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Idioms For May 20

Idioms are such that if you don’t practice them everyday, you are losing more than you gain. So, to ensure that you gain everyday and get a high band in IELTS, lets have a look at idioms for may 20.

If studying abroad ticks you, say a thumbs up to ieltsband7. Read on and figure out what I mean.

Thumbs up
Sentence-: when I asked her about her result, she said thumbs up.
Meaning-: an indication of satisfaction or approval
Under someone’s thumb
Sentence-: He is completely under her thumb.
Meaning-: completely under someone’s influence
What makes someone tick
Sentence-: life is lot more meaningful if you know what ticks you.
Meaning-: what motivates someone.
Be tickets
Sentence-: the dance performance was the ticket to the show.
Meaning-: be the end
Have tickets on yourself
Sentence-: people who have tickets on themselves, if are not humble, irritate others.
Meaning-: be excessively vain or proud of yourself
Spin your wheels
Sentence-: Stop spinning your wheel, and start doing something better.
Meaning-: to waste your time
The wheel of fortune
Sentence-: I don’t know how it happened, may be the wheel of fortune was pointing at me.
Meaning-: The wheel of luck which is assumed to come to you randomly
Wheels within wheels
Sentence-: It might just look simple but trust me it has wheels within wheels.
Meaning-: to indicate that a situation is complicated and affected by other influences
Whip The Cat
Sentence-: You are not responsible for it, stop whipping the cat.
Meaning-: be sorry or moan
Whips Of
Sentence-: I have whips of pens, if you want them you take from me.
Meaning-: large quantity

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Be On Tenterhooks # Idioms For IELTS

If you work hard for IELTS you will surely be on tenterhooks before the results. On tenterhooks? Go on prepare for IELTS, read more and find out what does it mean to be on tenterhooks.

That would be telling
Sentence-: letting you see through the records would be telling.
Meaning-: that would be divulging confidential information.
There’s no telling
Sentence-: there’s no telling on when the next earthquake will strike Nepal.
Meaning-: it’s impossible to know what has happened or will happen
On tenterhooks
Sentence-: three days before the result was announced, I was on tenterhooks.
Meaning-: in a state of suspension or agitation because of uncertainty about a future event.
Been there, done that
Sentence-: live life you are born now. Been there done that attitude takes away all the fun.
Meaning-: used to express past experience of or familiarity with something
Be there for someone
Sentence-: it is good to make promises, but to be there for someone, makes the difference.
Meaning-: be available to provide support or comfort for someone, especially at a time of adversity.
Once in a blue moon
Sentence-: She laughs once in a blue moon.
Meaning-: very rarely
On the hook
Sentence-: Go ask Anmol about this, she is on the hook for this.
Meaning-: responsible for something
Parrot Fashion
Sentence-: Kritika learns her chapters in parrot fashion.
Meaning-: learn word to word
Poker face
Sentence-: Daisy is poker face, I don’t know what she is hiding.
Meaning-: someone who does not shows any emotions
Over the moon
Sentence-: The day Harvard University called me for my acceptance, I was over the moon.
Meaning-: very happy

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Set Someone’s Teeth On Edge # Idioms For IELTS

The one basic rule to live happily in abroad is never set someone’s teeth on edge. Why will you do that? put someone’s teeth to edge? Well, you aren’t pushing someone’s teeth literally, go on and read to find out what exactly you need not to do.

Teeter on the brink
Sentence-: people living on the banks of rivers teeter on the brink.
Meaning-: very close to a difficult or dangerous situation
Set someone’s teeth on edge
Sentence-: if you set someone’s teeth on edge, don’t expect a healthy relation coming your way.
Meaning-: cause someone to feel intense discomfort or irritation
Bush telegraph
Sentence-: when studying in college, every information seems to be bush telegraphed.
Meaning-: a rapid informal spreading of information or rumor
Tell it like it is
Sentence-: the most successful people, usually tend to tell things like it is.
Meaning-: describe the true facts of a situation no matter how unpleasant they may be.
Tell tales
Sentence-: you would never like to be friends with those who tell tales.
Meaning-: gossip about or reveal another person’s secret, wrong doings or faults.
Round the twist
Sentence-: The moment I found my lost puppy I went round the twist.
Meaning-: go crazy
Recipe for disaster
Sentence-: How could he even imagine his success when for all the time he was preparing the recipe for disaster.
Meaning-: a mixture of events and people that could only lead to trouble
Pick someone to pieces
Sentence-: Once who have been picked up to pieces, you get to know all your strengths and weaknesses.
Meaning-: to criticize someone very sharply
Reduce to ashes
Sentence-: He has been reduced to ashes after the war.
Meaning-: to destroy completely
Whale of a time
Sentence-: I had a whale of a time yesterday.
Meaning-: to really enjoy a lot

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For All Tea In China

If you practice each day, you will not get a low score for all tea in china. For all tea in china ?? How can your score be related to china and its tea? Read more and find out, the tea and the china.

Add Insult To Injury
Sentence-: The loss of my wallet has only added insult to my injury.
Meaning-: To worsen an unfavorable condition
An Arm And A Leg
Sentence-: The new phone cost me an arm and a leg.
Meaning-: very expensive and costly
Back To The Drawing Board
Sentence-: I guess it is time to go back to the drawing board.
Meaning-: to start all over when an attempt fails
Ball Is In Your Court
Sentence-: I have done what I could, the ball is in your court now.
Meaning-: it is up to you to make the next decision
Barking Up The Wrong Tree
Sentence-: The criminal is here officer, you are barking the wrong tree.
Meaning-: insulting or accusing the wrong person; looking at wrong places
Not for all tea in china
Sentence-: I lose hope? Well, not for all tea in any china.
Meaning-: not at any price
Tear your hair out
Sentence-: to achieve something in life, you need to tear your hair out.
Meaning-: act with or show extreme desperation.
Tear someone off a strip
Sentence-: Hitler in a true way had torn Jews off a strip.
Meaning-: rebuke someone angrily.
Tear someone or something to shreds
Sentence-: Hitler tore France to shreds, after the Versailles treaty.
Meaning-: Criticize something or someone aggressively.
Without tears
Sentence-: The teachers at ieltsband7 teach English without tears.
Meaning-: presented so as to be learnt or achieved easily

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