted through PPSC FPSC and other testing agencies.
English Idioms and Proverbs
Rob Peter to pay Paul.
ANSWER: To borrow from one to pay other
A Pany for your___________.
ANSWER: Thought
Don’t count your ______ before they are hatched.
ANSWER: Chickens
To spill the beans.
ANSWER: To reveal a secret
Don’t judge a book by its __________.
ANSWER: Its cover
A sleeping________ catches no __________.
ANSWER: Fox, Poultry
A rolling stone gathers no________.
ANSWER: Moss
Hell, hath no fury like _______.
ANSWER: A Women scorned
To be Above board.
ANSWER: To be honest
To one’s hand to plough.
ANSWER: To take a difficult task
Have an axe to grind.
ANSWER: Selfish move
To husband one’s resources.
ANSWER: To manage one’s means with fragility
To bear the brunt of.
ANSWER: To endure the main force or shock
To fish in troubled waters.
ANSWER: To make a personal profit out of a disturbance
To give the cold shoulder.
ANSWER: To Ignore
A thing of beauty is a joy ________.
ANSWER: Forever
To make amend for.
ANSWER: To compensate for damage.
All that ________ is not gold.
ANSWER: Glitters
Where there is a _________there is a way.
ANSWER: Will
To wipe Out,.
ANSWER: Eradicate
Just delayed in justice______.
ANSWER: Denied
Up to the marks.
ANSWER: Standard
By hook or by crook.
ANSWER: By any means
Kith and Kin.
ANSWER: Blood Relation
To Clip the wings.
ANSWER: Put pressure
No man is an________.
ANSWER: Island
A slap on the wrist.
ANSWER: Warning or small Punishment
The alpha and omega.
ANSWER: Beginning and End
To pass by.
ANSWER: Overlook
Have a finger in the pie.
ANSWER: To get involved in something
To hit blue the belt.
ANSWER: To fight unfairly
Out of sight.
ANSWER: Out of mind
Fender-Bender.
ANSWER: A small car accident
All at sea.
ANSWER: Confused /puzzled
Turn heads.
ANSWER: Attract someone
Don’t put your eggs in_________.
ANSWER: One basket
A pipe dream.
ANSWER: An Impracticable wish
To hit the road.
ANSWER: Start Journey
Even______sometimes nods.
ANSWER: Homer
He turned a deaf ear to my advice.
ANSWER: Did not listen
To burry the hatchet.
ANSWER: To make peace
To face the music.
ANSWER: To bear the consequences
By Fits and start.
ANSWER: Irregularly
Get someone’s got.
ANSWER: To irritate someone
With open arms.
ANSWER: Warmly
All and sundry.
ANSWER: Everybody
Out of question.
ANSWER: Impossible
If the ______ fits, wear it.
ANSWER: Cap
To plough the sand.
ANSWER: To work in vain
Heaven is high and the __________ is far away.
ANSWER: Emperor
T call a spade a spade.
ANSWER: To speak in plane terms
Diamond cuts diamond.
ANSWER: Retaliation
Once in a blue moon.
ANSWER: Rarely
As the crow flies.
ANSWER: Directly
To give one the sack.
ANSWER: To dismiss a person
Truth is stranger than ________.
ANSWER: Fiction
A house divided against itself __________.
ANSWER: Cannot stand
Too many cooks spoil the __________.
ANSWER: Broth
To hit the nail on head.
ANSWER: Exact Point
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