Tuesday, 25 August 2015

idiom and phrase J

JACK
       BLACK JACK :vessel for liquor. in yesterday raid, the police
received 25 black jack.

       JACK OF ALL TRADES : one who tries all think at a time. he is a
jack of all trades and master of none.

       JACK UP :lift; increase. the mechanic jacked the motor up to
repair the tyre.

       EVERY MAN JACK : every body. every man jack of us must help.

JACK POT

        HIT THE JACK POT : to win or obtain a lot of money or success.
He must have hit the jack pot with the sales of his last gramophone
record.

JACKAL

        TO ACT AS JACKAL : to do preparatory work. The stenographer
acts as jackal for the manager.

        TO PLAY THE JACKAL : to share spoils without sharing dangers.
Business men are always ready to play the jackal.

JAIL

       JAIL BIRD : a person who has been to jail oftener. Jawaharlar
remained a jail brid for twenty years.

       JAIL BAIT : a girl below the legal age of consent for sex. Stay
away form arabella, she is jail bait.
JAM

       JAM WITH :crowded. The railway station was jammed with travellers.

        TO JAM INTO : to trust violently into something. His car
jammed into the train and he died.

       MONEY FOR JAM : money for nothing. Do not waste money for jam.
JAR

      TO JAR UPON: to irritate. His noise jarred upon my ear.

      TO JAR WITH: disagree. On hearing facts, i jarred with your scheme.
JAW
      JAW DROP :show that one is suprised. His jaw droped a mile when
he learned he had won the football pools

      JAW BREAKER: a large piece of hand candy or bubblegum . Aditya
asked his mother for money to buy some jaw breakers and a chocolate
bar.

      HOLD YOUR JAW: stop talking . The teacher asked the students to
hold their jaw and listen to him.

      TO JAW : to annoy with words. The  clerk was dismissed because
he jawed his manager.

JEST
      IN JEST:not seriously. A person  doing things in jst never
succeed in life.

JESS

JEW
      JEW'S EYE:something of very high value. A job in the customs is
a jews eyes.

      WANDERING JEW : a homeless moneymaker. Tourists are wandering jews.

JIFFY
      IN A JIFFY :very soon. He repaired the radio in a jiffy.

JINKS
      HIGH JINKS: reverly, laughter. What is all the high jinks about.

JOB
     JUST THE JOB:entirely suitable;exactly what is needed. These
gloves are just the job  for gardening.

     ON THE JOB:alert; in action. That firm does not allow smoking on the job.

     JOB'S COMFORTER: one who under the guise of comforter aggravates
distress. Raj is aregular job's comforter.

     JUST THE JOB: entirely suitable;exactly what is needed. These are
gloves are just the job for gradening.

JOG
     JOG TROT:slow walk. The dog went on a jog trot.

     TO JOG ON ALONG: proceed at a slow; regular pace. We married , i
expect we shall jog along as happily as most people.

JOIN
       JOIN ISSUE: to begin the dispute. Ramesh and rajesh have joined
issue on the leadership of the country.

       JOIN IN WITH: to take part in; to unite with. He refuses to
join in with  the game.

       JOIN HANDS: clasp hands. Let us join hands before starting this
new venture.

JOINT
       OUT OF JOINT: out of order. My new car went out of joint.
JOKE
       IT'S NO JOKE:serious or worrying matter. It is no joke when
water gets inot the petrol tank.

       BEYOND A JOKE:past the limit of being humorous. His attitude
towards women is beyond joke.

       JOKING APART/ASIDE: let us stop joking and talk seriosly . I
feel like going to mumbai for the weekend-but, joking apart , i do
need a rest.

       PRACTICAL JOKE:a harmful joke. Never play practical joke on your friends.

JOLLY
      JOLLY ALONG:to keep in a good temper in order to gain his good
will or co operation. He might help you, if you jolly him along a bit.

      JOLLY ROGER:  the pirates black flag with a skull and cross
bones. The ship came flying a jolly roger.

      JOLLY GOOD TIME: a very pleasant time. We had a jolly good time
at the picnic.

      JOLLY FOOL: happy person. Madan is a jolly fool man.

      THE JOLLY GOD: good of wine; bacchus. He worships the jolly god.

      JOLLY DOG:  a jovial fellow. He is a jolly dog.

JOY
      NO JOY: no luck, news; information etc. The police have been
searching for the child for two days , and no joy.

      JOY RIDE: reckless pleasure drive in a stolen car. Our youth
have taken to joy rides as ducks take to water.

JUDGE
      JUDGE BETWEEN: make a choice between. He must judge between
those applicants.

      JUDGE BY: to observe. Nobody can judge a man by his cloths.

JUMP
       JUMP ON:scold. Our boss will jump on me if i am late.

       JUMP WITH : to agree with. Your ideas jump with mine.

       AT ONE JUMP :instantly. She realised the position at one jump.

       TO JUMP UPON :  to attack. The pakistan jumped upon india in 1965

       JUMP DOWN :fall. Rates has jumped down .

       JUMP TO IT : to hurry up. If you don't jump to it you will miss
the train.

       TO JUMP UP : to rise. His honesty is the main cause of his
jumping up to his position.

       A JUMPING OFF PLACE : a place from which to start. If you want
to get finland, newcastle is the best jumping -off place.

       JUMP THE GUE : to start before the starter's gun in race. The
runners were called back because one of them jumped the gun.

      JUMP AT :to accept with eagerness. Anybody will jump at the
opportunity to make easy money.

      TO JUMP TOGETHER : to agree.Rajesh and sarita jumped together.

      TO JUMP TO  :to decide quickly. Our manager is in the habit of
jumping to wrong conclusions.

JUST
     GET ONE'S JUST DESERTS : to suffer the fate or results which one
deserve. He will get his just deserts one day.

     JUST SO : very neat and ordered. He likes every thing in his
house to be just so, and gets upset if even an ornaments is out of
place.

JUSTICE
        DO JUSTICE TO : treat justly or fairly. My friends did justice
to my wife's cooking.

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