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a day on which you do She is planning to the zoo

1. Off day
not have to work on her off day.
I have been feeling bit off-
2. Off-color slightly ill
color lately.
They decided off-hand to
3. Off-hand immediately, extempore
take a trip.
I cannot tell you Alina's
4. Oft the top of one's from the knowledge you mobile number off the top
head have in your memory of my head but I can look
up it for you.
5. On / At / Upon the The doctor came when he
about to do something
point of was on the point of death.
He could not take the
6. On account of because of examination on account of
illness.
It was decided on all hands
7. On all hands by everyone, universally
to take a trip.
I will sign the agreement on
8. On behalf of for someone
behalf of my brother.
He comes to see me on
9. On occasion from time to time
occasion.
broadcasting or being The interview will be on the
10. On the air
broadcast air tomorrow.
He was very happy on the
11. On the eve of on the occasion
eve of his birthday.
He could save only one of
two drowning sons. So, he
12. On the horns of a to choose one of the
was on the horns of
dilemma two undesirable courses
dilemma whom he should
let drown.
He fell ill on the score of
13. On the score of because of
bad food.
14. On the spur of the suddenly, without Hamlet killed Polonius on
moment planning the spur of the moment.
taking everything into On the whole, the novel is
15. On the whole
consideration pretty good.
16. Once for all/Once and Let us settle this problem
completely and finally
for all once and for all.
to feel very happy and He in his element when he
17. Ones element comfortable in a talks to a large group of
situation people.
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18. One's mark
19. Open Pandora's box
20. Out of date/out of
fashion
21. Out of sight
22. Out of sorts
23. Out of the question
24. Out of the woods
25. Outs and out
26. Over and above
27. Over and over again
28. Over head and ears
29. Pass as somebody or
something
30. Pass muster
31. Pay back in the same
coin / pay someone in
his own coin
32. Pay/give lip-service to
33. Plain sailing
You will miss your mark if
to fail to get one’s aim you do not do your work
honesty.
Dearness has opened a
cause great difficulties whole Pandora's box of
problems.
She does not like out of
of old style
date
She kept waving her hand
outside the area that
until the car was out of
you can see
sight.
He could not attend the
to be sick
class as he was out of sorts.
not possible, not It is out of question for Joe
allowed to abuse anyone.
Though we are going ahead
out of danger well, we are not out of the
woods yet.
He is out and out a
complete
gentleman.
The city is facing many
in addition to
other problems over and
something, besides
above bad roads.
The only way to learn the
repeatedly poem is to say yourself over
and over again.
to be completely in He is over head and ears in
debt/love love with Elena.
He speaks English so well,
Pass for some body or
he could easily pass for an
something
English man.
to reach an acceptable His performance in the test
standard could not pass muster.
to treat someone as He slapped me but I also
badly as they have paid him in coin by giving
treated you him a blow.
to pretend to agree with She has stopped even to
someone's idea without pay the lip-service to the
really doing so rules of the office.
To become a doctor is not
easy, effortless
plain sailing tor anyone.
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34. Play a double game
35. Play ducks and drakes
36. Play second fiddle to
37. Play truant
38. Play with fire
39. Pocket an insult
40. Poison one's ears/ mind
against someone
41. Poke one's nose into
42. Pray through the nose
for sth
43. Provided that
44. Pull someone's leg
45. Put the cart before the
horse
46. Rack your brains
47. Rank and file
By supporting my enemy
to act fraudulently, to
and sympathizing with me,
deceive
he is playing a double game.
He played ducks and drakes
spend in careless
with the money of his
wasteful way
father.
be in a lower rank or
She plays second fiddle to
position than someone
her boss in this office.
else
to run away from school He often plays truant from
without permission school.
do something We are ready to play with
dangerous fire for you.
He had to pocket an insult
bear insult without open
when he failed in the
resentment
examination.
His step mother poisoned
to report against
his father's mind/ears
someone
against him.
to interfere in the She usually pokes her nose
problems of others into the problems of others.
I found an elegant dress,
to pay excessively but I had to pay through the
nose for it.
to say that something
You will pass the
will only be possible if
examination provided that
something else happens
you worked hard.
or is done
to try as a joke to make
You do not really have a
somebody believe
black mark on your nose, he
something which is not
is only pulling your leg.
true
He studies at night and
to do things in the sleeps all day long. He has
wrong order put the cart before the
horse.
to try hard to think of I racked my brains trying to
something remember his name.
The rank and file of the
ordinary workers party are losing their trust
in the leadership now.
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Reading between the lines,

to guess something that
48. Read between the lines I think Elena wants to
is not expressed directly
borrow money.
He could not get his
unnecessary official
49. Red tape passport in time because of
procedure
red tape.
14th August is a red-letter
50. Red-letter day a memorable day
day to Pakistanis.