Idioms

20 Idioms and Phrases in English – Idioms, Meanings and Examples

20 Idioms and Phrases in English – Idioms, Phrases, Meanings and Examples;

	Meaning	Examples
All walks of life	In all aspects of life	Gandhi had disciples from all walks of life.
to consist of	to contains	Our class consists of 55 students.
To be one in essence	to the same	Men and women are one in essence.
To be a part of	To belong to something	Non-violence is a part of Indian tradition.
To be fit for	To be suitable	She is fit for the post of a typist.

To find out	To discover	The police found out the thief.
To serve the purpose	To meet the requirement	Scholorship alone will not serve the purpose.
To come across	To meet	Everyday we come across processions in our roads.
Thanks to	Due to (because of)	Thanks to the bold knocks of Sachin, India won the match.
To be gifted with	To be blessed with	Man is gifted with reasoning power.
	Meaning	Examples
To bring about	To effect	Marriage brought about great changes in his behaviour.
To lie dormant	Unused	We should now allow our skills lie dormant in ourselves.
To wake up	To rise and act	Whenthe opportunity knocks at our door, we should wake up.
In the largest measure	In great quantities	Arnold helped the Tsunami victims in the largest measure.
By nature	Naturally	She is very sensitive by nature.
To bestow on	To give as a gift	Nature has bestowed many riches on us.
In term of	In relation of	The politicians should undertake projects in term of their necessity for the people.
To take the lead	To go forward	India should take the lead ….
A far cry	Something difficult to achieve	A casteless society has come a far cry.
Come to a halt	Come to sudden end	The car came to a halt as the railway gate was closed.