He is a queer fish, I have failed to understand him.

It was he who <u><em>put a spoke in my wheel</em></u>.

To be up and doing

Most of the present day politicians have <u><em>an axe to grind</em></u>.

Why do you wish to <u><em>tread on the toes</em></u>?

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

He intends <u><em>setting up</em></u> as a lawyer in the adjoining district.

We should <u><em>give a wide berth</em></u> to bad characters.

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