'200 idioms you should know' for college students
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Course Overview
College students need to polish their communication to ensure that they stand out amongst the competition. However, by resorting to mere memorizing of idioms they tend to make critical errors in their communication. To solve this problem, we have created '200 idioms you should know for college students.'
'200 idioms you should know' is a compilation of 200 popularly used idioms along with its usage explained in the form of short stories / day-to-day conversations. In addition to learning the meaning of these 200 idioms you will also have a thorough understanding of how to use these idioms correctly.
Requirements
Ability to read & comprehend basic English
Learning Outcomes
- Ability to use idioms correctly
- Application of idioms in day-to-day conversations
- Identifying common errors while using idioms
Features
- Assured Certification
- Self Paced Learning
- Unlimited 3-week access
Course Curriculum
- Lecture: 11) A breath of fresh air
- Lecture: 22) A clean bill of health
- Lecture: 33) A whole new ball game
- Lecture: 44) Achilles heel
- Lecture: 55) Add fuel to the fire
- Lecture: 66) Alive and kicking
- Lecture: 78) Any port in a storm
- Lecture: 87) An arm and a leg
- Lecture: 99) Banana republic
- Lecture: 1010) Flog a dead horse
- Lecture: 1111) Bitter pill to swallow
- Lecture: 1212) Blow a fuse
- Lecture: 1313) Build bridges
- Lecture: 1414) Call a spade a spade
- Lecture: 1515) Come clean
- Lecture: 1616) Rain or shine
- Lecture: 1717) Cry wolf
- Lecture: 1818) Dead to the world
- Lecture: 1919) Dog eat Dog
- Lecture: 2020) Draw the short straw
- Lecture: 2121) Eat humble pie
- Lecture: 2222) Face the music
- Lecture: 2323) Feel blue
- Lecture: 2424) Fish for compliments
- Lecture: 2525) Gain ground
- Lecture: 2626) Get along like a house on fire
- Lecture: 2727) Good fences make good neighbours
- Lecture: 2828) Have a card up one’s sleeve
- Lecture: 2929) Have an axe to grind
- Lecture: 3030) Have bigger fish to fry
- Lecture: 3131) Hit the nail on the head
- Lecture: 3232) Horse of a different colour
- Lecture: 3333) Eat my hat
- Lecture: 3434) Itchy feet
- Lecture: 3535) Jump on the bandwagon
- Lecture: 3636) Keep the wolf from the door
- Lecture: 3737) Kick the bucket
- Lecture: 3838) Lame duck
- Lecture: 3939) Let sleeping dogs lie
- Lecture: 4040) Magic wand
- Lecture: 4141) Make a mountain out of a molehill
- Lecture: 4242) Make waves
- Lecture: 4343) Mark my words
- Lecture: 4444) Miss the boat
- Lecture: 4545) Necessity is the mother of invention
- Lecture: 4646) Not enough room to swing a cat
- Lecture: 4747) Not hold water
- Lecture: 4848) Over my dead body
- Lecture: 4949) Pass the hat around
- Lecture: 5050) Play second fiddle
- Lecture: 5151) Put one’s shoulder to the wheel
- Lecture: 5252) Set the cat among pigeons
- Lecture: 5353) Put words in someone’s mouth
- Lecture: 5454) Rain cats and dogs
- Lecture: 5555) Raised eyebrows
- Lecture: 5656) Rome was not built in a day
- Lecture: 5757) Red flag
- Lecture: 5858) Raw deal
- Lecture: 5959) Sell ice to Eskimos
- Lecture: 6060) Set the ball rolling
- Lecture: 6161) Sitting duck
- Lecture: 6262) To brush under the carpet
- Lecture: 6363) Salt of the earth
- Lecture: 6464) Take for a ride
- Lecture: 6565) Take to something like a duck to water
- Lecture: 6666) The jury is out
- Lecture: 6767) Throw in the towel
- Lecture: 6868) Under one’s thumb
- Lecture: 6969) Wake up on the wrong side of the bed
- Lecture: 7070) Walk on air
- Lecture: 7171) Walk the talk
- Lecture: 7272) Wear your heart on your sleeve
- Lecture: 7373) When pigs fly
- Lecture: 7474) Weather the storm
- Lecture: 7575) Wouldn’t be caught dead
- Lecture: 7676) Yoke around someone’s neck
- Lecture: 7777 ) Yellow journalism
- Lecture: 7878) Call it a day
- Lecture: 7979) Carry the ball
- Lecture: 8080) Calm before the storm
- Lecture: 8181) Cash cow
- Lecture: 8282) Castles in the air
- Lecture: 8383) Come hell or high water
- Lecture: 8484) Come to terms with
- Lecture: 8585) Cool as a cucumber
- Lecture: 8686) Couch Potato
- Lecture: 8787) Cog in the wheel
- Lecture: 8888) Get in someone’s hair
- Lecture: 8989) Green light
- Lecture: 9090) Green eyed monster
- Lecture: 9191) Cat out of the bag
- Lecture: 9292) Lion’s share
- Lecture: 9393) Love someone to death
- Lecture: 9494) Dance on someone’s grave
- Lecture: 9595) Devil-may-care
- Lecture: 9696) Drag one’s feet
- Lecture: 9797) Drop the subject
- Lecture: 9898) Odd duck/Odd ball
- Lecture: 9999) Old wives tales
- Lecture: 100100) Cost a pretty penny
- Lecture: 101101) Hit the road
- Lecture: 102102) Have a blast
- Lecture: 103103) Off the hook
- Lecture: 104104) Pop one’s clogs
- Lecture: 105105) Piece of cake
- Lecture: 106106) Pull someone’s leg
- Lecture: 107107) Right as rain
- Lecture: 108108) Take the cake
- Lecture: 109109) Through thick and thin
- Lecture: 110110) You can say that again
- Lecture: 111111) All and sundry
- Lecture: 112112) All she wrote
- Lecture: 113113) Ask for the moon
- Lecture: 114114) Account for
- Lecture: 115115) All sizzle and no steak
- Lecture: 116116) Ante up
- Lecture: 117117) Anything goes
- Lecture: 118118) At first glance
- Lecture: 119119) An earful
- Lecture: 120120) All hell breaking loose
- Lecture: 121121) A Man’s home is his castle
- Lecture: 122122) All spruced up
- Lecture: 123123) An Old warhorse
- Lecture: 124124) All joking aside
- Lecture: 125125) Across the pond
- Lecture: 126126) Neck on the line
- Lecture: 127127) All shook up
- Lecture: 128128) As full as a tick
- Lecture: 129129) Age before beauty
- Lecture: 130130) You are only as good as your last shift
- Lecture: 131131) Thank your lucky stars
- Lecture: 132132) You don’t miss the water till the well runs dry
- Lecture: 133133) You can’t make silk purse out of sow’s ears
- Lecture: 134134) You can run but you cannot hide
- Lecture: 135135) Young at heart
- Lecture: 136136) You snooze, you lose
- Lecture: 137137) You reap what you sow
- Lecture: 138138) X marks the spot
- Lecture: 139139) Variety is the spice of life
- Lecture: 140140) Visit a spell
- Lecture: 141141) Under fire
- Lecture: 142142) Under a spell
- Lecture: 143143) Below the belt
- Lecture: 144144) Under one’s wing
- Lecture: 145145) Up and running
- Lecture: 146146) Under the table
- Lecture: 147147) Up and coming
- Lecture: 148148) Unsung hero
- Lecture: 149149) Right up your alley
- Lecture: 150150) Uphill battle
- Lecture: 151151) Upper crust
- Lecture: 152152) Under the gun
- Lecture: 153153) Under one’s skin
- Lecture: 154154) Up in smoke
- Lecture: 155155) Along/go along for the ride
- Lecture: 156156) All washed up
- Lecture: 157157) All the world’s a stage
- Lecture: 158158) Back on one’s feet
- Lecture: 159159) Back down/Back off/Fink off/Cop out
- Lecture: 160160) Bang for the buck
- Lecture: 161161) Paint oneself into a corner
- Lecture: 162162) Blow someone/something out of the water
- Lecture: 163163) Blow someone’s mind
- Lecture: 164164) Bet dollars to donuts
- Lecture: 165165) Bare one’s soul
- Lecture: 166166) Bark worse than the bite
- Lecture: 167167) Bat one’s eyelashes
- Lecture: 168168) Be my guest
- Lecture: 169169) Be all end all
- Lecture: 170170) Be there or be square
- Lecture: 171171) Beggars can’t be choosers
- Lecture: 172172) Begs the question
- Lecture: 173173) Before you can say jack robinson
- Lecture: 174174) Beg to differ
- Lecture: 175175) Throw a curve
- Lecture: 176176) Blow the lid off
- Lecture: 177177) Beside oneself
- Lecture: 178178) Bringing down the house
- Lecture: 179179) Bringing home the bacon
- Lecture: 180180) Blind leading the blind
- Lecture: 181181) Blood is thicker than water
- Lecture: 182182) Neck and neck
- Lecture: 183183) Behind the eight ball
- Lecture: 184184) Until one is blue in the face
- Lecture: 185185) Going the extra mile
- Lecture: 186186) Bone to pick with
- Lecture: 187187) Bowl over
- Lecture: 188188) Born with a silver spoon
- Lecture: 189189) Bread and butter
- Lecture: 190190) Break the spell
- Lecture: 191191) Don’t sweat it
- Lecture: 192192) Break it down
- Lecture: 193193) Break into a sweat
- Lecture: 194194) Break the bank
- Lecture: 195195) Break his silence
- Lecture: 196196) Bright eyed and bushy tailed
- Lecture: 197197) By word of mouth
- Lecture: 198198) Build a better mousetrap
- Lecture: 199199) Bump into
- Lecture: 200200) Bumper to bumper
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VANDHANA G06 Feb, 2021
very useful course....Thank you for this
Ramyapriya06 Feb, 2021
Very good teaching sir
Dharani P06 Feb, 2021
Interesting examples for idioms
Megha_das06 Feb, 2021
It's amazing to learn a new idiom with a short story , it makes it extremely viable and so much easy to understand.
ANUSHRUTHI.S06 Feb, 2021
This course very useful to know the idioms meaning in the same time we came to know about words pronounciation too.
Mathumitha. S17 Feb, 2021
Very useful but need some more days.... For complete learning.
Arya M S17 Feb, 2021
Very useful course...easy to understand
Bingi.sudha sree17 Feb, 2021
Good
Nivethitha V17 Feb, 2021
It is a great platform to understand our own standard of English. The free courses available in this website is really useful.
Modala Charitha17 Feb, 2021
Good teaching and very useful
Kunal Shah18 Feb, 2021
Good course with detailed explanation
Gayathri18 Feb, 2021
Happy to find this course. It has helped me in improving my communication skills
Nikhil Gambhir18 Feb, 2021
This course is extremely useful. This is indeed the right way to learn idioms. Once we learn this way we will never go wrong.
Rashmi Agarwal18 Feb, 2021
Very well designed course. The effort put into explaining each phrase using examples from real-life is commendable!
Partho Bannerjee18 Feb, 2021
In most other courses there is a gap between learning and implementation. The best thing about '200 idioms you should know' is the fact that you can start using what you learnt immediately.
Krishnakripa.A.M18 Feb, 2021
It's very useful,i have improved to avoided some of my pronounciation mistakes.
Kavya18 Feb, 2021
Very helpful
Kaviya Nirullah RS18 Feb, 2021
Easy to understand and reciprocate....
Bingo.Sudha Sree18 Feb, 2021
Good
Ishita Gulati18 Feb, 2021
Brilliant course. All these 200 idioms can be used in our daily lives.
Tanmoy Sarkar18 Feb, 2021
I spent 15-20 minutes everyday on this course. Within 2 months I completely mastered the usage of all the 200 idoms!
Pranav Singh18 Feb, 2021
Many websites provide the meaning of idioms. But no other website explains the usage in such detail. Great course!
Mohamed Ansari18 Feb, 2021
I look forward to reading a few lessons in '200 idioms you should know' every day. I have seen a drastic improvement in the choice of phrases I use after this course.
Partha Mallick19 Feb, 2021
This is the best way to learn how to use phrases. I wish someone taught like this in school & college.
Arvind Raghunathan19 Feb, 2021
By going through this course I clearly understood how certain phrases should not used in daily conversations. This is a great value add!
Babita19 Feb, 2021
Very helpful to improve our English
Rasheed19 Feb, 2021
It is very easy to understand English through this course.
Roshini Eapen19 Feb, 2021
This course has given me so much useful information. I have never come across any other website that teaches English is such a simple manner.
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