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    Idioms & Phrases (CSS 2001-22)

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    The document lists 153 English idioms and phrases that have previously appeared on the Central Superior Services (CSS) exam in Pakistan from 2000 to 2020. The idioms are organized by the year they appeared on the exam. Some common idioms included are "break the ice", "nip something in the bud", "keep up appearances", "in a jiffy", "a wild goose chase", "stuff and nonsense", "to step into someone's shoes", "cast pearls before swine", and "it's about time".

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    The document lists 153 English idioms and phrases that have previously appeared on the Central Superior Services (CSS) exam in Pakistan from 2000 to 2020. The idioms are organized by the year they appeared on the exam. Some common idioms included are "break the ice", "nip something in the bud", "keep up appearances", "in a jiffy", "a wild goose chase", "stuff and nonsense", "to step into someone's shoes", "cast pearls before swine", and "it's about time".

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    The document lists 153 English idioms and phrases that have previously appeared on the Central Superior Services (CSS) exam in Pakistan from 2000 to 2020. The idioms are organized by the year they appeared on the exam. Some common idioms included are "break the ice", "nip something in the bud", "keep up appearances", "in a jiffy", "a wild goose chase", "stuff and nonsense", "to step into someone's shoes", "cast pearls before swine", and "it's about time".

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    Idioms & Phrases (CSS 2001-22)

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    The document lists 153 English idioms and phrases that have previously appeared on the Central Superior Services (CSS) exam in Pakistan from 2000 to 2020. The idioms are organized by the year they appeared on the exam. Some common idioms included are "break the ice", "nip something in the bud", "keep up appearances", "in a jiffy", "a wild goose chase", "stuff and nonsense", "to step into someone's shoes", "cast pearls before swine", and "it's about time".

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    Compiled & Edited by Aamir Mahar

    Idioms & Phrases: English Precis & Composition Paper


    CSS 2020 — CSS Exam Desk
    1. To break the ice 5. Tamper with
    2. Nip in the bud 6. The small hours
    3. See eye to eye with 7. Keep up appearances
    4. For good 8. Prima facie
    CSS 2019 — CSS Exam Desk
    9. In a jiffy 13. A wild goose chase
    10. Sit on the fence 14. Stuff and nonsense
    11. To be ill at ease 15. To step into one’s shoes
    12. To preen oneself 16. To cast pearls before swine
    CSS 2018 — CSS Exam Desk
    17. Het up 21. To the death
    18. Punch-up 22. Tilt at windmills
    19. Show and tell 23. It’s about time
    20. Helter-skelter 24. The whole ball of wax
    CSS 2017 — CSS Exam Desk
    25. Spirit away 29. Be left holding the baby
    26. Plough back 30. Cap in hand
    27. Eager beaver 31. Hold out a carrot

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    28. Ring a bell 32. Over the moon
    CSS 2016 — CSS Exam Desk
    33. Smash hit 37. Go bananas
    34. Murphy’s law 38. Beard the Lion in his den
    35. Place in the Sun 39. Groan inwardly
    36. Wooden spoon 40. Chicken out
    CSS 2015 — CSS Exam Desk
    41. Itching palm 45. To become reconcile to
    42. The primrose path 46. To militate against
    43. Break one’s fall 47. To be cognizant of
    44. Wash one’s hands of 48. Wages of sin
    CSS 2014 — CSS Exam Desk
    49. Hum and Haw 52. To talk through one’s hat
    50. To bring grist to the mill 53. To let the grass grow under one’s feet
    51. With one’s tongue in one’s cheek 54. Penny wise and pound foolish
    CSS 2013 — CSS Exam Desk
    55. To lose face 58. The milk of human kindness
    56. Out and out 59. To wash one’s dirty linen in public
    57. A rule of thumb 60. To pay through the nose
    CSS 2012 — CSS Exam Desk
    61. A queer fish 65. A gold digger
    62. Cold comfort 66. Wool gathering
    63. On the thin ice 67. Under the harrow
    64. Walk with God 68. Unearthly hour
    CSS 2011 — CSS Exam Desk
    69. To eat one’s words. 73. Dog in the manger
    70. A Freudian Ship 74. A Gordian knot
    71. A sugar daddy 75. A close shave
    72. A wet blanket 76. A cog in the machine
    CSS 2010 — CSS Exam Desk
    77. Make for. 81. Out of the wood
    78. Iconoclast. 82. A casting vote
    79. Yeoman’s service 83. A swan song
    80. Look down upon

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    CSS 2009 — CSS Exam Desk


    84. Turncoat 88. Bear the brunt.
    85. Hard and fast. 89. Where the shoe pinches
    86. Meet halfway 90. Weather the storm
    87. Leave in the lurch.
    CSS 2008 — CSS Exam Desk
    91. Hang up 96. Find one’s feet
    92. Below par 97. Call it a night
    93. By and by 98. The tip of the iceberg
    94. Blow one’s top 99. From pillar to post
    95. A cock and bull story 100. Turn some one in
    CSS 2006 — CSS Exam Desk
    101. Twiddle with 105. Loom large
    102. Vamp up 106. Besetting sin
    103. Whittle away 107. To hang fire
    104. Winkle out
    CSS 2005 — CSS Exam Desk
    108. Letter perfect 112. Take someone to the cleaners
    109. Off the wall 113. Wear the pants in the family
    110. Out to lunch 114. Throw someone for a loop
    111. Salt something away 115. Keep ones nose to the grindstone

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    CSS 2004 — CSS Exam Desk
    116. The acid test. 120. To bring grist to the mill.
    117. Beer and skittles. 121. To send a person to Coventry .
    118. Set one s cap at. 122. A skeleton in the cupboard.
    119. To draw the long bow. 123. To discover a mare's nest.
    CSS 2003 — CSS Exam Desk
    124. Swan song 129. Down the drain
    125. Kick the bucket 130. Cheek by Jowl
    126. Bolt from the blue 131. In a nutshell
    127. Put your foot down 132. Give me five
    128. Worth your salt
    CSS 2002 — CSS Exam Desk
    133. Take aback 138. Take over
    134. Take after 139. Take to task
    135. Take for 140. Take to one's heels
    136. Take ill 133. Take with a grain/ pinch of salt.
    137. Take off
    CSS 2001 — CSS Exam Desk
    134. To be a Greek 139. To be at daggers drawn
    135. The teeming meanings 140. To throw down the gauntlet
    136. To kick the bucket 141. To stand on ceremony
    137. To push to the walls 142. From the horse’s mouth
    138. To read between the lines 143. To carry the cross
    CSS 2000 — CSS Exam Desk
    144. Hang up 149. Blow one’s top
    145. By and by 150. From pillar to post
    146. Below par 151. Turn some one in
    147. Call it a night 152. The tip of the iceberg
    148. Find one’s feet 153. A cock-and-bull story

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