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Tagged with:       [Post New]posted on 6 Jul 2007 13:41:53 IST    
I am not so good in verbal english but recently i got to learn some new idioms and phrases........so i thought i would like to share it with you........

1.A dark horse:  A person who does not talk much to others abt. his activities.

2.A dog in the manager:  Selfish person.

3.A feather in ones cap:  An achievement of which one can be proud.

4.A live wire:  An active person.

5.A man of straw:  An useless person.

6.A square peg in a round hole:  A person who is not suited to his position.

7.A white elephant:  Costly affair.

8.A wild goose chase:  A futile effort.

9.Jack something in:  Stop doing something.

10.Keel over:  Lose one's balance and fall.

11.Rack one's brains:  To think more.


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bhuvana89 is offline comment by bhuvana89    (posted on 6 Jul 2007 17:34:48 IST)
hey to look 4 some more ,see this :
http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/
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