Important Idioms for Banking

1.Achilles’ heels —————————A small but fatal weakness​
2. Add fuel on fire ———————— To make a matter worse​
3. An axe to grind ————————Something done for selfish reasons​
4. An old flame —————— A person, one had a romantic relationship relationship with, in the past​
5. Bad blood ——————————- Enmity/ bitter relations​
6. Bear the brunt of ———————– To bear the main part of something unpleasant​
7. Big gun ————————————An influential person​
8. Bird of passage ————————–One who comes occasionally​
9. Castles in the air ———————— Day dream/ a hope or desire unlikely to be realized​
10. Chicken hearted ———————– Lacking courage/ cowardly​
11. Cry for the moon ———————–To desire the unattainable​
12. Cut a sorry figure————————To give a poor show​
13. Dance to one’s tune ——————– Obeying one’s order​
14. Dark horse ——————————–One who wins unexpectedly​
15. Democle’s sword ———————— Constant threat​
16. Dead letter ——————————-A law or ordinance that is no longer enforced​
17. Eat humble pie ————————–To apologize​
18. Eats one’s words————————-Take a statement back​
19. Elbow room —————————— Sufficient scope to move or function​
20. Escape one’s lips ———————— Speak unintentionally or unexpectedly​
21. Fair and square ————————– In an honest way​
22. Fair sex ———————————– Women​
23.Feather in the cap ————————–Additional success
24. Fish out of water————————–Out of one’s usual and comfortable place​
25. Get away with —————————- To escape​
26. Get down to —————————– To attend to work seriously​
27. Get into hot water———————– Get into trouble​
28. Green room————————— A lounge in a theatre or studio for the performers to get ready​
29. Hang by a thread——————— Be in a risky situation​
30. Hard nut to crack——————— A difficult problem to solve/ A person difficult to understand​
31. Have one’s way———————- The way one wants​
32. Have several irons in the fire ——- To be involved in many projects or activities at the same time​
33. High living ——————————Living with comfort and ease​
34. Hit the jackpot ————————-Gaining a big/ great success (specially by luck)​
35. In full swing —————————- At the height of activity​
36. In the long run————————- Ultimately​
37. Iron hand/ Iron fist ——————– Rigorous control​
38. Jump to a conclusion ——————To come to a conclusion prematurely​
39. Kangaroo court ————————- An illegal court​
40. Keep one’s finger crosses ————- To wait expectantly​
41. Keep the ball rolling——————–To maintain the progress of a project or plan​
42. Kith and kin——————————Blood relations​
43. Lady’s man——————————- A man who is fond of the company of women​
44. Left-handed compliment————– An insult disguised as a compliment​
45. Look off colours————————- Look ill or unhealthy​
46. Lump in the throat———————-A tight or uncomfortable feeling in throat due to emotions​
47. Maiden speech————————- First speech​
48. Make a hash—————————– To mess up​
49. Make the best of both the worlds———- Getting benefited from both the sides​
50. Make up one’s mind————————– To decide​