To be at daggers drawn

To turn up one's nose at a thing

If you pass this difficult examination, it will be a <u><em>feather in your cap</em></u>.

To cut the Gordian knot

The present syllabus leaves very <u><em>little elbowroom</em></u> for teachers to be innovative.

To blaze trail

Those persons who are ready <u><em>to sail close to the wind</em></u> can be successful in life.

Despite the trust bestowed on the minister he turned out to be <u><em>a snake in the grass</em></u&…

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