Idioms & Phrase (E), Study Notes, Material - DSSSB exam

List of Important Idioms and Phrases Beginning with E

1. Every Dog has his day
   Meaning: Sooner or later, everyone has his share of good fortune
   Example: You may become successful in your business someday. Every dog has its day.
   
   
2. Early bird 
   Meaning: A person who gets up early or arrives early for something.
   Example: My brother is an early bird and gets up very early every morning.
   
   
3. Egg on
   Meaning: to urge or push someone to do something.
   Example: The boy is always egging his friend on to do stupid things.
   
   
4. Eye of the storm
   Meaning: The centre of a problem
   Example: The politician was in the eye of the storm because of the accounting scandal.
   
   
5. Excuse (someone)
   Meaning: to forgive someone
   Example: We excused the man for his rude comments because he did not know any better.
   
   
6. Eagle eye
   Meaning: Quick to discover ( Unusually keen sight)
   Example: A good student has an eagle eye for his errors.
   
   
7. Empty vessels make the most noise
   Meaning: Those who know or have little knowledge often shout the loudest
   Example: Ram tells as if he's an expert on everything, but empty vessels make the most noise.
   
   
8. Earn one's keep
   Meaning: To perform satisfactory physical labour or to provide other worthy services in return for remuneration, lodging, or other benefits; to support oneself financially.
   
   
9. Easy as Pie
   Meaning: Extremely easy, simple, or intuitive; requiring very little skill or effort
   Example: After so many years as an accountant, doing taxes is as easy as pie for me.
   
   
10. Elbow grease
    Meaning: hard physical work, especially vigorous polishing or cleaning/Energetic labour.
    Example: It requires to put a lot of elbow grease to shift from one place to another.
    
    
11. Ended in smoke
    Meaning: No concrete or positive result/Came to nothing
    Example: All her plans for the trip to the hill station ended in smoke as she got ill at that time.
    
    
12. Eye to eye (with someone)
    Meaning: to agree with someone, or to have the same opinion as them
    Example: I don’t see eye to eye with my father on many things.

This article tends to be beneficial for the following exams - REET, UPTET, CTET, Online Classroom Program TET, DSSSB, KVS etc.

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