Idioms or phrases are the sentences which point out to a situation wthout the need to explain in detail.

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Listed below are some commonly used idioms. Test your knowledge if you know the meaning.

1. Bull in a China shop : China shop is where all the delicate crockery is sold. This is often used to describe a reckless person. 

It was a sensitive situation but he made decisions like a bull in a China shop". 

2. Keeping up with The Jones's : Always competing with what the neighbours are doing. 

"Her keeping up with the Jones's landed the family in major financial troubles." 

3. To give a run for someone's money: This idiom is used to describe someone extremely competitive.

"Though Raima is short, she can give all the tall athletes a run for their money." 

4. Stick to your guns :  Stand by your values, beliefs and rights. 

"Sharon stuck to her guns when her classmates offered her alcohol."

5. Queen Bee:  It means a woman leader whom everyone follows without questioning, used to describe a power woman.

 "She is the Queen Bee at her office and home." 

6. Bury the hatchet : Make peace with someone after a prolonged enemity. 

"It took Amy and Sybil five years after college to bury the hatchet." 

7. Heydays : The best time of a person's life, generally used to describe youth. 

"This photograph of my grandpa was taken in his heydays."

8. Catch 22 situation. Tricky situation. 

It was a Catch 22 situation to choose between career and academics.

9. Pull up your socks/dust yourself off : Pull up your socks refers to improving oneself. Dust yourself off means to let go of a failure, and start afresh.

"Pull up your socks to pass the exams."

"You have to dust yourself off and search for a new job."

10. Skeletons in the cupboard:  A not so pleasant truth which one doesn't want to make public. 

"His manager was blackmailing him about the skeletons in the family cupboard."

11.Swept off the feet.: Impressing someone to the extent of getting carried away.

 "Marilyn Monroe was swept off her feet by Joe Di Maggio in the very first meeting." 

12.Spill the beans:  Reveal something which is meant to be a secret. 

"Rehnuma spilled the beans about her brother's job at a call center to her parents."

13.Give someone a piece of your mind : Rebuke, or scold.

"The Manager gave a piece of his mind to the employees who were caught playing cards in the office." 

14. Left right and centre  :  All the time.

"She shops left, right and centre for expensive designer wear". 

15. Walk it like you talk it :  Match your actions with your words.

"If you want to bag the deal, walk like you talk it."