Vocabulary Builder

Abide by: adhere to

agree to Above board: honest, fair, frank 

Account for: provide an explanation for

All agog: in a state of excitement

Back out: to withdraw, to break a promise

Bad blood: enmity, bad feelings 

Bag and baggage: completely, leaving behind nothing

Be off one’s head: to be mad, insane

A cat’s paw: to make somebody a tool 

A Chicken-hearted person: a cowardly person 

A child’s play: something very easy a

Cock and bull story: an imaginary or false story

A Dead letter: no longer in use

A Deadlock: a position in which no progress can be made

A Dog in the Manger: a selfish policy

A Drawn game or battle: in which no party wins

At the Eleventh hour: at the last moment

Eat into: to destroy

Eat one out of house and home: to eat in a gluttonous manner 

Eat one’s heart out: to worry excessively