Very important idioms from 8th standard english text book.

 Very important idioms from 8th standard english text book. 

Idioms 

1. Kick the bucket -to die 

2. Bad egg- dishonest or Ill behaved person

3. A piece of cake-a task that can be accomplished very easily 

4. The ball is in your court-it is your turn to make a decision 

5. Saved by the bell-saved by the last minute intervention 

6. On cloud 9-blessfully happy 

7. At 6s and sevens-confused or in a state of disorder 

8. One hours town-very small town or village 

9. Take five-take care short break 

10. 7th heaven-very happy about something 

11. Perfect 10-completely perfect 

12. To strike out-to file at something 

13. Jump for joy-happy 

14. On the ball-fully aware and in control of a situation 

15. Front runner-expected to win or succeed 

16. Caught red-handed - discovering or catching someone with wrong or illegal 

17. Black sheep-odd one out 

18. Out of the blue-randomly or surprisingly 

19. Grey area-unclear

20. A golden opportunity-good chance 

21. At a snails pace- moving slowly 

22. Let the cat out of the bag-reveal or secret 

23. The lion's share-the biggest part

24. Watch like a hawk-watching carefully 

25. Fish out or water-very uncomfortable 

26. Made as a hornet-extremely angry 

27. On cloud 9-blessful happy 

28. Apple of my eye - proud 

29. A couch potato-a lazy person 

30. Bread and butter-a necessities 

31. Smart cookie-a clever person 

32. Big cheese-and important person 

33. Pieces of 8-pirate treasure 

34. Black and blue-a hard fall or Harsh impact 

35. Wild goose chase-foolish or hopeless 

36. In black and white-in writing form especially in agreement 

37. Drop the ball-make a mistake or mishandle 

38. Cats meow-excellent are highly appealing