Phrases:

• Affect ignorance (ಅಮಾಯಾಕಥೆಯ ನಟನೆ ) – You can not affect ignorance of the law and escape punishment.
• At daggers drawn (ಶತ್ರುತ್ವ) - Once upon a time they were friends, but now they are at daggers drawn over the issue of money.
• Be off (leave) – I was tired of her chattering and asked her to be off.
• At the eleventh hour (last movement) – The mob was getting out of control, but at the eleventh hour the police arrived.
• Apple of one’s eye (ಪ್ರಿಯ) – His lovely daughter is the apple of his eye.
• Apple of discord (Reason of fight) – Ever since their father death, this property has been ab apple of discord between the two brothers.
• All moonshine (lie) –What you are saying is all moonshine.
• Be out of the question (not possible) - Without oxygen life is out of question.
• Beat about the bush – Come to the point, don’t beat about the bush.
• Bed of roses (ಸುಖದ ಸುಪ್ಪತಿಗೆ) – Life is bed of roses.
• Bosom friend (ಪ್ರಾಣ ಸ್ನೇಹಿತ) - Arun and Anil are bosom friends.
• Break the ice (start speaking) - They sat in awkward silence till I broke the ice.
• Build castles in the air (ಗಾಳಿಗೋಪುರ ಕಟ್ಟು) – There is no point in building castles in the air.
• Burn the candle at both ends (lavish spending) – There is no meaning in burning the candle at both ends like this.
• Chicken-hearted fellow (ಅಂಜುಬುರುಕ) – A chicken hearted man like you will never make a soldier.