Idioms 26-51

S.No

Idiom

Meaning

26

To turn over a new leaf

To reform / to behave better

27

To put into practice

To carry out in deeds

28

A wild goose chase

An enterprise which will not succeed

29

To end in smoke

To have no result / to come to nothing

30

At a loss

Puzzled / not knowing what to do

31

With flying colours

To emerge successfully from some difficult task

32

Odds and ends

A collection of objects not belonging to any group or order / left over and discarded

33

Under one’s nose

Immediately with in reach

34

To poke one’s nose into

To meddle / to interfere

35

To kick up a raw

To make a noise or disturbance 

36

To wind up

To bring to an end

37

Now and again

Frequently

38

Time and time

Several times

39

For the sake of

For the welfare of

40

In black and white

In writing

41

To look after

To take care

42

To take place

To held

43

To take pain

To take trouble

44

T give away

To distribute

45

To see eye to eye with someone

To have the same opinion or to agree with

46

To turn a deaf ear to

To pay no attention

47

A black sheep

A bad character in a good group

48

To take to task

To call to account / to blame / to rebuke

49

Far and wide

Over a large area

50

At large

At liberty / free

51

To give up

To surrender /  to leave /