| 1. Jaundiced eye | (prejudice) You must not evaluate the success of your rivals with a jaundiced eye. |
| 1. Keep body and soul together | (to maintain life) These days because of rising prices it is difficult to keep body and soul together. |
| 2. Keep at an arm’s length | (to keep at a distance) Selfish people should always be kept at an arm’s length. |
| 3. Keep the wolf from the door | (to avoid starvation) In India millions of people struggle hard to keep the wolf from the door. |
| 4. Kith and kin | (blood relation) If we have no love for our kith and kin, we cannot be expected to love humanity. |
| 5. Knit the brow | (to frown) Her mother in law always knits the brow at everything she does. |
| 6. Kick the bucket | (to die) He kicked the bucket after long illness in the prime of his life. |
| 7. Keep up appearances | (to maintain outward show) Though he is in financial crisis, he is able to keep up appearances’ |
| 8. Keep one’s fingers crossed | (to wait expectantly)We had to keep our fingers crossed till the last ball was bowled. |
| 9. Keep the pot boiling | (earn hardly enough for living) He is earning only to keep the pot boiling. |
| 10. Kick one’s heels | (to waste time in waiting) As the train was late we had to kick our heals at the station. |
| 11. Keep abreast of | (not to fall behind) It is very important for the young persons to keep abreast of political developments in the country. |