1. a bed of roses : (comfortable) Life is not always a bed of roses.
2. a bed of thorns: ( uncomfortable) Life of a poor person is always a bed of thorns.
3. a bolt from the blue: ( sudden problem ) The news of his father's heart attack was a bolt from the blue.
4. all in all: ( head ) His mother is all in all in his house.
5. an apple of discord: (quarrelsome) Kashmir is an apple of discord between India and Pakistan.
6. an axe to grind: ( selfish motive) You always have an axe to grind in every matter.
7. at a stone’s throw: ( at some distance ) My house is situated at a stone's throw from the bus stand.
8. at an arm’s length: ( away ) I keep bad company at an arm's length.
9. beat about the bush: ( not talking to the point) He always beats about the bush.
10. bell the cat: ( take the responsibility of difficult work) Who will bell the cat.
11. black and blue: ( bitterly ) He was beaten black and blue.
12. break one’s heart: ( hurt someone ) She broke his heart.
13. break the news: ( tell the news ) Aaj Tak first broke the news of terrorist attack.
14. bring to book: ( punish ) He was punished for stealing her ring.
15. in bad books: ( bad in one's opinion ) He is in bad books of his friends.
16. in good books: ( good in one's views ) He is in good books of his teacher.
17. of no avail: ( useless) His effort to reconcile the two friends was of no avail.
18. once in a blue moon: ( sometimes ) I visit the hospital once in a blue moon.
19. the apple of one’s eye: ( dearer) She is the apple of her parents' eyes
20. with open arms: ( warmly ) He received me with open arms.
20. with open arms: ( warmly ) He received me with open arms.
