Important Idioms and Phrases starting with Alphabet- F
S.No. | Idioms/Phrases | Meaning |
1. | Fabian policy | Deliberate slow policy/ policy of delaying decisions |
2. | Fair and square | In an honest way |
3. | Fair sex | Women |
4. | Fair weather friend | Selfish friends who are with us only in comfortable situation |
5. | Fancy price | At any cost/ at demanded price |
6. | Feather in the cap | Additional success |
7. | Feather one’s nest | To enrich oneself by taking advantage of one’s position |
8. | Fight shy of | To attempt to avoid a thing or person |
9. | Fish in troubled waters | To take advantage of the problems of others |
10. | Fish out of water | Out of one’s usual and comfortable place |
11. | Fly in the ointment | A slight unpleasant thing that obstruct the enjoyment of something |
12. | Fool’s paradise | A state of being happy for foolish or unfounded reasons |
13. | Forty winks | A nap |
14. | French leave | A leave without information or permission |
15. | Fringe benefits | An additional benefit apart from salary |
16. | From hand to mouth | Providing only bare essentials |