I raked my brains to solve this difficult problem.

Discipline is <u><em>on the wane</em></u> in schools and colleges these days.

Mrs. Khnna has been <u><em>in the blues</em></u> for the last several weeks.

He is a strange fellow. It is very difficult to deal with him; it seems that he has <u><em>a bee in his bonn…

My mother is <u><em>in raptures</em></u> over her new stove.

You cannot <u><em>throw dust into my eyes</em></u>.

To take people by storm

He is always <u><em>standing up</em></u> for the weak and oppressed.

He has such a nature that he must <u><em>have a finger in every pie</em></u>.