The clerk wiped the nose of his employer by submitting a false bill and was dismissed from his job.

It was <u><em>out of place</em></u> for him to talk on politics when the seminar was arranged to…

To plough the sands

To look sharp

Rejesh and Vikas have remained friends <u><em>through thick and thin</em></u>.

To smell a rat

The class could not <u><em>keep a straight face</em></u> on hearing the strange pronunciation of…

In his youth, he was practically <u><em>rolling in money</em></u>

He <u><em>struck several bad patches</em></u> before he made good.