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Interesting Idioms for Essays writing!

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Interesting idioms for Essays

1. Off day	a day on which you do not have to work	She is planning to the zoo on her off day.
2. Off-color	slightly ill	I have been feeling bit off-color lately.
3. Off-hand	immediately, extempore	They decided off-hand to take a trip.
4. Oft the top of one’s head	from the knowledge, you have in your memory	I cannot tell you Alina’s mobile number off the top of my head but I can look up it for you.
5. On / At / Upon the point of	about to do something	The doctor came when he was at the point of death.
6. On account of	because of	He could not take the examination on account of illness.
7. On all hands	by everyone, universally	It was decided on all hands to take a trip.
8. On behalf of	for someone	I will sign the agreement on behalf of my brother.
9. On occasion	from time to time	He comes to see me on occasion.
10. On the air	broadcasting or being broadcast	The interview will be on the air tomorrow.
11. On the eve of	on the occasion	He was very happy on the eve of his birthday.
12. On the horns of a dilemma	to choose one of the two undesirable courses	He could save only one of two drowning sons. So, he was on the horns of dilemma whom he should let drown.
13. On the score of	because of	He fell ill on the score of bad food.
14. On the spur of the moment	suddenly, without planning	Hamlet killed Polonius on the spur of the moment.
15. On the whole	taking everything into consideration	On the whole, the novel is pretty good.
16. Once for all/Once and for all	completely and finally	Let us settle this problem once and for all.
17. Ones element	to feel very happy and comfortable in a situation	He in his element when he talks to a large group of people.
18. One’s mark	to fail to get one’s aim	You will miss your mark if you do not do your work honesty.
19. Open Pandora’s box	cause great difficulties	Dearness has opened a whole Pandora’s box of problems.
20. Out of date/out of fashion	of old style	She does not like out of date

Idioms for Essay Writing

21. Out of sight	outside the area that you can see	She kept waving her hand until the car was out of sight.
22. Out of sorts	to be sick	He could not attend the class as he was out of sorts.
23. Out of the question	not possible, not allowed	It is out of question for Joe to abuse anyone.
24. Out of the woods	out of danger	Though we are going ahead well, we are not out of the woods yet.
25. Outs and out	complete	He is out and out a gentleman.
26. Over and above	in addition to something, besides	The city is facing many other problems over and above bad roads.
27. Over and over again	repeatedly	The only way to learn the poem is to say yourself over and over again.
28. Over head and ears	to be completely in debt/love	He is overhead and ears in love with Elena.
29. Pass as somebody or something	Pass for somebody or something	He speaks English so well, he could easily pass for an English man.
30. Pass muster	to reach an acceptable standard	His performance in the test could not pass muster.
31. Pay back in the same coin / pay someone in his own coin	to treat someone as badly as they have treated you	He slapped me but I also paid him in coin by giving him a blow.
32. Pay/give lip-service to	to pretend to agree with someone’s idea without really doing so	She has stopped even to pay the lip-service to the rules of the office.
33. Plain sailing	easy, effortless	To become a doctor is not plain sailing for anyone.
34. Play a double game	to act fraudulently, to deceive	By supporting my enemy and sympathizing with me, he is playing a double game.
35. Play ducks and drakes	spend in a careless wasteful way	He played ducks and drakes with the money of his father.
36. Play second fiddle to	be in a lower rank or position than someone else	She plays second fiddle to her boss in this office.
37. Play truant	to run away from school without permission	He often plays truant from school.
38. Play with fire	do something dangerous	We are ready to play with fire for you.
39. Pocket an insult	bear insult without open resentment	He had to pocket an insult when he failed in the examination.

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40. Poison one’s ears/ mind against someone	to report against someone	His step mother poisoned his father’s mind/ears against him.
41. Poke one’s nose into	to interfere in the problems of others	She usually pokes her nose into the problems of others.
42. Pray through the nose for sth	to pay excessively	I found an elegant dress, but I had to pay through the nose for it.
43. Provided that	to say that something will only be possible if something else happens or is done	You will pass the examination provided that you worked hard.
44. Pull someone’s leg	to try as a joke to make somebody believe something which is not true	You do not really have a black mark on your nose, he is only pulling your leg.
45. Put the cart before the horse	to do things in the wrong order	He studies at night and sleeps all day long. He has put the cart before the horse.
46. Rack your brains	to try hard to think of something	I racked my brains trying to remember his name.
47. Rank and file	ordinary workers	The rank and file of the party are losing their trust in the leadership now.
48. Read between the lines	to guess something that is not expressed directly	Reading between the lines, I think Elena wants to borrow money.
49. Red tape	unnecessary official procedure	He could not get his passport in time because of red tape.
50. Red-letter day	a memorable day	14th August is a red-letter day for Pakistanis.