The new C.M stuck his neck out today and promised 10kgs. free wheat a month for all rural families.

He is an interesting speaker but tends to <u><em>go off at a tangent</em></u>.

Get down to brass tacks

in the armed forces, it is considered a great privilege to <u><em>die in harness</em></u>.

To go to each other hammer and tongs

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

To make clean breast of

To hold somebody to ransom

To take the wind out of another's sails