Idioms And Phrase Flashcards
(42 cards)
To pay no heed
Neglect
To turn a deaf ear
To ignore or refuse to listen
Wet behind the ears
Inexperienced, immature, new to something
Eat one’s heart out
To feel bad or disgusted
Chicken-hearted
Faint-hearted
All mouth and no trousers
One who talks boastfully but does nothing
Bad taste in one’s mouth
A feeling of regret or discomfort
Born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth
To be born into a rich family
By word of mouth
Via personal communications rather than written media
From hand to mouth
Providing only bare essentials
Lion’s mouth
A dangerous situation
Mealy-mouthed
Unwilling to state something frankly, afraid to speak
Mouth-watering
Stimulating one’s appetite
Put one’s foot in one’s mouth
To say something that you immediately regret
Run one’s mouth
To talk a lot
Straight from the horse’s mouth
To hear something from someone who has personal knowledge, from a reliable source
To foam at one’s mouth
To get very angry
A change of heart
A change in one’s opinion
After one’s own heart
Sharing or having one’s tastes or views
Bare one’s heart/soul
To confess one’s deepest feelings
Chicken-hearted
Lacking courage, cowardly.
Meaning in Hindi
Pat one’s heart out
Worry, be sad or be jealous.
Meaning in Hindi
Timid
Faint-hearted.
Meaning in Hindi