Important Idioms and Phrases starting with Alphabet- G
S.No. | Idioms/Phrases | Meaning |
1. | Gala day | Celebration day |
2. | Get away with | To escape |
3. | Get down to | To attend to work seriously |
4. | Get into a soup | Get into trouble |
5. | Get into hot water | Get into trouble |
6. | Get off scot free | To escape without punishment |
7. | Get on one’s nerves | To irritate or annoy |
8. | Gibble-gabble | Foolish talk |
9. | Gift of the gab | Talent for speaking |
10. | Give a piece of mind | To rebuke or scold |
11. | Go through fire and water | To brave any danger |
12. | Go to dogs | To deteriorate/ degenerate |
13. | Go to rack and ruin | To decay or get destroyed |
14. | Good Samaritan | A person who helps and pays |
15. | Grass widow | A woman who is separated, divorced or lives apart from her husband |
16. | Grease the palm | To bribe |
17. | Green room | A lounge in a theater or studio for the performers to get ready |
18. | Grist to one’s mill | Something that can be used for one’s advantage |