VOCABULARY - IDIOMS

Idioms beginning with Q

Quake In One’s Boots

Meaning: To be very frightened
Quarter Past

Meaning: Fifteen minutes after the hour
Quarter To/Of

Meaning: Fifteen minutes before the hour
Queer the Pitch

Meaning: Interfere with someone’s plans; make something more difficult
Quick as a Flash

Meaning: Very fast
Quick-and-Dirty

Meaning: Approximate, hastily done
Quote Unquote

Meaning: Ironically speaking; suggesting that if a phrase were written out, it would be in quotation marks to convey sarcasm