Popular Idioms and Usages Part N

Here is the Nth part of the popular idioms series.

1. Nail your colors to the mast: Show intention to hold on till the end.
2. Name and shame: Publication of the name of an antisocial.
3. Neither fish, nor flesh, nor good red herring: Not one thing or another.
4. Never never land: An Utopia promised instead of a real benefit.
5. New kid on the block: A new recruit or member in a group.
6. Nip in the bud: Foil something at its development stage itself.
7. No dice: A refusal to accept some proposal.
8. No names, no packdrill: Say nothing to avoid repercussions.
9. No room to swing a cat: A small space.
10. North and South: Mouth. Cockney rhyming slang.
11. Not playing with a full deck: Foolish
12. Not worth a plugged nickel: Completely worthless
13. Not worth a tinker’s dam: Worthless
14. Not worth the candle: Worthless

More of the idioms will be added to the list in the coming days. Please also read the previous versions of the series.

Here are some posts that may interest you:

Ten Tips to Write Great Content
Run-on Sentences and Comma Splices
Elliptical Constructions (Elliptical Clauses)

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