1) Jack – a – dandy – a very fashionable person

 Public schools are full of many a jack-a-dandy.

 2) Debts of honour – loan without legal document

 Even thieves pay their debts of honour.

 3) to be in deep waters – to be in trouble

 The king was in deep waters because of his wayward temperament.

 4) in deference to – because of respect for

 He went to pilgrimage in deference to the wished of his mother.

 5) From the cradle to the grave – throughout one’s life

 Man is born to suffer from the cradle to the grave.

 6) Crash Program – a plant to be executed quickly

 Soviet Russia devised many crash programmes to step up economic development.

 7) Crocodile tears – false suffering, hypocritical grief

 Many beggars shed crocodile tears to seek alms.

 8) Crackajack –   a person of highest excellence

 Dr.Homi Bhabha was a crackajack.

 9) Bedrock – foundation , fundamental principles

 Civilization stands on the bedrock of industry.

 10) Bee-line – straight line between two places

 The picnickers made a bee-line for the playground.