Idioms Exercises for Class 8 With Answers CBSE

Idioms Meaning: An idiom is a word or phrase which means something different from its literal meaning. Some common idioms and their meanings are given below.

An idiom is a common word or phrase which means something different from its literal meaning but can be understood because of their popular use.

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Idioms Exercises for Class 8 With Answers CBSE PDF
- Idioms – Meanings

Idioms Exercises for Class 8 With Answers CBSE PDF

Because idioms can mean something different from what the words mean it is difficult for someone not very good at speaking the language to use them properly. Some idioms are only used by some groups of people or at certain times. The idiom shape up or ship out, which is like saying improve your behavior or leave if you don’t, might be said by an employer or supervisor to an employee, but not to other people.

Idioms – Meanings

Cry for the moon	Ask for the impossible
To in a tight corner	In a very difficult situation
Cock and bull story	Made up story that one should not believe
Cat and dog life	Life full of quarrels
Like a cat on hot bricks	Very nervous
Have a card up one’s sleeve	Have a secret plan in reserve
Tell against	To prove adverse to; to go against
Run through	to squander or waste
Run over	to drive over
Alive and kicking	Active and healthy
To burn one’s fingers	To lose on account of foolish behaviour
At sea	Confused or lost
Behind one’s back	In the absence of
To call a spade a spade	To be frank and truthful
To break the ice	To break the silence
To bell the cat	To face the risk
A cold fish	A person devoid of emotions
To cross the Rubicon	To take a decisive step
Double	dealing – Deceiving
To die hard	Change with great difficulty
To eat humble pie	To apologize in a humble manner
To fight a losing battle	Struggle without hope of success
A deadlock	A position where no progress can be made
A daredevil	A person who does not care for any consequences
Once in a blue moon	Very rarely
At a premium	Difficult to get or obtain
To play the game	To act honestly
To die in harness	To work till the last day of one’s life
To plough a lonely furrow	To work without help or support
Lock, stock and barrel	Completely
The long and the short	The main point
Bring to light	Disclose
The bottom line	The final criteria
To kick one’s heels	To wait with nothing to do
Rain cats and dogs	Rain heavily
A hard nut to crack	A difficult problem
In high spirits	Very happy
Like a fish out of water	In a strange situation
Smell a rat	Suspect something foul
Read between the lines	Understand the hidden meaning
Tooth and nail	With all one’s power
Spread like wild fire	Spread quickly
Hit the nail on the head	Do or say the exact thing
Burn the midnight oil	Work or study hard
Under his thumb	Under his control
With a high hand	Oppressively
Gain ground	Become popular
By leaps and bounds	Rapidly
Make off with	to run away with
Pass away	to die
To make a pig of oneself	To overeat
Donkey’s years	A very long time
To pull one’s leg	to joke; tease someone
To keep one’s fingers crossed	To hope fervently
To call in question	To doubt
To talk through one’s hat	To talk ignorantly
To make up one’s mind	To decide
Hard and fast rules	Rigid rules
To make one’s mouth water	To stimulate one’s appetite
By word of mouth	By spoken message
To get the better of someone	To take advantage of someone
To rub shoulders	To come into close contact
A snake in the grass	A hidden enemy
Between the devil and the deep blue sea	Between two dangers
Chew the cud	To discuss matters in a ponderous manner, especially reminiscing
To kill two birds with one stone	To achieve two results with one effort
A close shave	A narrow escape
Chip off the old block	someone as good as one’s father
To pull a long face	To look sad
Above board	Open and honest
To turn a deaf ear	To ignore
To turn the tables	To reverse the situation
To call someone names	To abuse or insult someone
Above board	Honest and open
At arm’s length	To keep at a distance
At the eleventh hour	At the last moment
An apple of discord	A cause of quarrel
To burn one’s boats	Make a final decision, destroy all possible ways of going back a situation
To build castles in the air	Make imaginary schemes
A burning question	An important topic
A brown study	Daydreaming
Sitting on the fence	Hesitate between two decisions

Idioms Exercises for Class 8 With Answers CBSE PDF

Idioms – Meanings

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