Friday, 16 October 2015

Idioms and Phrases. SSC CGL-Cum-CDS Booster.

1. Chinless wonder 
a rich but weak or stupid man.

2. Wolf in sheep's clothing 
 someone who seems friendly but is in fact unpleasant or cruel). 

3. Creep
 an unpleasant person, especially someone who tries to please or impress people in positions of authority.

4. Stuffed shirt
 a boring person, usually male, who always behaves in a very correct way)

5. Smart Alec (also written alec or Aleck) 
someone who behaves in an annoying way by trying to show how clever they are).

6.  Salt of the earth 
 an ordinary person who is respected because they are honest and good)

7. Good egg
  A good or a reliable person cam be termed as a good egg.

8. Early bird.
a person who rises, arrives, or acts before the usual or expected time.

9. An eager beaver.
someone who works very hard and is very eager to do things.


10. A golden boy/girl
someone who is successful and admired


11. Moaning Minnie.
 someone who annoys other people by complaining all the time: 


12. Salt of the earth.
Most worthy of people.

13. Scrooge.
A mean spirited miser person, skinflint

14. Skiver.
A person who is absent from the work without the permission,

15. Rough diamond.
 a person of exceptional character - a person with great potential but lacking polish and refinement

16. Slave driver.
a person who makes other people work very hard.

17. Teddy bear.
someone, always a man, who looks tough and unfriendly, but is in fact very friendly and pleasant.


18. Wall flower.
a person who has no one to dance with or who feels shy, awkward, or excluded at a party.

19. Wet blanket.
a person who says or does something that stops other people enjoying themselves.  Spreader of gloom.


20. Wimp.
a person who is not strong, brave, or confident.

21. Rolling stone
a person who doesn't stay in the same job or company or with friends .


22. scrounger 
someone who gets something they want by asking someone for it instead of getting or paying for it themselves.

23. Busybody 
someone who is very interested in other people's private lives and activities, and tries to get involved in them in a way that is annoying.

24. Crank.
someone who has very strange ideas or behavior.

25. Pain in the neck. 
Someone who is very annoying.

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