All about study, exam and result

idioms about studying, exams and results

Pass with flying colours - do very well in a test or exam

Sail through - succeed in doing something without difficulty.

Hit the books - begin to study hard

Make the grade - be satisfactory and of an expected level

Rise to the occasion - manage to do something successfully in difficult circumstances

Ace a test - obtain a very high score or an excellent result

Bone up on - study hard, usually in preparation for a test

Draw a blank - fail in attempts to remember something

Burn the midnight oil - work late into the night

turn up trumps - unexpectedly produce just what’s needed at the last moment

Come up trump -unexpectedly produce just what’s needed at the last momen

In a brown study - daydreaming or deeply contemplative

In the bag -success assured 

Keep your nose to the grindstone - apply yourself conscientiously to your wor

Knuckle down - focus on a project or a task

Learn something off by heart - learn something in such a way that you can say it from memory

Burn the candle at both ends - stay up late into the night and then get up early next day to carry on working

On course for -likely to achieve something

Make a pig’s ear of - make a complete mess of something