Question

here are some idioms. Find out their meanings and use of them in sentence by your own
1.tight corners
2. shot his bolt
3. in a nice pickle
4.have cold feet
5. by skin of one's teeth​

Answer 1

1. Tight corners

${\text{\underline{\underline{Meaning :}}}}$ in a difficult situation

${\text{\underline{\underline{Use of idiom :}}}}$when I got both medical and engineering seats I was in tight corners.

2. Shot his bolt

${\text{\underline{\underline{Meaning :}}}}$ to exhaust one's efforts

${\text{\underline{\underline{Use of idiom :}}}}$Virat Kohli played well in the first innings but he shot his bolt in the second innings.

3. In a nice pickle

${\text{\underline{\underline{Meaning :}}}}$ in a troublesome or difficult situation

${\text{\underline{\underline{Use of idiom :}}}}$ The politician was in a nice pickle when the income tax department had seized lakhs of rupees in unaccountability.

4. Have cold feet

${\text{\underline{\underline{Meaning :}}}}$ feel nervous and anxious

${\text{\underline{\underline{Use of idiom :}}}}$ My friend always has cold feet before the start of his program.

5. By skin of one's teeth

${\text{\underline{\underline{Meaning :}}}}$ a narrow escape

${\text{\underline {\underline{Use of idiom :}}}}$ My friend escaped from the accident by the skin of his teeth.

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${\textsf{\large{\underline{Idioms :}}}}$

An idiom is an expression in English with a special meaning of its own. Idioms do not give literal meaning of the individual wirds used in them.

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