Albatross Around Your Neck :



A Hitch in Your Giddy-Up :

If you have a hitch in your giddy-up, you are not feeling well.




Air Your Dirty Laundry in Public :

If you air your dirty laundry in public, you reveal aspects of your private life that should really remain private.




Aladdin’s Lamp :

Something which magically and mysteriously gives its owner everything he wishes.

Goodwill is almost as effectual as Aladdin’s lamp.




Albatross around Your Neck :

An albatross around or round your neck is a problem resulting from something you did that stops you from being successful.




Alibi :

To give an excuse

In retrospect, Rahul may be finding it difficult to offer an alibi for not winning the match.




A Lick and A Promise :

If you give something a lick and a promise, you do it hurriedly most often incompletely intending to return to it later.




Alike as Two Peas :

If people or things are as alike as two peas, they are identical.




A Little Bird Told Me :

If someone doesn’t want to say where they got some information from, they can say that a little bird told them.




A Little Learning is A Dangerous Thing. :

A small amount of knowledge can cause people to think they are more expert than they really are.

He said he had done a course on home electrics. But when he tried to mend my table lamp, he fused all the lights! I think a little learning is a dangerous thing.




Alive and Kicking :

The phrase is used to mean something is active and doing well.

Ram has recuperated form trauma. He is alive and kicking.




All Agog :

In a state of excitement and joy

The scientists at ISRO were all agog at the successful launch of Chandrayan.




All Along :

The whole time

If you have known or suspected something all along, then you have felt this from the beginning.

This tax was all along felt to be a great burden.






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