Important Idioms and Phrases: Serial B ( Day -2)

Important Idioms and Phrases: Serial B ( Day -2)  

1.       Back out—(to evade a commitment) Dishonest business people back out of their deals when the market goes up.

2.       Back out— (to evade an undertaking)  It is no heroism to back out of   your commoitments.

3.       Backstairs influence—( secret and illegitimate  influence) Come  what may, I will get a job without backstairs influence.

4.       Back water—(to ply oars backwards)  We had to back water to  reach the shore.

5.       Behind one's back—( during one's absence)   Behind my back at   the office, my assistant puts everything in disorder.

6.       Break the back of—(to overburden; to accomplish the hardest part of work) Government of a big country can break the back of the strongest Prime Minister.

7.       On the back of—(close behind)  Russia is on the back of India.

8.       Put one's back into—( to do with might and main)  You must put your back into the preparation for examination.

9.        Take a back seat—( sink into; obscurity)  Mahesh Chandra now  takes a back seat.

10.   Talk through the back of one's neck—(to talk utter  nonsense) Stop talking through the back of your neck.