GAB
GIFT OF THE GAB: talent for talking. politicians need to have
the gift of the gab.
GAFF
BLOW THE GAFF: reveal; betray a secret. we were going to the
cinema without father knowing but raj blew the gaff.
GAIN
TO GAIN ON: is to encroach on, to come up nearere to. the third
horse in the race gained on the foremost.
TO GAIN GROUND: to make a progress. my son is gaining upon
much ground in the class.
TO GAIN THE DAY: to be victorious. our college blue gained the
day in today's match.
GALA
GALA DAY: festive day. sunday is always a gala day.
GALE
HANGING GALE: arreares of rent. he has not as yet cleared his
hanging gale for the last four months.
GALL
TO DIP ONE'S PEN TO GALL:to write abusively. some journalists
always did their pen in gall.
GALL AND WORMWOOD: source of great annoyance.my servants, as
they are rascals, are gall and worm wood to me.anything extremely
disagreeable. the news of sadhna's marriage to ram was gall and
wormwood to the man she had refused.
TO DIP ONE'S PEN IN GALL: to write violently. her dip of pen in
gall brought him to ask.
GAMBLE
TO GAMBLE AWAY: to loss. he has gambled away all chances of success.
GAME
PLAY THE GAME: to act fairly and honestly. reading other
people's letters is not playing the game.
BIG GAME: large animals hummed. business to day is a big game.
RED GAME: grouse. i have no red game for you.
DIE GAME: to keep up courge until the last. the indian team
kept up courage until the last in the cricket match with pakistan.
THE NAME OF THE GAME: the thing that is important, central or
essential . in manufacturing industry the name of the game is
efficiency.
GIVE THE GAME AWAY: to let a secret; trick etc. become know.
donot laugh or you will give the game away.
TO MAKE GAME OF: to ridicule. the college students make a game
of the fresh entrants.
GAME AND GAME: one victory scored by each side . the cricket
match has ended in game to game.
FAIR GAME: honest job. a straight business is a fair game.
THE GAME IS UP: the scheme has failed. the thief knew the
game was up when he saw the policeman.
GANDER
SAUCE FOR THE GOOSE IS SAUCE FOR THE GANDER: what is good for
one is also good for another?
GASP
AT ONE'S LAST GASP: just about to collapse, die, give up. i
am surprised he is still alive- i thought he was at his last gasp
when i saw him six months ago.
GATE
GATE OF JUSTICE: where justice is given to the people.the supreme
court is the gate of justice.
GATE-CRASHER: uninvited intruder. many great persons are gate crasher.
GATE OF HORN: by which true dreams come. i donot know when i will
pass through the gates of horn.
GATHER
GATHERED TO ONE'S FATHERS: dead and buried. she was eighty
when she died and was gathered to her father.
GATHER WAY: to begin to move. the motor has gathered way.
TO GATHER COLOUR: to be browned. his face is gathering colour.
GATHER GROUND:make progess. by and by you will gather a ground.
GAUNTLET
TO RUN THE GAUNTLET: to pass through criticism. the landing
of indian troops in kashmir has run the gauntlet of criticism in the
western press.
THROW DOWN THE GAUNTLET: to make a challenge . he threw down
the gauntlet by calling his opponent a liar.
GEAR
OUT OF GEAR:not working. my type writer is out of gear.
IN GEAR: working. my typewriter is its proper gear.
GEAR UP: make the speed higher. the students gear up for the
examination.
GEAR DOWN: make the speed lower. the students gear down for
the summer vacation.
GENERAL
IN GENERAL : generally . in general ladies do no smoke.
LOVER GENERAL: one who make love to every woman . madan is a
lover general .
GENTLE
THE GENTLE CRAFT: angling. he hate the gentle craft.
THE GENTLE SEX:women. karate might seem to some to be an
unsuitable sport for the gentle sex.
GET
GET UP: angling. i donot like the get up of this book.
GET AT: seak to express. what are you getting at?
TO GET DOWN: attend seriously. business has down these days.
GET ON: to make a progress . he is getting on well with his studies.
GET OFF: is to dismount; to escape; to get off goods; to get
rid of them by sale. he cannot get his shirt off.
GET OUT: to go outside; to set free. the boy fell into the
well and could not get out.
GET ONESELF UP: dress smartly. she got herself up in a new costume.
GET AWAY: escape. i cought two birds, but one got away.
GET OVER: recover from. she soon got over the shock.
GET THROUGH: finish. the student got through the examination.
GET AHEAD: make progress. in modern society everyone tries
to get ahed.
GET A MOVE ON: start. can we get a move on with this now?
TO GET INTO: put on. let's get into the bargain.
GET OF WITH: to form a close, often sexual, relationship
with. he is always trying to get with someone.
GET SET: to get ready to start running. get ready! get set! go!
GET GOING: make a beginning; a start. it is past nine we must
get going.
GET HOLD OF: grasp; met. i will expain, and you will soon
hold of the plan.
GET BACK: is to return. i have just got back from my long journey.
GET FORWARD: is to proposed. i hope these students are
getting forward with their education.
GET NEAR: is to approach. it will be dangerous if the ship
get the near rock.
TO GET UNDER WAY: to begin to sail. at last the ship got under way.
TO GET ALONG: progress. he is getting along will in his business.
TO GET RID OF: to leave . i want to get rid of my job.
GHOST
TO GIVE UP THE GHOST: to die. the old man gave up the ghost
this evening.
TO GHOST OF A CHANCE: the last chance. that horse has not a
ghost of a chance of winning the race.
GIRD
GIRD UP ONE'S LION:prepare for a combat. i must grid up my
lions for the long journey tomorrow.
GIVE
GIVE UP: resign. please give up your bad habits.
GIVE OR TAKE: adding or taking away within certain limits. i
weigh fifty-five kilos,give or take kio.
GIVE OVER: stop; cease. give over teasing the cat.
GIVE THE GO BY: ignore. i shall give the all plan to go by.
GIVE WAY: to fall. the roof give way.
GIVE THE GAME/SHOW AWAY: to let a secret, trick etc. become
known, donot laugh or you will give the game away.
WHAT GIVES?: what is happening? what is the matter? every one
seems to be in a bad mood- what gives?
GIVE EAR: listen. please give ear for the whole story.
GIVE BACK: is to restore, to return what you receive. please
give me back the books you borrowed from me.
GIVE AWAY: to transfer; distribute. he never gave away a
farthing in his life.
TO GIVE EAR: to listen. he gave ear to his father's advice.
TO GIVE OVER: to hand over. the clerk gave over the charge.
GIVE OUT: to announce to disclose. he gave out that he was
going to mumbai.
TO GIVE IN: to surrender. i challenged him to a competition but
he give in.
GIVE IT UP: cease to attempt. the question is too difficult;i
shall give it up.
GLAD
GLAD RAGS: one's best clothes,worn for special occasions. i
will have my glad rags on for the party.
GLASS
TO LIVE IN A GLASS HOUSE: to be open to attack or retort..
those who live in glass house must not throw stones at others.
GLIMPSE
TO GET A GLIMPSE OF: to see fleetingly. the boy managed to
get a glimpse of his would -be bride.
GLORY
GLORY IN:take great pride in. she glories in the record of her family.
GLOSS
GLOSS OVER: is to cover over; excusing; ignoring. admit you
fault, donot try gloss it over.
GLOVE
FIT LIKE A GLOVE: to fit perfectly. this suit fit like a glove.
HAND AND GLOVE: bossom friend. madan and raj are hand and glove.
GO
GO AFTER: follow .. go after mohan, and ask him for some money.
GO AHEAD: go in front or before. you must go ahead and tell
mohan that we are coming.
AT ONE GO: all at the same time. the boys had a competition
to see who could eat the most icecream at one go.
BE GOING ON: to be near or close to. he must be going on(for) eighty.
GO IN FOR: to take part in or to do as a hobby, job, subject
for study, habit etc. my son is going in for medicine.
TO GO IN FOR: to buy. he has gone in for a new radio.
TO GO HOME: appeal . the prime minister's speech went home to
the bhopal.
MAKE A GO OF: to make a success of. he has never owned a shop
beforek, but i think he will make a go of it.
ON THE GO: very busy or active. he is always on the go from
morning till night.
TO GO THROUGH: to examine. the doctor has gone through the
patient thoroughly.
LITTLE GO: preliminary examination. we are having the little
go this month.
GO ABOUT: is to move from place to place. go about your business.
GO BY: is to pass near. the railway train from bombay to delhi
goes by bhopal.
GO BACK UPON: to reverse an promise. it is very unfair to go
back upon one's words.
GO ALONG WITH :agree. he will go along with your plan.
GO BACK: return. when you are going with back to your tour?
GO FOR: attack. the thief went for the policeman.
ON THE GO: motion. the train is one the go.
GO ALL OUT: make very possible effort . we shall have to go all
out if we are to win the race.
GO FIFTY FIFTY: share equally. we will go fifty-fifty with the profits.
GO WITH: accompany; agree with. i am ready to go with you on this point.
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GO UNDER: to die; to be submerged. my mother has gone under.
GO BAIL: give security for. will you go bail for me.
GO FOR NOTHING: have no effect; be without value.all the plans
we have made will go for nothing.
GO WITHOUT: be without; lack. i am afraid you will have to go
without milk in your tea.
GO BETWEEN: pass between one place to another. the post goes
between bombay and all parts of india.
FROM THE WORD GO: from the very beginning. i want accuracy from
the word go.
GO BACK ON: to fail to carry out. i never go back on my word.
HAVE A GO: to make an attempt.i donot know if i can do it.
GREAT GO: degree examination.. the students are preparing for
the great go.
GO DOWN : to fail, to get lowerin price. silk is going down.
GO UP: is to arise, toascend. cotton has gone up.
GO OVER: is to pass across a limit. he went over a great many
points in his speech.
GO ON: continue. please go on with your work.
GO BY THE NAME: tobe known. this fruit goes by the name of orange.
TO GO DRY: to be without sale of wine. bombay has gone dry.
GO THE WAY OF ALL THE EARTH: die. his grand father went the way
of all the earth on april5,1960.
GO THROUGH: read. i have gone through his application.
ALL THE GO :fashionable; popular. these silk sarees are all the go.
GOAT
ACT THE GOAT: to have intentionally in a sillly way; to play the
fool. do stop acting the goat and try to be serious.
GET GOAT: to annoy or irritate. what got my goat was the way she
kept laughing at my mistakes.
GOD
THE GODS: the top balcony ina theatre. we had to sit in the
gods- we could not get any better seats.
GOD'S TRUTH: an absolute truth. death is a god's truth.
GOLD
GOLDEN MEAN: the middle way between extremes.buddha preached the
path of golden mean.
A/THE GOLDEN AGE: an imaginary time in the past of great
happiness. the golden age was generally believed to have existed at
the beginnning of the world.
AS GOOD AS A GOLD: very well-behaved. their little girl is as
good as gold when they take her out visiting.
A GOLD-DIGGER: a woman who is friendly towards men merely for
the sake of presents they give her. she married him because he is
wealthy- she is a real gold digger.
A GOLD MINE: a so fo wealth or profit. that clothes shop is an
absolute gold-mine.
GOOD
AS GOOD AS: equal to. this car is as good as new.
ALL IN GOOD TIME: soon through. the work will be finished all
in good time.
TO THE GOOD: general advantage. peace is all to the good.
FOR GOOD: foreever; finally. he left calcutta for good.
TO BE ON GOOD TERMS WITH A PERSON: to be friendly. heis no
longer on good terms with me.
A GOOD TIME: a happy time. we had a good time at the picnic.
TO MAKE GOOD : to make the loss. i shall have to make good the loss.
FOR GOOD AND ALL: for ever, permanently. he is not going to
japan for a holiday- he is emigrating for good and all.
GOOD FOR NOTHING: useless and lazy. that boy's a lazy good for nothing.
GOODNESS KNOWS: do not know at all. where they are now, goodness knows.
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GOOSE
GOOSE FLESH: caused by cold or jear. people are said to, go
all goose flesh.
COOK GOOSE: to ruin; completely chances are of success etc. i
am a friend he is cooked his gooose by beingan hour late.
ALL HIS GOOSE ARE SWANS: overestimiates. aditya thinks that
all his goose are swans.
GOT
GOT OF AS AFFAIR: a concoated story; a fabircation. this talk
about shakuntla 's romance is only a got up afffair.
GRAB
UP FOR GRABS:ready to be taken,bought. land in the new
colonies was up for grabs and could be claimed by whoever got there
first.
HAVE THE GRAB ON : have the great knowledge of. he has the grab
of sharma's influence in getting a job.
HOW DOES THAT GRAB YOU?: what do you think of that? if i borrow
my brother's car,you can have mine for the day-how does that grab you?
GRACE
A SAVING GRACE: a good quality that makes less bad then he, it
would have been. his speeches are boring but they havethe saving grace
of being short.
WITH A GOOD GRACE: cheerfully willingly. he has left the job
with a good grace.
TO BE IN ONE'S GOOD GRACES: enjoy his favouor. the cleark is in
good graces of his boss.
TAKE HEART OF GRACE: take courage from grace. my friend took
his wife's heart of grace.
GRADE
GRADE UP:improve. his health is to grade up day by day.
TO MAKE THE GRADE: to succeed. he works very hard, but he wonot
mke the grade.
ON THE GRADE UP: progressing. the patient is now on the up grade.
GRAIN
GO AGAINST THE GRAIN: to be against a person's wishes,feelings.
it goes against the grain for me to tell lies.
AGAINST THE GRAIN: contrary to inclination. it is very hard to
work against the grain.
GRANT
TAKE FOR GRANTED: to assume that is true, will happen, without
checking. i just took it for granted that you had been told about
this.
GRAPE
GRAPES FROM THORNS: good from bad. he has the art of getting
grapes from thorns.
GRASP
GRASP AT: to catch at. as he fell, he grasped at a hanging
chain and missed it.
GREASE
GREASE A MAN'S PALM: bribe. the innkeeper will you the lady's
mane if you grease his palm.
IN THE PRIME OF GREASE:
GREAT
A GREAT DEAL OF:much . there is great deal of misery in the world.
GREAT WITH A CHILD:much . there is great deal of misery in the world.
GREEN
IN THE GREEN : full of vitalit.. a fifty she is stilll in the green.
GREEN EYE: jealousy. her green eye will ruin her one day.
BE GREEN: to be without training or experience, to be easily
fooled . he is green but he will soon learn what to do.
A GREEN BELT: open land surrounding a town or city. you will
not get permission to build houses in that area, itis a green belt.
THE GREEN LIGHT: permission to begin something. we can not
start until we get the green light.
HAVE GREEN FINGERS: to be skilled at gardening. my mother's
garden is beautiful, she has green fingers.
A GREEN HORN: a raw fellow. he hs an absolutely green horn
GRIEF
COME TO GRIEF: to be unsuccessful, suffer some bad luck .the
project came to grieft.
GRIM
GRIM-VISAGED: grim or stern looking .a grim-visaged old woman
opened the door.
GRIN
GRIN AND BEAR IT: to put up wit something unpleasant without
complaining. he does not like his present job but he will just have to
grin and bear it ill he finds another.
GRIND
BACK TO THE GRINDSTONE:back to work. lunch time is over, now
it is back to the grindstone.
GRIP
GET A GRIP: to stop being foolish; afraid, she started to
panic but managed to get a grip on herself.
GET/COME TO GRIPS WITH: to deal with. you must get to grips
with your financial problems or you will go bankrupt.
LOSE ONE'S GRIP: to lose control or understanding. it is time
the manager retired , he is losing his grip.
GROUND
GET OFF THE ground: to get started. we must try to get the
campaign off the groun by the middle of next week.
HOLD/STAND ONE'S GROUND:to refuse to give in or make
concesssions. he stood his ground and answered all her accusations.
SUIT DOWN TO THE GROUND: to suit completely or perfectly.
that arrangement will suit me down to the ground.
GAIN GROUND: progress. mohan wanted to be more friendly with
the girls, but he did not seem to gain ground.
BREAK NEW/FRESH GROUND: to deal with a new subject for the
first time. out firm is breaking new ground with this project.
GROW
GROW OUT OF:lose after a time. children grow out of bad habits.
GROW UP: is to arise gradually. this will be a nice boy when
he grows up.
GUN
A BIG GUN: an important person. madan is a big run and is very powerful.
AS SURE AS GUN: quite sure. he passed the b.a. examination as
sure as gun.
JUMP THE GUN:to start before the proper time. he jumpeed the
gun by applying for the job before it was advertised.
GO GREAT GUNS: to be doing well. the blue team was going great
gungs on the far side of the arena.
STICK TO ONE'S GUNS: to hold to one's position is an argument.
no one believed his story but she stuck her guns.
GIFT OF THE GAB: talent for talking. politicians need to have
the gift of the gab.
GAFF
BLOW THE GAFF: reveal; betray a secret. we were going to the
cinema without father knowing but raj blew the gaff.
GAIN
TO GAIN ON: is to encroach on, to come up nearere to. the third
horse in the race gained on the foremost.
TO GAIN GROUND: to make a progress. my son is gaining upon
much ground in the class.
TO GAIN THE DAY: to be victorious. our college blue gained the
day in today's match.
GALA
GALA DAY: festive day. sunday is always a gala day.
GALE
HANGING GALE: arreares of rent. he has not as yet cleared his
hanging gale for the last four months.
GALL
TO DIP ONE'S PEN TO GALL:to write abusively. some journalists
always did their pen in gall.
GALL AND WORMWOOD: source of great annoyance.my servants, as
they are rascals, are gall and worm wood to me.anything extremely
disagreeable. the news of sadhna's marriage to ram was gall and
wormwood to the man she had refused.
TO DIP ONE'S PEN IN GALL: to write violently. her dip of pen in
gall brought him to ask.
GAMBLE
TO GAMBLE AWAY: to loss. he has gambled away all chances of success.
GAME
PLAY THE GAME: to act fairly and honestly. reading other
people's letters is not playing the game.
BIG GAME: large animals hummed. business to day is a big game.
RED GAME: grouse. i have no red game for you.
DIE GAME: to keep up courge until the last. the indian team
kept up courage until the last in the cricket match with pakistan.
THE NAME OF THE GAME: the thing that is important, central or
essential . in manufacturing industry the name of the game is
efficiency.
GIVE THE GAME AWAY: to let a secret; trick etc. become know.
donot laugh or you will give the game away.
TO MAKE GAME OF: to ridicule. the college students make a game
of the fresh entrants.
GAME AND GAME: one victory scored by each side . the cricket
match has ended in game to game.
FAIR GAME: honest job. a straight business is a fair game.
THE GAME IS UP: the scheme has failed. the thief knew the
game was up when he saw the policeman.
GANDER
SAUCE FOR THE GOOSE IS SAUCE FOR THE GANDER: what is good for
one is also good for another?
GASP
AT ONE'S LAST GASP: just about to collapse, die, give up. i
am surprised he is still alive- i thought he was at his last gasp
when i saw him six months ago.
GATE
GATE OF JUSTICE: where justice is given to the people.the supreme
court is the gate of justice.
GATE-CRASHER: uninvited intruder. many great persons are gate crasher.
GATE OF HORN: by which true dreams come. i donot know when i will
pass through the gates of horn.
GATHER
GATHERED TO ONE'S FATHERS: dead and buried. she was eighty
when she died and was gathered to her father.
GATHER WAY: to begin to move. the motor has gathered way.
TO GATHER COLOUR: to be browned. his face is gathering colour.
GATHER GROUND:make progess. by and by you will gather a ground.
GAUNTLET
TO RUN THE GAUNTLET: to pass through criticism. the landing
of indian troops in kashmir has run the gauntlet of criticism in the
western press.
THROW DOWN THE GAUNTLET: to make a challenge . he threw down
the gauntlet by calling his opponent a liar.
GEAR
OUT OF GEAR:not working. my type writer is out of gear.
IN GEAR: working. my typewriter is its proper gear.
GEAR UP: make the speed higher. the students gear up for the
examination.
GEAR DOWN: make the speed lower. the students gear down for
the summer vacation.
GENERAL
IN GENERAL : generally . in general ladies do no smoke.
LOVER GENERAL: one who make love to every woman . madan is a
lover general .
GENTLE
THE GENTLE CRAFT: angling. he hate the gentle craft.
THE GENTLE SEX:women. karate might seem to some to be an
unsuitable sport for the gentle sex.
GET
GET UP: angling. i donot like the get up of this book.
GET AT: seak to express. what are you getting at?
TO GET DOWN: attend seriously. business has down these days.
GET ON: to make a progress . he is getting on well with his studies.
GET OFF: is to dismount; to escape; to get off goods; to get
rid of them by sale. he cannot get his shirt off.
GET OUT: to go outside; to set free. the boy fell into the
well and could not get out.
GET ONESELF UP: dress smartly. she got herself up in a new costume.
GET AWAY: escape. i cought two birds, but one got away.
GET OVER: recover from. she soon got over the shock.
GET THROUGH: finish. the student got through the examination.
GET AHEAD: make progress. in modern society everyone tries
to get ahed.
GET A MOVE ON: start. can we get a move on with this now?
TO GET INTO: put on. let's get into the bargain.
GET OF WITH: to form a close, often sexual, relationship
with. he is always trying to get with someone.
GET SET: to get ready to start running. get ready! get set! go!
GET GOING: make a beginning; a start. it is past nine we must
get going.
GET HOLD OF: grasp; met. i will expain, and you will soon
hold of the plan.
GET BACK: is to return. i have just got back from my long journey.
GET FORWARD: is to proposed. i hope these students are
getting forward with their education.
GET NEAR: is to approach. it will be dangerous if the ship
get the near rock.
TO GET UNDER WAY: to begin to sail. at last the ship got under way.
TO GET ALONG: progress. he is getting along will in his business.
TO GET RID OF: to leave . i want to get rid of my job.
GHOST
TO GIVE UP THE GHOST: to die. the old man gave up the ghost
this evening.
TO GHOST OF A CHANCE: the last chance. that horse has not a
ghost of a chance of winning the race.
GIRD
GIRD UP ONE'S LION:prepare for a combat. i must grid up my
lions for the long journey tomorrow.
GIVE
GIVE UP: resign. please give up your bad habits.
GIVE OR TAKE: adding or taking away within certain limits. i
weigh fifty-five kilos,give or take kio.
GIVE OVER: stop; cease. give over teasing the cat.
GIVE THE GO BY: ignore. i shall give the all plan to go by.
GIVE WAY: to fall. the roof give way.
GIVE THE GAME/SHOW AWAY: to let a secret, trick etc. become
known, donot laugh or you will give the game away.
WHAT GIVES?: what is happening? what is the matter? every one
seems to be in a bad mood- what gives?
GIVE EAR: listen. please give ear for the whole story.
GIVE BACK: is to restore, to return what you receive. please
give me back the books you borrowed from me.
GIVE AWAY: to transfer; distribute. he never gave away a
farthing in his life.
TO GIVE EAR: to listen. he gave ear to his father's advice.
TO GIVE OVER: to hand over. the clerk gave over the charge.
GIVE OUT: to announce to disclose. he gave out that he was
going to mumbai.
TO GIVE IN: to surrender. i challenged him to a competition but
he give in.
GIVE IT UP: cease to attempt. the question is too difficult;i
shall give it up.
GLAD
GLAD RAGS: one's best clothes,worn for special occasions. i
will have my glad rags on for the party.
GLASS
TO LIVE IN A GLASS HOUSE: to be open to attack or retort..
those who live in glass house must not throw stones at others.
GLIMPSE
TO GET A GLIMPSE OF: to see fleetingly. the boy managed to
get a glimpse of his would -be bride.
GLORY
GLORY IN:take great pride in. she glories in the record of her family.
GLOSS
GLOSS OVER: is to cover over; excusing; ignoring. admit you
fault, donot try gloss it over.
GLOVE
FIT LIKE A GLOVE: to fit perfectly. this suit fit like a glove.
HAND AND GLOVE: bossom friend. madan and raj are hand and glove.
GO
GO AFTER: follow .. go after mohan, and ask him for some money.
GO AHEAD: go in front or before. you must go ahead and tell
mohan that we are coming.
AT ONE GO: all at the same time. the boys had a competition
to see who could eat the most icecream at one go.
BE GOING ON: to be near or close to. he must be going on(for) eighty.
GO IN FOR: to take part in or to do as a hobby, job, subject
for study, habit etc. my son is going in for medicine.
TO GO IN FOR: to buy. he has gone in for a new radio.
TO GO HOME: appeal . the prime minister's speech went home to
the bhopal.
MAKE A GO OF: to make a success of. he has never owned a shop
beforek, but i think he will make a go of it.
ON THE GO: very busy or active. he is always on the go from
morning till night.
TO GO THROUGH: to examine. the doctor has gone through the
patient thoroughly.
LITTLE GO: preliminary examination. we are having the little
go this month.
GO ABOUT: is to move from place to place. go about your business.
GO BY: is to pass near. the railway train from bombay to delhi
goes by bhopal.
GO BACK UPON: to reverse an promise. it is very unfair to go
back upon one's words.
GO ALONG WITH :agree. he will go along with your plan.
GO BACK: return. when you are going with back to your tour?
GO FOR: attack. the thief went for the policeman.
ON THE GO: motion. the train is one the go.
GO ALL OUT: make very possible effort . we shall have to go all
out if we are to win the race.
GO FIFTY FIFTY: share equally. we will go fifty-fifty with the profits.
GO WITH: accompany; agree with. i am ready to go with you on this point.
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GO UNDER: to die; to be submerged. my mother has gone under.
GO BAIL: give security for. will you go bail for me.
GO FOR NOTHING: have no effect; be without value.all the plans
we have made will go for nothing.
GO WITHOUT: be without; lack. i am afraid you will have to go
without milk in your tea.
GO BETWEEN: pass between one place to another. the post goes
between bombay and all parts of india.
FROM THE WORD GO: from the very beginning. i want accuracy from
the word go.
GO BACK ON: to fail to carry out. i never go back on my word.
HAVE A GO: to make an attempt.i donot know if i can do it.
GREAT GO: degree examination.. the students are preparing for
the great go.
GO DOWN : to fail, to get lowerin price. silk is going down.
GO UP: is to arise, toascend. cotton has gone up.
GO OVER: is to pass across a limit. he went over a great many
points in his speech.
GO ON: continue. please go on with your work.
GO BY THE NAME: tobe known. this fruit goes by the name of orange.
TO GO DRY: to be without sale of wine. bombay has gone dry.
GO THE WAY OF ALL THE EARTH: die. his grand father went the way
of all the earth on april5,1960.
GO THROUGH: read. i have gone through his application.
ALL THE GO :fashionable; popular. these silk sarees are all the go.
GOAT
ACT THE GOAT: to have intentionally in a sillly way; to play the
fool. do stop acting the goat and try to be serious.
GET GOAT: to annoy or irritate. what got my goat was the way she
kept laughing at my mistakes.
GOD
THE GODS: the top balcony ina theatre. we had to sit in the
gods- we could not get any better seats.
GOD'S TRUTH: an absolute truth. death is a god's truth.
GOLD
GOLDEN MEAN: the middle way between extremes.buddha preached the
path of golden mean.
A/THE GOLDEN AGE: an imaginary time in the past of great
happiness. the golden age was generally believed to have existed at
the beginnning of the world.
AS GOOD AS A GOLD: very well-behaved. their little girl is as
good as gold when they take her out visiting.
A GOLD-DIGGER: a woman who is friendly towards men merely for
the sake of presents they give her. she married him because he is
wealthy- she is a real gold digger.
A GOLD MINE: a so fo wealth or profit. that clothes shop is an
absolute gold-mine.
GOOD
AS GOOD AS: equal to. this car is as good as new.
ALL IN GOOD TIME: soon through. the work will be finished all
in good time.
TO THE GOOD: general advantage. peace is all to the good.
FOR GOOD: foreever; finally. he left calcutta for good.
TO BE ON GOOD TERMS WITH A PERSON: to be friendly. heis no
longer on good terms with me.
A GOOD TIME: a happy time. we had a good time at the picnic.
TO MAKE GOOD : to make the loss. i shall have to make good the loss.
FOR GOOD AND ALL: for ever, permanently. he is not going to
japan for a holiday- he is emigrating for good and all.
GOOD FOR NOTHING: useless and lazy. that boy's a lazy good for nothing.
GOODNESS KNOWS: do not know at all. where they are now, goodness knows.
:
GOOSE
GOOSE FLESH: caused by cold or jear. people are said to, go
all goose flesh.
COOK GOOSE: to ruin; completely chances are of success etc. i
am a friend he is cooked his gooose by beingan hour late.
ALL HIS GOOSE ARE SWANS: overestimiates. aditya thinks that
all his goose are swans.
GOT
GOT OF AS AFFAIR: a concoated story; a fabircation. this talk
about shakuntla 's romance is only a got up afffair.
GRAB
UP FOR GRABS:ready to be taken,bought. land in the new
colonies was up for grabs and could be claimed by whoever got there
first.
HAVE THE GRAB ON : have the great knowledge of. he has the grab
of sharma's influence in getting a job.
HOW DOES THAT GRAB YOU?: what do you think of that? if i borrow
my brother's car,you can have mine for the day-how does that grab you?
GRACE
A SAVING GRACE: a good quality that makes less bad then he, it
would have been. his speeches are boring but they havethe saving grace
of being short.
WITH A GOOD GRACE: cheerfully willingly. he has left the job
with a good grace.
TO BE IN ONE'S GOOD GRACES: enjoy his favouor. the cleark is in
good graces of his boss.
TAKE HEART OF GRACE: take courage from grace. my friend took
his wife's heart of grace.
GRADE
GRADE UP:improve. his health is to grade up day by day.
TO MAKE THE GRADE: to succeed. he works very hard, but he wonot
mke the grade.
ON THE GRADE UP: progressing. the patient is now on the up grade.
GRAIN
GO AGAINST THE GRAIN: to be against a person's wishes,feelings.
it goes against the grain for me to tell lies.
AGAINST THE GRAIN: contrary to inclination. it is very hard to
work against the grain.
GRANT
TAKE FOR GRANTED: to assume that is true, will happen, without
checking. i just took it for granted that you had been told about
this.
GRAPE
GRAPES FROM THORNS: good from bad. he has the art of getting
grapes from thorns.
GRASP
GRASP AT: to catch at. as he fell, he grasped at a hanging
chain and missed it.
GREASE
GREASE A MAN'S PALM: bribe. the innkeeper will you the lady's
mane if you grease his palm.
IN THE PRIME OF GREASE:
GREAT
A GREAT DEAL OF:much . there is great deal of misery in the world.
GREAT WITH A CHILD:much . there is great deal of misery in the world.
GREEN
IN THE GREEN : full of vitalit.. a fifty she is stilll in the green.
GREEN EYE: jealousy. her green eye will ruin her one day.
BE GREEN: to be without training or experience, to be easily
fooled . he is green but he will soon learn what to do.
A GREEN BELT: open land surrounding a town or city. you will
not get permission to build houses in that area, itis a green belt.
THE GREEN LIGHT: permission to begin something. we can not
start until we get the green light.
HAVE GREEN FINGERS: to be skilled at gardening. my mother's
garden is beautiful, she has green fingers.
A GREEN HORN: a raw fellow. he hs an absolutely green horn
GRIEF
COME TO GRIEF: to be unsuccessful, suffer some bad luck .the
project came to grieft.
GRIM
GRIM-VISAGED: grim or stern looking .a grim-visaged old woman
opened the door.
GRIN
GRIN AND BEAR IT: to put up wit something unpleasant without
complaining. he does not like his present job but he will just have to
grin and bear it ill he finds another.
GRIND
BACK TO THE GRINDSTONE:back to work. lunch time is over, now
it is back to the grindstone.
GRIP
GET A GRIP: to stop being foolish; afraid, she started to
panic but managed to get a grip on herself.
GET/COME TO GRIPS WITH: to deal with. you must get to grips
with your financial problems or you will go bankrupt.
LOSE ONE'S GRIP: to lose control or understanding. it is time
the manager retired , he is losing his grip.
GROUND
GET OFF THE ground: to get started. we must try to get the
campaign off the groun by the middle of next week.
HOLD/STAND ONE'S GROUND:to refuse to give in or make
concesssions. he stood his ground and answered all her accusations.
SUIT DOWN TO THE GROUND: to suit completely or perfectly.
that arrangement will suit me down to the ground.
GAIN GROUND: progress. mohan wanted to be more friendly with
the girls, but he did not seem to gain ground.
BREAK NEW/FRESH GROUND: to deal with a new subject for the
first time. out firm is breaking new ground with this project.
GROW
GROW OUT OF:lose after a time. children grow out of bad habits.
GROW UP: is to arise gradually. this will be a nice boy when
he grows up.
GUN
A BIG GUN: an important person. madan is a big run and is very powerful.
AS SURE AS GUN: quite sure. he passed the b.a. examination as
sure as gun.
JUMP THE GUN:to start before the proper time. he jumpeed the
gun by applying for the job before it was advertised.
GO GREAT GUNS: to be doing well. the blue team was going great
gungs on the far side of the arena.
STICK TO ONE'S GUNS: to hold to one's position is an argument.
no one believed his story but she stuck her guns.
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