TNPSC General English Part A Grammar – Idioms and Phrases -Tamilnadu Samacheer Kalvi Text Book Material

TNPSC General English Part A Grammar – Idioms and Phrases -Tamilnadu Samacheer Kalvi Text Book Material

Idioms form New Samacheer Kalvi Text Book

Tamilnadu Samacheer Kalvi 8th English Grammar Idioms 

Idioms	Meaning
1.     Bad Egg	A dishonest or ill-behaved person
2.     A piece of cake	A task that can be accomplished very easily
3.     The ball is in your court	It is your turn to make decision
4.     Saved by the bell	Saved by a last-minute intervention
5.     On cloud nine	Blissfully happy
6.     At sixes and sevens	Confused or in a state of disorder
7.     Caught red-handed	To catch someone in the act of doing something
8.     Kick the bucket	To die
9.     A Couch potato	An idle person
10.A smart Cookie	A clever person
11.Bread and Butter	The necessities
12.Big Cheese	An important person
13.To strike out	To fail at something
14.On the ball	Fully aware and in control of a situation
15.Jump for joy	happy
16.Front runner	Expected to win or succeed
17.One-horse town	Very small town or village
18.Take five	Take a short break
19.Seventh heaven	Very happy about something
20.Perfect ten	Completely perfect
21.Black sheep	To be the outcast, odd one out, unlike the others
22.Out of the blue	Randomly, surprisingly
23.Gray area	Unclear, undefined
24.Once in a blue moon	Very rarely
25.A golden opportunity	A good chance to get something valuable
26.At a snail’s pace	Moving very slowly
27.Let the cat out of the bag	Reveal a secret
28.The lion’s share	The biggest part
29.Fish out of water	Very uncomfortable
30.Watch like a hawk	Watching carefully
31.Mad as a hornet	Extremely angry
32.Apple of my eye	Completely perfect

Tamilnadu Samacheer Kalvi 9th English Grammar Idioms 

Idioms	Meaning
1.     Blood runs thicker than water	Family members have stronger obligations with each other than with people outside the family
2.     To be fish out of water	To be in difficult situation
3.     Dull as dishwater	Boring, uninteresting
4.     As a duck takes to water	Naturally with ease
5.     Come hell or high water	No matter what happens
6.     You never miss the water till the well runs dry	People are not grateful for what they have until it is  gone
7.     Pour cold water on something	To criticize or stop something that some people are enthusiastic about
8.     Tread water	To be active but without making progress or failing farther behind
9.     Be (like) water off a duck’s back	Criticism to someone that has no effect on them at all
10.To be in deep water	To be uncomfortable in a particular situation
11.Hungry as a bear	Being very hungry
12.Gruff as a bear	Being unsociable, speaking in a very abrupt, rude way
13.Take the bear by the tooth	Put oneself in a dangerous position
14.As busy as a hibernating bear	Remaining idle
15.A bear hug	Put one’s arms around someone and hug them affectionately
16.A bear market	A period of time when investors are more likely to sell rather than buy shares

Tamilnadu Samacheer Kalvi 10th English Grammar Idioms

Idioms	Meaning
1.     Find one’s voice	To begin speaking
2.     Lend an ear	Listen to them sympathetically and clearly
3.     Sharp as a track	Mentally acute
4.     Over the moon	Extremely happy and delighted
5.     On the ball	Alert and aware of what is happening
6.     Drew level with	To move to a lower level
7.     Whoop with glee	Shout with enthusiasm and happiness
8.     Jammed on the brakes	Quickly press on vehicles brakes to stop
9.     Clung for dear life	Do something with much effort to avoid danger
10. Charged up the road	To excite or rouse
11. Beat a hasty retreat	Withdraw quickly to avoid something unpleasant

Tamilnadu Samacheer Kalvi 11th English Grammar Idioms 

Idioms	Meaning
1.     Throw in the Towel	To quit in defeat
2.     In our corner	Lending support and encouragement
3.     On the ropes	On the verge of defeat or collapse
4.     Below the belt	To say something that is often too personal, usually irrelevant and always unfair
5.     Square off	Preparing to fight or oppose someone in a competition
6.     Right up one’s alley	Well suited to one’s tastes, interests or abilities
7.     Drive one up the wall	To make someone irritated, angry or crazy
8.     Hit the road	Set out on a journey
9.     Take (one) for a ride	To cheat or trick
10.In panic mode	In an anxious or afraid situation

Tamilnadu Samacheer Kalvi 12th English Grammar Idioms 

Idioms	Meaning
1.     Save one’s skin	To Protect oneself from difficulty
2.     Make both ends meet	Manage one’s expenses with one’s income
3.     A bolt out of a clear sky	A sudden unexpected event or news
4.     Go to grave	To exit the world
5.     Have the whip hand	To be the most powerful
6.     Under a cloud	Viewed with suspicion or distrust
7.     Wait for the dust to settle	To wait for a situation to become clear or certain
8.     Get/have all your ducks in 9.     a row	To have made all the preparations needed to do something/ to be well-organized
10.Fetch and carry (for 11.somebody)	To do a lot of little jobs for somebody as if you were their servant
12.To do the math	To think carefully about something before doing it, so that you know all the relevant facts or figures
13.Round the corner	Very near
14.The icing on the cake	Something extra and not essential, but is added to make it even better
15.Break the ice	To make people more relaxed, especially at the beginning of the meeting

Phrases form New Samacheer Kalvi Text Book

Tamilnadu Samacheer Kalvi 7th English Grammar Phrases

Phrasal Verbs	Meaning
1.     Set out	To begin a journey
2.     Pick up	To get someone from a place
3.     Get away	To go somewhere for a short break or holiday
4.     See off	To go to the station to say goodbye to someone
5.     Get into	To enter a bus, a train or a plane
6.     Get off	To leave a bus, a train or a plane
7.     Fight or flight	To defend oneself or run away
8.     Put to flight	To cause someone to flee
9.     Take flight	To flee or run away
10. Flight of fancy	An imaginative but unrealistic idea
11. Have a nice flight	Enjoy your flight
12. In full flight	Escaping as rapidly as possible
13. Top-flight	Amongst the best of a particular group

Tamilnadu Samacheer Kalvi 8th English Grammar Phrases

Phrasal Verbs	Meaning
1.     Call on somebody	Visit somebody
2.     Call back	To return a phone call
3.     Get rid of	To eliminate
4.     Keep on	To continue doing something
5.     Kick off	To begin, start
6.     Look after	Take care of
7.     Look into	Investigate something
8.     Give up	Stop trying to do something before you have finished
9.     Put off	To discard
10. Get on	Start doing something
11. Take off	Begin to fly
12. Put up with	Tolerate something
13. Keep on	Continue something
14. Look after	To take care of someone or something
15. Take over	To begin to do something that someone else was doing
16. Go through	Examine something carefully

Tamilnadu Samacheer Kalvi 9th English Grammar Phrases

Phrasal Verbs	Meaning
1.     Fond of	Having a liking for or love of
2.     Hidden away	Go to a place where no one can find you
3.     Lock up	Put someone in prison
4.     Laughed at	To make someone or something seem stupid or not worthy
5.     Look at	Examine something closely
6.     Bring up	To make something appear important or distinct
7.     Gave up	Decide to stop trying something
8.     Went through	Experience unpleasant or difficult situation
9.     Finish off	Destroy something or someone
10. Figure out	Succeed in solving or understanding something

Tamilnadu Samacheer Kalvi 10th English Grammar Phrases

Phrasal Verbs	Meaning
1.     Get along with	Have a friendly or harmonious relationship
2.     Take off	Suddenly leave somewhere
3.     Shut down	Suspension of an activity
4.     Look after	Take care of something or someone
5.     Warm up	Prepare for a physical activity
6.     Burn off	Get rid of something by burning t
7.     Keep up	Continue to do something
8.     Build up	Create or develop something
9.     Tire out	Make someone feel exhausted
10. Put on	Wear something on one’s body
11. Work out	Calculate something

Tamilnadu Samacheer Kalvi 11th English Grammar Phrases

Phrasal Verbs	Meaning
1.       Stand up	Defend somebody
2.       Stand for	Stand for something
3.       Stand by	Support something or someone
4.       Look into	To investigate
5.       Look at	Carefully think about a situation or subject
6.       Look through	Read something carefully
7.       Run over	Knock own a person or animal
8.       Run away	Secretly leave a place
9.       Run into	Meet someone unexpectedly
10.    Put on	Dress oneself
11.    Put up	Show a particular skill or talent
12.    Put off	Postpone something

Tamilnadu Samacheer Kalvi 12th English Grammar Phrases

Phrasal Verbs	Meaning
1.     Cut off	Stop communication or entrance with a person or place
2.     Come upon	Find somebody by chance
3.     Put out	Stop something from burning
4.     Draw up	Prepare a plan, agreement or contract
5.     Pass out	Faint or collapse
6.     Take off	Leave from a place
7.     Turn away	Refuse something or someone from entering your place
8.     Stand by	Lend hands of support to someone
9.     Bank on	Depend on something or someone
10. See off	To go to a station or airport to say good bye to someone
11. Stop over	To stay at a place for a short period of time when travelling to another destination
12. Set off	Start off/ to begin a journey
13. Get in	Enter a bus, train or plane
14. Get off	Leave a bus, train etc
15. Get on	Arrive inside train, bus etc
16. Get away	To go away from home for a vacation
17. Check in	Arrive and register at airport or hotel
18. Check out	Pay the bill while leaving a hotel

 

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