Despite the trust bestowed on the minister he turned out to be a snake in the grass during the revolution.

Something up one's sleeve

His plan was so complicated that it <u><em>floored</em></u> his listeners.

Our school is <u><em>within a stone's throw</em></u> of the railway station.

She rejected his proposal of marriage <u><em>point blank</em></u>.

A square peg in a round hole

To set one's face against

The new economic policy is likely to <u><em>run into rough weather</em></u>.

Inspite of the immense pressure exerted by the militants the Government has decided not to <u><em>give in&lt…