English Idioms & Phrases By Neerja Raheja – Set 15 | Free PDF Download

Idioms and Phrases Agenda:

1. Tanked up
2. Thick and fast
3. Egg all over your face
4. Pay through the nose
5. Be in the throes of

Tanked up

• Example
•  We’re going to be having dinner soon, so don’t tank up on chips and candy
•  Don’t tank up during lunch- we don’t want any mistakes during the meeting in the afternoon

Thick and fast

• Example
• The work will pile up thick and fast if you don’t stay on top of it throughout the day
• Distress calls were pouring in, thick and fast, from all over the area during the first board exam

Egg all over your face

• Example
• This latest scandal has left the government with egg on its face
• Pooja was left with egg on her face after forgetting the words to the song during the audition

Pay through the nose

• Example
•  We paid through the nose to get the car fixed

Be in the throes of

• Example
•  The country was in the throes of economic collapse

 
 

 

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