English Vocabulary : Idioms and Phrases-4
1) Put the cat among the pigeons = Someone who is likely to cause trouble.
Arrogants put the cat among the pigeons in others life.
2) Bring to book = Call to amount.
The cashier was brought to book by the officer for his neglect of duty.
3) Call a spade a spade = To be frank and truthful.
I believe in calling a spade a spade even if the heavens fall.
4) Red rag to a bull = Something which always makes one angry.
To my uncle television serials are red rag to a bull.
5) Blow one's own trumpet = Praise one's own abilities and achievements.
People who blow their own trumpets are disliked by others.
6) A bird's eye view = A general view or study.
This paper gives a bird's eye view for the students in the examination hall.
7) Blow hot and cold = Keep changing one's opinion.
Sameera has been blowing hot and cold about movie actors.
8) A bull in a China shop = unfit or not suitable.
Usually he teaches physics when he was asked to teach chemistry, he proved to be a bull in china shop.
9) Take the bull by the horns = Tackle a problem boldly.
When the dog was chasing him he took the bull by the horns.
10) A bee in one's bonnet = To be obsessed by something.
In studies he always has a bee in the bonnet so he secured a top rank.