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Idioms & Phrases 31.10.2019

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    31 October at 09:00 AM

1. Give in

Meaning: Yield

Usage: The government is foolish if it believes that rebellion will ever give in.

 

2. Run riot

Meaning: Act without restraint

Usage: As soon as the alarm went off, everyone in the classroom ran riot.

 

3. Go through fire and water

Meaning: Undergo any risk

Usage: The Indian army can go through fire and water to complete its task.

 

4. Reading between the lines

Meaning: Understanding the hidden meaning

Usage: I got a letter from Puneet and he isn't happy. He didn't say anything but I could tell by reading between the lines that something's wrong.

 

5. Get the sack

Meaning: Dismissed from

Usage: The new employee was very rude and that’s why he got the sack.

 

6. By leaps and bounds

Meaning: Very quickly

Usage: He finished his lunch by leaps and bounds and ran for the meeting.

 

7. In the good books

Meaning: Be in somebody's favor or good opinion

Usage: These days, everyone tries hard to be in the good books of one’s boss.

 

8. In the long run

Meaning: Ultimately

Usage: The Company’s initial marketing strategies have paid off for them in the long run.

 

9. Turn a deaf year

Meaning: Disagree/Ignore/Refuse

Usage: The government has been turning a deaf ear to the pleas of its most vulnerable citizens.

 

10. At one’s wit’s end

Meaning: Puzzled/Confused

Usage: My two-year-old won't eat anything but pizza, and I'm at my wit's end.

 

11. Set the record straight

Meaning: Give a correct account

Usage: There have been a lot of rumors flying around, so I'd like to set the record straight once and for all.

 

12. Good Samaritan

Meaning: Helpful person

Usage: The poor woman lying on the road was helped by a good Samaritan.

 

13. Bad blood

Meaning: Angry feeling

Usage: There has been bad blood between the two friends for years.

 

14. To go to the whole hog

Meaning: To do it completely

Usage: We only planned to order starters, but we went the whole hog and ended up getting a full meal.

 

15. Laying off

Meaning: Dismissal from jobs

Usage: After the recession, the company has laid off a lot of sales employees.

Verifying, please be patient.