Idiom Collecting. (By Chokchai) ช่วงที่ ๑
1. Beware of that man! He will stick at nothing (is unscrupulous and will do anything to accomplice his purpose).
2. We are afraid you two are at cross-purposes (misunderstand each other).
3. They trusted him and he played them false (deceived them, betrayed them).
4. She was a shrewd woman, and it will not be easy to draw her out (to elicit information from her).
5. He made light of (treated lightly) his friends’ warning.
6. The figures which he quoted were shown to be incorrect, and this took the edge off his argument (made his argument ineffective).
7. We had on the way tea of a kind (of a poor kind).
8. I repaid his insolence in kind (in the same way).
9. The proposal was rejected with one voice (unanimously).
10. He is not the man to pocket an affront (to receive 0r submit to it without retaliation or showing resentment).
11. The fate of the accused hangs in the balance (is undecided).
12. Tom is a man of well-balanced (reasonable, moderate) opinions.
13. He was carried off his feet (was wild with excitement) when he was declared to have won the first prize.
14. She made the most of her opportunity (used it to best advantage).
15. That house is put on the market (offered for sale).
16. They sometimes work nine hours at a stretch (continuously).
17. By my skill in arguing I carried my point (defeated my adversaries in debate).
18. He is serving his time (going through an apprenticeship) in a bank.
19. Serves you right (you’ve got your deserts).
20. I shall manage to serve him out (to retaliate upon him, to have my revenge on him).
21. He is working against time (with utmost speed).
22. This year the mango-crop has fallen short of my expectations (has disappointed me).
23. While the members of the committee were discussing questions of finance, I felt like a fish out of water (in a strange situation).
24. A good student works steadily, not by fits and starts (irregularly, capriciously).
25. He has made his fortune and now take things easy (does not work hard).
26. Mr. Bean first introduced the system of payments by installments, and shortly afterwards other took a leaf out of his book (imitated him, profited by his example).
27. She was charged with cooking the accounts (preparing false statement).
28. You should take into his account (consider) his past services.
29. You must lie in the bed you have made (take the consequences of your own acts).
30. He thinks better of it now (he has thought more carefully about it).
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