Country, Capital & Currency

S.No. Country Name Capital Currency Continent

1. Afghanistan Kabul Afghani Asia

2 Albania Tirane Lek Europe

3 Algeria Algiers Dinar Africa

4 Andorra Andorra la Vella Euro Europe

5 Angola Luanda New Kwanza Africa

6 Antigua and Saint John’s East Caribbean North

Barbuda dollar America

7 Argentina Buenos Aires Peso South

America

8 Armenia Yerevan Dram Asia

9 Australia Canberra Australian dollar Oceania

10 Austria Vienna Euro (formerly Europe

schilling)

11 Azerbaijan Baku Manat Asia

12 The Bahamas Nassau Bahamian dollar North

America
13 Bahrain Manama Bahrain dinar Asia

14 Bangladesh Dhaka Taka Asia

15 Barbados Bridgetown Barbados dollar North

America

16 Belarus Minsk Belorussian ruble Europe

17 Belgium Brussels Euro (formerly Europe

Belgian franc)

18 Belize Belmopan Belize dollar North

America

19 Benin Porto-Novo CFA Franc Africa

20 Bhutan Thimphu Ngultrum Asia

21 Bolivia La Paz (administrative); Sucre Boliviano South

(judicial) America

22 Bosnia and Sarajevo Convertible Mark Europe

Herzegovina

23 Botswana Gaborone Pula Africa

24 Brazil Brasilia Real South

America

25 Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan Brunei dollar Asia

26 Bulgaria Sofia Lev Europe

27 Burkina Faso Ouagadougou CFA Franc Africa

28 Burundi Gitega Burundi franc Africa

29 Cambodia Phnom Penh Riel Asia

30 Cameroon Yaounde CFA Franc Africa

31 Canada Ottawa Canadian dollar North

America

32 Cape Verde Praia Cape Verdean Africa

escudo

33 Central African Bangui CFA Franc Africa

Republic

34 Chad N’Djamena CFA Franc Africa

35 Chile Santiago Chilean Peso South

America

36 China Beijing Chinese Yuan Asia

37 Colombia Bogota Colombian Peso South

America

38 Comoros Moroni Franc Africa

39 Republic of the Brazzaville CFA Franc Africa

Congo

40 Zimbabwe Harare United States Africa

 dollar

41 Costa Rica San Jose Colón North

America

42 Cote d’Ivoire Yamoussoukro (official); Abidjan CFA Franc Africa

(de facto)

43 Croatia Zagreb Croatian Europe

44 Cuba Havana Cuban Peso North

America

45 Cyprus Nicosia Euro Europe

46 Czech Republic Prague Koruna Europe

47 Denmark Copenhagen Danish Krone Europe

48 Djibouti Djibouti Djiboutian franc Africa

49 Dominica Roseau East Caribbean North

dollar America

50 Dominican Santo Domingo Dominican Peso North

Republic America

51 East Timor (Timor- Dili U.S. dollar Asia

Leste)

52 Ecuador Quito U.S. dollar South

America

53 Egypt Cairo Egyptian pound Africa/ Asia

54 El Salvador San Salvador Colón; U.S. dollar North
America

55 Equatorial Guinea Malabo CFA Franc Africa

56 Eritrea Asmara Nakfa Africa

57 Estonia Tallinn Estonia Kroon; Europe

Euro

58 Ethiopia Addis Ababa Birr Africa

59 Fiji Suva Fiji dollar Oceania

60 Finland Helsinki Euro (formerly Europe

markka)

61 France Paris Euro (formerly Europe

French franc)

62 Gabon Libreville CFA Franc Africa

63 The Gambia Banjul Dalasi Africa

64 Georgia Tbilisi Lari Asia

65 Germany Berlin Euro (formerly Europe

Deutsche mark)

66 Ghana Accra Cedi Africa

67 Greece Athens Euro (formerly Europe

 drachma)

68 Grenada Saint George’s East Caribbean North

dollar America

69 Guatemala Guatemala City Quetzal North

America

70 Guinea Conakry Guinean franc Oceania

71 Guinea-Bissau Bissau CFA Franc Africa

72 Guyana Georgetown Guyanese dollar South

America

73 Haiti Port-au-Prince Gourde North

America

74 Honduras Tegucigalpa Lempira North

America

75 Hungary Budapest Forint Europe

76 Iceland Reykjavik Icelandic króna Europe

77 India New Delhi Indian Rupee Asia

78 Indonesia Jakarta Rupiah Asia

79 Iran Tehran Rial Asia

80 Iraq Baghdad Iraqi Dinar Asia

81 Ireland Dublin Euro (formerly Irish Europe

 pound [punt])

82 Israel Jerusalem* Shekel Asia

83 Italy Rome Euro (formerly lira) Europe

84 Jamaica Kingston Jamaican dollar North

America

85 Japan Tokyo Yen Asia

86 Jordan Amman Jordanian dinar Asia

87 Kazakhstan Nur Sultan Tenge Asia/

Europe

88 Kenya Nairobi Kenya shilling Africa

89 Kiribati Tarawa Atoll Kiribati dollar Oceania

90 North Korea Pyongyang Won Asia

91 South Korea Seoul Won Asia

93 Kuwait Kuwait City Kuwaiti Dinar Asia

94 Kyrgyzstan Bishkek Som Asia

95 Laos Vientiane New Kip Asia

96 Latvia Riga Lats Europe

97 Lebanon Beirut Lebanese pound Asia

98 Lesotho Maseru Maluti Africa

99 Liberia Monrovia Liberian dollar Africa

100 Libya Tripoli Libyan dinar Africa

101 Liechtenstein Vaduz Swiss franc Europe

102 Lithuania Vilnius Litas Europe

103 Luxembourg Luxembourg Euro (formerly Europe

Luxembourg franc)

104 Macedonia Skopje Denar Europe

105 Madagascar Antananarivo Malagasy Ariary Africa

106 Malawi Lilongwe Kwacha Africa

107 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Ringgit Asia

108 Maldives Male Rufiyaa Asia

109 Mali Bamako CFA Franc Africa

110 Malta Valletta Euro Europe

111 Marshall Islands Majuro U.S. Dollar Oceania

112 Mauritania Nouakchott Ouguiya Africa

113 Mauritius Port Louis Mauritian rupee African

114 Mexico Mexico City Mexican peso North

 America

115 Federated States Palikir U.S. Dollar Oceania

of Micronesia

116 Moldova Chisinau Leu Europe

117 Monaco Monte Carlo Euro Europe

118 Mongolia Ulaanbaatar Togrog Asia

119 Montenegro Podgorica Euro Europe

120 Morocco Rabat Dirham Africa

121 Mozambique Maputo Metical Africa

122 Myanmar (Burma) Nay Pyi Taw Kyat Asia

123 Namibia Windhoek Namibian dollar Africa

124 Nauru no official capital; government Australian dollar Oceania

offices in Yaren District

125 Nepal Kathmandu Nepalese rupee Asia

126 Netherlands Amsterdam; The Hague (seat of Euro (formerly Europe

government) guilder)

127 New Zealand Wellington New Zealand Oceania

dollar

128 Nicaragua Managua Gold cordoba North

 America

129 Niger Niamey CFA Franc Africa

130 Nigeria Abuja Naira Africa

131 Norway Oslo Norwegian krone Europe

132 Oman Muscat Omani rial Asia

133 Pakistan Islamabad Pakistani rupee Asia

134 Palau Melekeok U.S. dollar Oceania

135 Palestine Ramallah, East Jerusalem Palestine Pound Asia

136 Panama Panama City Balboa; U.S. dollar North

America

137 Papua New Guinea Port Moresby Kina Oceania

138 Paraguay Asuncion Guaraní South

America

139 Peru Lima Nuevo sol (1991) South

America

140 Philippines Manila Peso Asia

141 Poland Warsaw Zloty Europe

142 Portugal Lisbon Euro (formerly Europe/

escudo) Asia
143 Qatar Doha Qatari riyal Asia

144 Romania Bucharest Romanian Rupee Europe

145 Russia Moscow Ruble Europe/

Asia

146 Rwanda Kigali Rwandan franc Africa

147 Saint Kitts and Basseterre East Caribbean North

Nevis dollar America

148 Saint Lucia Castries East Caribbean North

dollar America

149 Saint Vincent and Kingstown East Caribbean North

the Grenadines dollar America

150 Samoa Apia Tala Oceania

151 San Marino San Marino Euro Europe

152 Sao Tome and Sao Tome Dobra Africa

Principe

153 Saudi Arabia Riyadh Riyal Asia

154 Senegal Dakar CFA Franc Africa

155 Serbia Belgrade Serbian Dinar Europe

156 Seychelles Victoria Seychelles rupee Africa

157 Sierra Leone Freetown Leone Africa

158 Singapore Singapore Singapore dollar Asia

159 Slovakia Bratislava Euro Europe

160 Slovenia Ljubljana Slovenian tolar; Europe

euro (as of 1/1/07)

161 Solomon Islands Honiara Solomon Islands Oceania

dollar

162 Somalia Mogadishu Somali shilling Africa

163 South Africa Pretoria (administrative); Cape Rand Africa

Town (legislative); Bloemfontein
(judiciary)

164 South Sudan Juba Sudanese Pound Africa

165 Spain Madrid Euro (formerly Europe/

peseta) Africa

166 Sri Lanka Colombo; Sri Jayewardenepura Sri Lankan rupee Asia
Kotte (legislative)

167 Sudan Khartoum Sudanese Pound Africa

168 Suriname Paramaribo Surinamese dollar South

America

169 Swaziland Mbabane Lilangeni Africa

170 Sweden Stockholm Krona Europe

171 Switzerland Berne Swiss franc Europe

172 Syria Damascus Syrian pound Asia

173 Taiwan Taipei Taiwan dollar Asia

174 Tajikistan Dushanbe Somoni Asia

175 Tanzania Dar es Salaam; Dodoma Tanzanian shilling Africa

(legislative)

176 Thailand Bangkok Baht Asia

177 Togo Lome CFA Franc Africa

178 Tonga Nuku’alofa Pa’anga Oceania

179 Trinidad and Port-of-Spain Trinidad and South

Tobago Tobago dollar America

180 Tunisia Tunis Tunisian dinar Africa

181 Turkey Ankara Turkish lira (YTL) Europe/

Asia

182 Turkmenistan Ashgabat Manat Asia

183 Tuvalu Vaiaku village, Funafuti province Tuvaluan Dollar Oceania

184 Uganda Kampala Ugandan new Africa

shilling
185 Ukraine Kiev Hryvnia Europe

186 United Arab Abu Dhabi U.A.E. Dirham Asia

Emirates

187 United Kingdom London Pound sterling Europe

188 United States of Washington D.C. Dollar North

America America

189 Uruguay Montevideo Uruguay peso South

America

190 Uzbekistan Tashkent Uzbekistani sum Asia

191 Vanuatu Port-Vila Vatu Oceania

192 Vatican City (Holy Vatican City Euro Europe

See)

193 Venezuela Caracas Bolivar South

America

194 Vietnam Hanoi Dong Asia

195 Yemen Sanaa Rial Asia

196 Zambia Lusaka Kwacha Africa

List of International Organizations and their Headquarters

International organizations Headquarters

United Nations Organisation New York, USA

United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) New York, USA

United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) New York, USA

UN Women New York, USA

United Nations Security Council (UNSC) New York, USA

International Monetary Fund (IMF) Washington DC, United States

World Bank Group (WBG) Washington DC, United States

World Health Organisation (WHO) Geneva, Switzerland

International Labour Organisation Geneva, Switzerland

International Committee of the Red Cross Geneva, Switzerland

World Trade Organisation Geneva, Switzerland

World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) Geneva, Switzerland

World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Geneva, Switzerland

International Organization for Standardization Geneva, Switzerland

UNAIDS Geneva, Switzerland

United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Paris, France
Organisation (UNESCO)

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Paris, France

(OECD)

United Nations Industrial Development Organization Vienna, Austria

(UNIDO)

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Vienna, Austria

Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) Vienna, Austria

International Maritime Organisation (IMO) London, United Kingdom

Commonwealth of Nations London, United Kingdom

Amnesty International London, United Kingdom

Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) Rome, Italy

North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) Brussels, Belgium

Universal Postal Union Berne, Switzerland

Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Jakarta, Indonesia

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Queenstown, Singapore

Transparency International Berlin, Germany

International Renewable Energy Agency Abu Dhabi (UAE)

South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation Kathmandu, Nepal

Organization of Islamic Cooperation Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation Ebene, Mauritius

Worldwide Fund for Nature Gland, Switzerland

International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry North Carolina

Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons The Hague, The Netherlands

International Olympic Committee Lausanne, Switzerland

World Economic Forum Cologny-Geneva, Switzerland

International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Gland, Switzerland

International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) Paris, France

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Nairobi, Kenya

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Geneva, Switzerland

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Vienna, Austria

United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Turin, Italy

Institute (UNICRI)

UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) Geneva, Switzerland

International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Montreal, Canada

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) New York, USA

International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Rome, Italy

International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Geneva, Switzerland

United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Madrid, Spain

United Nations University (UNU) Tokyo, Japan

International Court of Justice (ICJ) The Hague, Netherlands

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development Geneva, Switzerland

(UNCTAD)

UN-Habitat Nairobi, Kenya

World Food Programme (WFP) Rome, Italy

UN-OHRLLS New York, USA

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Geneva, Switzerland

(OHCHR)

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Geneva, Switzerland

S.No. Idioms & Phrases Meaning

1. Rank and File Ordinary People

In short periods, not

2. By fits and starts
regularly

3. A wee bit A little

Free from difficulties

4. Out of the wood
and dangers

5. Under his thumb Under his control

 In a state where one
6. At one’s wits end does not know what to
do

7. Between the devil and the deep sea Between two dangers

8. Burn the midnight oil Work or study hard

Speak frankly and

9. Call a spade a spade
directly

10. Come off with flying colors Be highly successful

11. Hoping against hope Without hope

Do or say the exact

12. Hit the nail on the head
thing

A personal interest in
13. An axe to grind
the matter

14. To get rid of Dispose of

15. At daggers drawn Bitterly hostile

To act foolishly or
16. To play ducks and drakes
inconsistently
 To tackle a problem in
17. To take the bull by the horns a bold and direct
fashion

18. Rain cats and dogs Rain heavily

To make a supreme
19. To move heaven and earth
effort

20. No avail Without any result

Accuse or denounce the

21. Bark up the wrong tree
wrong person

22. Keep one at bay Keep one at a distance

Confess – especially
23. Make a clean breast of it when a person has done
a wrong thing

Have a secret plan in

24. Have a card up one’s sleeve
reserve

25. Like a cat on hot bricks Very nervous

26. Cat and dog life Life full of quarrels

 Made up story that one
27. Cock and bull story
should not believe

28. Cry for the moon Ask for the impossible

The various aspects of a

29. The pros and cons
matter in detail

In a very difficult
30. Be in a tight corner
situation

Be precise, careful and

31. Cross one’s t’s and dot
one’s i’s exact

32. At arm’s length To keep at a distance

33. Out of the question Impossible

34. Out of the way Strange

35. Show a clean pair of heals Run away

The anxiety in which

36. Keep one’s fingers crossed you hope that nothing
will upset your plans

37. In the nick of time Just at the last moment

 Hesitate between two
38. Sitting on the fence
decisions

39. Spread like wild fire Spread quickly

40. The gift of the gab Talent for speaking

41. By hook or by crook By fair or foul means

42. Feather one’s own nest Make money unfairly

43. Throw out of gear Disturb the work

44. Take to one’s heels Run away

45. Tooth and nail With all one’s power

46. Die in harness Die while in service

47. Take a leaf out of one’s book Imitate one

48. Leave no stone unturned Use all available means

49. A man of straw A man of no substance

 Understand the hidden
50. Read between the lines
meaning

Deliberately and
51. In cold blood
without emotion

A constant source of
52. A thorn in the flesh
annoyance

53. Smell a rat Suspect something foul

Dwell on the same

54. Harp on the same string
subject

End the quarrel and

55. Bury the hatchet
make peace

Desert one in
56. Leave one in the lurch difficulties; leave one in
a helpless condition

57. Like a fish out of water In a strange situation

58. At one’s beck and call Under his control

To live within one’s

59. To make both ends meet
income
60. In hot water In trouble

Destroy in the early

61. Nip in the bud
stage

Remain faithful to the

62. Stick to one’s guns
cause

To apologize humbly
and to yield under
63. To eat humble pie
humiliating
circumstances

64. In high spirits Very happy

Put or do things in the

65. Put the cart before the horse
wrong order

66. To all names To abuse

In a state of suspense
67. On tenterhooks
and anxiety

Discuss unpleasant in
68. Wash one’s dirty linen public-private matters
before strangers

69. To bell the cat To face the risk

70. A hard nut to crack A difficult problem

71. Let the cat out of the bag Reveal a secret

72. A big gun An important person

To achieve two results

73. Kill two birds with one stone
with one effort

74. Take one to task Rebuke

75. Gain ground Become Popular

To praise one’s own

76. To blow one’s own
trumpet achievement

77. A bosom friend A very close friend

78. A brown study Dreaming

Disregard / ignore what

79. Turn a deaf ear
one says

80. A close shave Narrow escape

81. Turn over a new leaf Change for the better

82. Make up one’s mind Decide

83. In the long run Eventually; ultimately

84. Bring to light Disclose

85. Pay off old scores Take revenge

86. Hard and fast rules Strict rules

87. At the eleventh hour At the last moment

88. A close shave Narrow escape

89. To cut a sorry figure To make a poor show

90. With a high hand Oppressively

Get into trouble by

91. Burn one’s fingers interfering in other’s
affairs

92. Laugh one’s head off Laugh heartily

93. Chew the cud Ponder over something

 Take an unimportant
94. Play second fiddle
part

95. Above board Honest and open

96. Through thick and thin Under all conditions

97. Put a spoke in one’s wheel To upset one’s plans

In a
98. At sixes and sevens disordered/disorganized
manner, chaotic

99. At home Comfortable

The beginning and the

100. Alpha and omega
end

101. At sea Confused and lost

102. A bosom friend A very close friend

103. At one’s beck and call At one’s service

104. By leaps and bounds Rapidly

105. To burn one’s boats Go back on a decision

106. To beat about the bush Talk irrelevantly

107. To burn candle at both ends To waste lavishly

108. Take one to task Rebuke

109. A bone of contention A source of quarrel

To aggravate the
110. Add fuel to the fire
situation

111. An acid test A critical test

112. At a snail’s pace Very slowly

113. A bolt from the blue Something unexpected

Make imaginary
114. To build castles in the air
schemes

Something that happens

115. Once in a blue moon
very rarely

Avoiding the main

116. Beating around the bush
topic

117. Cry over spilled milk Complaining about a

 loss or failure from the
past

When someone is upset

118. Chip on your shoulder about something that
happened a while ago

Something that is easy

119. Piece of cake
to understand or do

A big sum of money

given to a person when
120. Golden handshake
he/she leaves a
company or retires

121. Spill the beans To disclose a secret

Something good and

122. Blessing in disguise useful that did not
initially seem that way

Being Serious or
123. Mean business
Dedicated

Possible obstacles in
124. Come hell or high water
your path

125. Apple of one’s eye Being cherished: very

 dear to someone

Not able to complete a

126. Bite off more than you can chew task due to lack of
ability

The benefits of widely

differing situations,
127. The best of both worlds
enjoyed at the same
time

128. Feeling a bit under the weather Feeling slightly ill

Something that turns

129. Icing on the cake
good into great

130. Cost an arm and a leg Be very expensive

To join a popular
131. Jump the bandwagon
activity or trend

When it is up to you to
132. Ball is in your court make the next decision
or step

133. To be in the doldrums To be in low spirits

134. To sit on the fence To remain neutral

 To initiate a social
135. Break the ice conversation or
interaction

To hear rumors about

136. Hear it on grapevine
something or someone

Cannot judge
137. Can’t judge a book by its cover something primarily on
appearance

Actions or
138. It takes two to tango communications need
more than one person

To reveal the secret

139. Let the cat out of the bag
carelessly or by mistake

140. Black and blue Full of Bruises

141. Be on cloud nine Be very happy

The final problem in a

142. Last straw
series of problems

143. A bird’s eye view A view from a very

high place that allows
you to see a very large
 area

A method that helps to

144. A litmus Test know if something is
correct

Willingness to do
145. At the drop of a hat
something instantly

To become easily
146. Afraid of one’s own shadow
frightened

147. A house of cards A poor plan

False sense of
148. Fool’s paradise
happiness

To not be treated as
149. Get a raw deal
well as other people

150. Give cold shoulder To ignore

Live on only basic

151. Hand to mouth
necessities

To show dislike or
152. Make a face disappointment through
facial expressions
 Something that is not
153. It’s Greek to me
understandable

154. To pour oil on troubled waters To make peace

Do not put all your

155. Don’t put all your eggs in one basket resources in one basket
(in one place or thing)

To say in a few words

156. To put in a nutshell or to make something
concise

To withdraw from a
157. Back out
promise or contract

158. Blow up To explode

159. Back Up To support and sustain

160. Back Upon To be relevant

161. Break Down Failure in something

162. Break off To end or discontinue

163. Break Up To disperse / dissolve

164. Bring up To rear

165. Call forth To provoke

166. Call out To shout

167. Call upon To order

168. Carry on To continue

169. Cast away To throw aside

170. Catch up with To overtake

171. Come off To take place

172. Cry Down To make little of

173. Catch up with To overtake

To complain loudly
174. Cry out against
against

175. Cut out Designed for

176. Drop in To Visit Casually

177. Drop out To fall

178. Fall back To Recede; To Retreat

From a higher position

179. Fall down
to a lower one

To Withdraw; To Drop
180. Fall off
Off

181. Fall under To come under

To Prosper; To
182. Get along
Progress; To Proceed

To Live Pleasantly
183. Get on with
Together; To Progress

184. Get into To be involved in

185. Give in To Surrender; To Yield

186. Give over Not to do any longer

187. Go after To Follow; To Pursue

188. Go Down To be accepted

189. Go without To remain without

190. Go by To follow

191. Hang about To Loiter near a place

192. Hang upon To depend upon

To Endure; To Refuse
193. Hold out to yield; To continue;
To offer

194. Hold to Abide By

195. Keep off To ward off

196. Keep up with To keep pace with

To win by hitting
197. Knock out
another one

Both people involved in

198. It takes two to tango a bad situation are
responsible for it

The final problem in a

199. Last straw
series of problems
200. Keep something at bay Keep something away

To solve two problems

201. Kill two birds with one stone at a time with just one
action

Leave something alone

202. Let sleeping dogs lie
if it might cause trouble

Release something that

203. Open the floodgates was previously under
control

204. Out of the blue Happen unexpectedly

205. Out on a limb Do something risky

Totally excessive and

206. Over the Top not suitable for the
occasion

Words and
207. Pen is mightier than the sword communication have a
greater effect than war

Trying to obtain more

208. Push one’s luck
than what one has
 Benefit or suffer as a
209. Reap the harvest direct result of past
actions

To get yourself
210. Roll up sleeves
prepared

To be in agreement
211. See eye to eye
with

212. Shot in the dark A complete guess

Do something with a lot

213. Sink your teeth into of energy and
enthusiasm

To doubt theaccuracy
214. Take with a grain/pinch of salt
of information

Do or say something
215. Skating on thin ice
risky

216. Tight spot A difficult situation

217. Strike while the iron is hot To act at the right time

218. Take the plunge Venture into something

of one’s interest despite
 the risks involved

Rapid drop or decrease

219. Take a nosedive
in value

Admire someone very

220. Think the world of
much

To be useful or be of
221. Stand in a good stead good service to
someone

Choose to be less
222. Take a back seat
important in a role

223. Wave a dead chicken Do something useless

224. Whale of a time Enjoy a lot

Concentrate on
225. Wrap one’s brain around something to
understand

Focus all attention on

226. Zero in on something
one thing

227. Above all Chiefly, Mainly

228. On Account of Due to

229. On no account Not for Any Reason

A faithful friend or a
230. A Fidus Achates
devoted follower

231. The Heel of Achilles A Weak Point

232. An Adonis A very handsome man

233. To assume airs To affect superiority

To keep to oneself and

234. To stand aloof
not mix with others

235. To lead to the altar To marry

236. An Ananias A Liar

A Man with Perfect

237. An Apollo
Physique

238. To Upset the Apple Cart To disturb the peace

239. Apple Pie Order In perfect order

 A blissful, happy, rural
240. Arcadian Life
and simple life

To fight or go to the
241. To take up arms
war

To have some selfish

242. To Grind
objective in view

To perform the most

243. To break the back of anything
difficult part

To speak disguise about

244. To backbite a person
someone

He has no will of his

245. He has no backbone
own

246. To cause bad blood To Cause Enmity

With all one's

247. Bag and Baggage
belongings

248. To keep the ball rolling To keep things going

249. Barmecide feast Imaginary Benefits

 The shortest distance
250. Bee-line
between two places

Without one's
251. Behind one's back
Knowledge

252. Behind the scenes In Private

To act unfairly in a
253. To hit below the belt
contest

To be Defeated in
254. To bite the dust
Battle

A person who
255. A Wet Blanket discourages enjoyment
or enthusiasm

256. In Cold Blood Deliberately

A learned/educated or
257. A blue Stocking
intellectual woman

258. At First Blush At first sight

Something completely
259. A Bolt from the Blue unexpected that
surprises you
 One's means of
260. One's bread and butter
livelihood

261. To breadth one's last To Die

To attempt to do
262. To make bricks without straw something without
proper materials

263. To kick the bucket To die

There is no need to
264. Good wine needs no bush advertise something
good

To expend energy in
265. To burn the candle at both ends two directions at the
same time

If you think the remarks

266. If the cap fits, wear it refer to you, then accept
the criticism

Don’t fret and worry

267. Care killed the cat
yourself to death

268. To Catch one's eye To attract attention

269. To take the chair To preside a meeting

She is older than she

270. She is no chicken
says

To make a careful
271. To pick and choose
selection

To attempt something
272. To square the circle
impossible

Adverse conditions do
273. Every cloud has a silver lining
not last forever

274. Close fisted Mean

Live within your

275. Cut your cloth according to your cloth
income

A foolishly incredible
276. A cock and bull story
story

To be perfectly sure or
277. To be cock sure
certain

278. To throw cold water upon anything To discourage efforts

279. Off color Not in the usual form

280. To commit to memory To learn by heart

Where there are more

281. Too many cooks spoil the broth
workers than necessary

282. Crocodile tears Hypocritical Tears

283. By hook or by crook By fair or foul means

284. Cut and dried Readymade

285. Up to date Recent

286. Evil days A period of misfortune

A time when there are

287. Halcyon Days peace and happiness in
the land

To come into an
288. To step into dead man's shoes
inheritance

289. Go to the devil Be off

290. Devil's bones Dice

291. Devil’s Playthings Playing Cards

Once a person loses his

292. Give a dog a bad name and hang him
reputation

Sooner or later,
293. Every dog has his day everyone has his share
of good fortune

To try to deceive
294. To throw dust in one's eyes someone or mislead
someone

A useless possession
295. A white elephant which is extremely
expensive to keep

To do something
296. To set the Thames on fire sensational or
remarkable

One who has had a

previous unpleasant
experience is always
297. A burnt child dreads the fire
scared of situations
where such experiences
are likely to be repeated
298. A fish out of water Anyone in an awkward

299. Foul play Cheating

To come out of one

300. To jump from a frying pan into fire trouble and get into a
worse

Things are not always

301. All that glitters are not gold as attractive as they
appear

To continue at one’s
302. To die in harness
occupation until death

Take advantage of all

303. Make hay while the sun shines
opportunities

The whole of
304. Lock, stock and barrel
everything

Comes nowhere near it.

If someone narrowly
305. A miss is as good as a mile misses the target it still
is treated as a missed
one or failure.

306. To move heaven and earth To exert all efforts

 It is unreliable to base
one's conclusions on
307. One swallow does not make a summer
only a single test or
incident

If wishing could make

things happen, then
308. If wishes were horses, beggars might ride even the most destitute
people would have
everything they wanted

An event which relates

309. A nine days' wonder a sensation for a time
but is soon forgotten

Newspapers which
publish sensational and
310. Yellow press unscrupulous stories
and exaggerates the
news to attract readers.

A general financial
311. A ball park figure
figure

To make certain that the

amount of money spent
312. To balance the books is not more than the
amount of money
received.
 A product or service
313. A cash cow that makes a lot of
money for a company

To present a counter
314. Devil's Advocate
argument

You are not very good

at something. You
315. Don't give up the day job
could not do it
professionally.

To modify financial
316. To cook the books
statements

To be dismissed from
317. To get the sack
your job

318. To be snowed under To be very busy

To work your fingers to the boneOrTo sweat

319. To work really hard
blood

320. Hear it on the grapevine To hear rumors

Overwhelmed by what
321. In the heat of the moment is happening in the
moment
322. Not a spark of decency No Manners

This expression is used

when the person you
323. Speak of the devil!
have just been talking
about arrives

324. Whole nine yards Everything. All of it

To have no idea about

325. Your guess is as good as mine
anything