Ace In The Hole :



Ace In The Hole :

This is something other people are not aware of that can be used to your advantage when the time is right.



Ace Up Your Sleeve :

If you have an ace up your sleeve, you have something that will give you an advantage that other people do not know about.



A Chain Is No Stronger Than Its Weakest Link. :

This means that processes, organizations, etc., are vulnerable because the weakest person or part can always damage or break them.



Achilles’ Heel :

The only assailable or vulnerable part

Hanover is the Achilles’ heel to invulnerable England.



Acid Test :

An acid test is something that proves whether something is good and effective or not.

Your success itself is the acid test of your sincerity of purpose.



Across The Board :

If something applies to everybody, it applies across the board.



Across The Ditch :

This idiom means on the other side of the Tasman Sea, used to refer to Australia or New Zealand depending on the speaker’s location.



Across The Pond :

This idiom means on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean used to refer to the US or the UK depending on the speaker’s location.



Act of God :

An act of god is something like an earthquake or floods that human beings cannot prevent or control.

Console yourself thinking that this devastating fire in your godown was an act of god.



Act of War :

An act of war is an action that is either intended to start a war or that is interpreted as being sufficient cause for a war.



Actions Speak Louder Than Words. :

This means that what people actually do is more important that what they say. Because, people can promise things but then fail to deliver.



Act The Giddy Goat :

To act the giddy goat means to behave foolishly.

The teacher advised the students not to act the giddy goat.



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