20 idioms and thier meanings and sentences based on them
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Explanation:
Stir up a hornets’ nest
Provoke trouble
Example: It’s not that the management is not aware of few false bills here and there, but they don’t call it because it would expose many and stir up a hornet’s nest.
2. Back against the wall
Be in a difficult situation from where escape is difficult
Example: With banks baying for his blood over default in payments, he has his back against the wall.
3. Bite off more than you can chew
To try to do something that is too difficult for you
Example: He has taken more responsibilities as he couldn’t say ‘no’ to his boss. I think he has bitten more than he can chew, and he’ll struggle to handle them all.
4. Head over heels
If you’re head over heels, you’re completely in love.
Example: Max fell head over heels in love with her colleague and wants to marry her.
5. Upset someone’s applecart
If you upset someone’s applecart, you do something that causes a plan to go wrong.
Example: The increase in customs duty by the government has upset the applecart of those car companies who were importing most of their car parts.
6. Spoil someone’s plans
To ruin someone’s plans
Example: The heavy overnight rain spoilt our plan to play cricket next morning.
7. Keep someone at arm’s length
If you keep someone at arm’s length, you avoid becoming friendly with them.
Example: I’ve more productive time in the day because I’ve developed this good habit of keeping video games at arm’s length.
8. Up in arms
Angry about something
Example: Media has traditionally been up in arms with the government of the day.
9. Drive a hard bargain
If you drive a hard bargain, you argue hard to get a favorable deal.
Example: The author tried to drive a hard bargain with the publisher on signing amount, but couldn’t because he didn’t have best sellers in his name.
10. Barking up the wrong tree
To ask the wrong person or follow the wrong course
Example: The sales team blamed the engineers for the organization’s failure to bag the mega deal, but they were barking up the wrong tree.
11. Scrape the barrel
When you’re scraping the barrel, you’re using something you do not want to but you’ve no option.
Example: I was scraping the barrel when I had to stay for six months with my parents after I lost my job.
12. Bend over backwards
To try please or accommodate someone to an unusual degree
Example: The hotel staff bent over backwards to make the visit of the dignitaries a memorable one.
13. A chip off the old block
If you’re a chip off the old block, you’re similar in some distinct way to your father or mother.
Example: He is as stingy as her mother – a real chip off the old block.
14. Blow your own trumpet
If you blow your own trumpet, you tell people how good or successful you are (used in negative way).
Example: That doctor can be so off-putting. He is always blowing his trumpet mentioning his awards and positions in various associations.
15. Once in a blue moon
If something happens once in a blue moon, it happens rarely.
Example: Many startups turn in a profit once in a blue moon.
16. Burn your boats/ bridges
If you burn your boats, you do something that makes it impossible to change your plans and go back to the earlier position or situation.
Example: I’ve burnt my boats with my previous supervisor by criticizing him publicly.
17. Make no bones about something
If you make no bones about something, you say clearly what you feel or think about it.
Example: Jack made no bones about getting a hike in his salary.
18. Break fresh/ new ground
If you break new ground, you do something that was not done before.
Example: Our scientists are breaking new ground in robotics and cancer research.
19. In the same breath
When you say two things in the same breath, you say two very different or contradictory things.
Example: How can the manager praise my colleague and talk of his average performance in the same breath?
20. Take away your breath
If someone or something takes your breath away, it astonishes you.
Example: His diving catch at the crunch moment in the match took my breath away.
Answer:
Idiom: Apple of someone's eyes
Meaning: a person or thing that someone loves very much
Sentence: His youngest daughter is the apple of his eye as she is his firstborn.
2- Idiom: A left-handed compliment
Meaning: An insult in the pretense of expression of appreciation.
Sentence: She said she liked my hair, but it turned out to be a left-handed compliment when she asked how long I'd been dyeing it.
3- Idiom: A sight for sore eyes
Meaning: a person or thing that one is extremely pleased or relieved to see.
Sentence: After being away from home for so long, my friends and family were a sight for my sore eyes.
4- Idiom: Bread and Butter
Meaning: someone’s livelihood
Sentence: Coaching football and basketball to young boys and girls is her bread and butter.
5- Idiom: Back to Square one
Meaning: Having to start all over again; start working on a plan from the beginning because your previous attempt failed completely
Sentence: After days of working hard on the college project, because of the computer failure we are back to square one.
6-Idiom: Call a spade a spade
Meaning: Speak frankly and directly
Sentence: After hours of discussion and meetings, I believe it's time to call a spade a spade.
7- Idiom: Down to earth
Meaning: simple, decent, realistic; practical, and straightforward.
Sentence: She is very down to earth, not at all attracted by the glamour world.
8- Idiom: Empty vessels make the most noise
Meaning: Those who know or have little knowledge often shout the loudest
Sentence: Ram tells as if he's an expert on everything, but empty vessels make the most noise.
9- Idiom: Flesh and blood
Meaning: Human nature, a normal human being
Sentence: This baby is his mother's flesh and blood
10- Idiom: Good Samaritan
Meaning: A person who unselfishly helps others,
Sentence: He's such a good samaritan that he helped the accident victim reach the hospital.
11- Idiom: Hit the bull’s eye
Meaning: get something exactly right, or be on target.
Sentence: The finance minister’s speech on attracting new investments hit the bull’s eye as can be seen by increasing FDI.
12- Idiom: In the good books
Meaning: be in somebody’s favor or good opinion.
Sentence: The fact that he always managed to be in the good books of the bosses surprised one and all.
13- Idiom: Jam on the brakes
Meaning: to press the brakes suddenly and in a hard way.
Sentence: I had to jam on the brakes because a kid suddenly appeared from nowhere and crossed the road.
14- Idiom: Let the cat out of the bag
Meaning: To share a secret that wasn’t supposed to be shared.
Sentence: Ramesh let the cat out of the bag about my surprise birthday party.
15- Idiom: Make a beeline for
Meaning: To hurry directly toward someone or something
Sentence: When ram enters a party, he always makes a beeline for the dessert section.
16- Idiom: Notch up
Meaning: to achieve something like a win or a record
Sentence: Rafael Nadal notched up another win this week, so he's now won six matches in a row.
17- Idiom: Once bitten, twice shy
Meaning: Afraid of doing a thing again
Sentence: After he left her she refused to go out with anyone else for a long time - once bitten, twice shy, I suppose.
18- Idiom: Put the cart before the horse
Meaning: To put a thing in the wrong order.
Sentence: Mohit always puts the cart before the horse, when he practices maths.
19- Idiom: A slap on the wrist
Meaning: A small punishment
Sentence: Samar got away with a slap on the wrist after defacing the school property.
20- Idiom: Set one's teeth on edge
Meaning: to induce an unpleasant sensation, to repel, irritate
Sentence: The noise of the machine in the next room really set my teeth on edge.
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