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If you really want to achieve a band 9 in IELTS, you need to keep your nose to the grindstone. Read more to find out what it means and keep going with your idioms preparation for IELTS.

TAKE A DIM VIEW OF

SENTENCE-: Don’t take a dim view of her, you don’t know what all she can achieve.
MEANING-: to regard someone or something with disapproving attitude

TILL DOOMSDAY

SENTENCE-: I am going to work for my dreams till doomsday.
MEANING-: something forever

PRACTICE WHAT YOU PREACH

SENTENCE-: Gandhiji believed in the philosophy of practice what you preach.
MEANING-: do what you advice others to do

A BITE AT THE CHERRY

SENTENCE-: They were working on the new code and I had a bite at the cherry.
MEANING-: an attempt or chance to do something

THE PARTY’S OVER

SENTENCE-: Get started boys, the party’s over.
MEANING-: the good times are over

ALL SYSTEM GO

SENTENCE-: All system’s go, I guess it’s time to move to the next level.
MEANING-: we are ready to proceed or something is working properly

GOSPEL TRUTH

SENTENCE-: I am going to succeed and this is a gospel truth.
MEANING-: the absolute truth

KEEP YOUR NOSE TO THE GRINDSTONE

SENTENCE-: People who achieve success are the ones who know how to keep their nose to the grindstone
MEANING-: to work hard continuously

FROM A TO B

SENTENCE-: She has been along with me for A to B of the journey.
MEANING-: from the starting point to the destination

KNOW WHAT YOU ARE ABOUT

SENTENCE-: You can trust him, he knows what he is about.
MEANING-: to know the consequences of your actions and how to solve them.

PLAY THE DEVIL

SENTENCE-: Hitler might not have thought that he would play the devil for the future of Germany.
MEANING-: to affect something badly

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Go out and work hard for IELTS, don’t let George do it. Read more and learn some of the exciting idioms for IELTS.

GIVE SOMEONE GRIEF

SENTENCE-: If you cannot help someone, don’t even give them grief.
MEANING-: prove to be nuisance for someone

RUN FOUL OF

SENTENCE-: The world is running foul of terrorism.
MEANING-: to go against it

RULE OF THUMB

SENTENCE-: Speaking less is a rule of thumb for maintaining good workplace relationships.
MEANING-: an accurate rule or principle based on practice and experience rather than theory.

WITHOUT TEARS

SENTENCE-: Our math teacher teaches us math without tears.
MEANING-: to present something in a manner that it could be easily learnt.

A GENTLEMAN’S AGREEMENT

SENTENCE-: Earlier people only had gentleman’s agreement.
MEANING-: an agreement based on the trust of the parties involved rather than any legal boundations

LET GEORGE DO IT

SENTENCE-: Don’t waste your entire time doing that stupid thing, let George do it.
MEANING-: handle over the responsibility to someone else

THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW

SENTENCE-: There are so many people who pretend to be mean but are straight and narrow.
MEANING-: morally correct behavior

KEEP A STRAIGHT FACE

SENTENCE-: Even though she has achieved so much, she manages to keep a straight face.
MEANING-: to not show any amusement or expression

PLACE IN THE SUN

SENTENCE-: She has got her place in the sun after lot of hard work.
MEANING-: a position of advantage

ON CLOUD NINE

SENTENCE-: I was on cloud nine after she told me that I have been selected for Harvard Business School.
MEANING-: to be extremely happy

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You can always be the jewel in the crown, just remember, the higher you want to climb, the harder work you need to do.

WITHOUT FAIL

SENTENCE-: The sun is going to rise without fail.
MEANING-: something that can be easily predicted

KEEP SOMEONE IN THE DARK

SENTENCE-: I never thought, you will keep in dark about this matter.
MEANING-: to keep someone in a state of ignorance about something

BE UNDER THE ILLUSION

SENTENCE-: She has been under the illusion that he is going to come back.
MEANING-: wrongly believe something

THE JEWEL IN CROWN

SENTENCE-: She has been the jewel in the crown of our project.
MEANING-: the most attractive part of something

KILL TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE

SENTENCE-: It is quite difficult to kill two birds with one stone.
MEANING-: to achieve two aims at once

ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE TRACKS

SENTENCE-: You really understand life on the wrong side of the tracks.
MEANING-: the poor or less prestigious part of town

FIT THE BILL

SENTENCE-: I fit the bill of being an entrepreneur.
MEANING-: to be suitable for a particular position

THE END OF THE ROAD

SENTENCE-: The day I will reach the end of the road, I will take the leap of faith and jump.
MEANING-: the point after which survival is not possible

TEAR YOUR HAIR OUT

SENTENCE-: We will get the contract any ways, you need not to tear your hair out.
MEANING-: to show extreme desperation

SO HELP ME

SENTENCE-: I am in real trouble. So, help me.
MEANING-: to emphasize on the fact that you mean what you say

GIVE SOMEONE HELL

SENTENCE-: Hitler gave hell to millions of Jews.
MEANING-: to reprimand someone severely

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Have you ever got someone’s wick or have you ever tried something with a will? Well, if you understood what I said, congos, if not, go and read more to find out what I am talking about.

GET ON SOMEONE’S WICK

SENTENCE-: don’t try to get on my wick, you will have to face the consequences.
MEANING-: annoy someone

WIGS ON THE GREEN

SENTENCE-: every development must be welcomed unless it is wigs on the green.
MEANING-: violent or unpleasant development

WITH A WILL

SENTENCE-: If you really want to be successful in life, do whatever you do with a will.
MEANING-: energetically and resolutely

WEAR THE GREEN WILLOW

SENTENCE-: Don’t say anything to her, she is wearing the green willow.
MEANING-: suffer the loss of a loved on

WIN YOUR SPURS

SENTENCE-: I hope I will soon win my spurs
MEANING-: gain your first distinction or honors

BETWEEN WIND AND WATER

SENTENCE-: I don’t know anything anymore, I am stuck between wind and water.
MEANING-: at a vulnerable point

GET WIND OF

SENTENCE-: we need to stop the plan, she has got wind of it.
MEANING-: to suspect that something is happening

IT’S AN ILL WIND

SENTENCE-: Try and avoid the ill wind.
MEANING-: something’s are so bad that no one profits from them.

GONE WITH THE WIND

SENTENCE-: The story of “the man eater” has gone with the wind.
MEANING-: gone completely without any trace left behind

PUT THE WIND UP

SENTENCE-: Put the wind up, we are in danger now.
MEANING-: alarm or frighten

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