IDIOMS for the day...

- By fts and starts
from time to time
Do not expect to do well in your examinations if you study by fits and starts.

- A mere flash in the pan
a mere luckystroke; an effort that is quickly over or at once end in failure
His victory in the SUDOKU competition was a mere flash in th pan.

- To fly off the handle
to get angry
You need to be careful with what you say to him as he is always flying off the handle.