Leaders should not only make speeches they should also be prepared to bell the cat.

It was such a messy affair but Manish somehow managed to <u><em>wash his hands of</em></u> the …

I did not mind what he was saying, he was only <u><em>through his hat</em></u>.

The detective <u><em>left no stone unturned</em></u> to trace the culprit.

There is no <u><em>hard and fast rule</em></u> regarding this subject.

Mr. Roy is known as a <u><em>shop lifter</em></u> in the city commercial centre.

To give up the ghost

To give currency

To read between the lines