1. Make both ends meet | (to live within one’s means) As my uncle has to bring up five children, he finds it difficult to make both ends meet. |
2. Mend one’s fences | (to make peace) It is high time for the two brothers to bury the hatchet and mend their fences. |
3. Make a clean breast | (to confess) ‘When asked by the Magistrate sternly, the thief made a clean breast of the whole crime. |
4. Make amends | (to give compensation) The government made amends to the family for the loss of their earning member in the war. |
5. Make the most of | (to utilize time) Students should make the most of their time if they want to get an administrative job. |
6. Move heaven and earth | (to try utmost) Ramesh moved heaven and earth to gain his end but failed. |
7. Make sure | (to ascertain) We went to the office to make sure if our exams would start in the next week. |
8. Make neither head nor tail | (not to understand) The students can make neither head nor tail of what Mr. Dev teaches them. |
9. Moot point | (a debatable point, undecided) The question of abolition of child marriage is a moot point as far as Indians are concerned. |
10. Meet one’s Waterloo | (to face final defeat) Tipu Sultan met his Waterloo in the fourth battle of Mysore. |
11. Man of letters | (literary person) Dr. Radhakrishnan was a man of letters. |
12. Make light of | (not to care) He is in the habit of making light of the advice of his parents. |
13. Midas touch | (a touch which turns anything into gold) Our manager seems to be gifted with Midas touch because he is capable of selling every product. |
14. Man of parts | (a man of qualities) Our Principal is a man of parts and is respected by all and one. |
15. Mealy mouthed | (soft spoken) A mealy mouthed shopkeeper is always successful. |
16. Man of straw | (a weak person) The king being a man of straw; his’ orders were often disobeyed. |
17. Mince matters | (hide the truth and pretend) Tell the truth to your parents because it does not pay to mince matters. |
18. Mare’s nest | (a false invention) The involvement of teachers in the scheme proved to be a mare’s nest. |