AMITY INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

SUBJECT: ENGLISH
CLASS 8
TOPIC: IDIOMS

 An idiom is a group of words/a phrase that has a particular meaning that is

different from the meanings of each word on its own.

S.NO IDIOM MEANING USAGE

1. A blessing in an apparent misfortune that Leaving for the US
disguise eventually has good results during the pandemic was
a blessing in disguise.
2. Piece of Cake something that is easy to do Scoring goals against the
opponent team should be
a piece of cake.
3. Beat around the avoid saying what you mean, Don't beat around the
bush usually because it is bush, come straight to
uncomfortable the point!
4. Building Castles in extravagant hopes and plans Maddy has been
the air that will never be carried out building castles in the
air about turning into a
superhero, flying above
the city.
5. On cloud nine extremely happy/excited I was on cloud nine
when I won the
competition.
6. Break a leg good luck Danny was up on stage
to perform. His family
wished, “Break a leg,
Danny!”
7. Call it a day stop working on something I think I’ll call it a day
and go home.
8. Out of the blue something that is unexpected One day, out of
the blue,
she announced that she
was leaving.
9. Tit for tat something annoying or She didn’t wish me on
unpleasant that you do to my birthday as I forgot
someone because that person hers. It was tit for tat.
has done the same thing to
you
10. Get your act to organize yourself so that You need to get your
together you can do something act together if you want
properly to succeed in life.
11. Hang in there don't give up When the times are
tough ,don't give up and
hang in there.
12. Hit the sack go to sleep Once I have finished my
work, I will hit the sack.
13. It's not rocket very easy to learn/understand Finish the work quickly.
science It's not rocket science.
14. Crocodile tears an insincere show of His crocodile tears are
sympathy or sadness not going to make any
difference. Everyone
knows the truth now.
15. At the eleventh at the last moment He postponed his trip at
hour the eleventh hour.
16. Pull someone's leg to joke with someone It's not good to pull
someone's leg infront of
others
17. Pull yourself to control your feelings and Learn to pull yourself
together behave in a calm way together when the going
is tough.
18 Under the weather sick I will drink some soup
since I am feeling a bit
under the weather.
19. To make matters make a problem worse To make matters
worse worse, the girl fell into
the pit and got hurt in
her arm.
20. Once in a blue very rarely, almost never Because I live abroad, I
moon get to see my parents
once in a blue moon.