Identify the idioms in the following sentences:
(a) Don’t be upset. I was just pulling your leg.
(b) I am on cloud nine since I discovered that I
have topped my semester-end exams.
Answers
Required Answer:
a. Don’t be upset. I was just pulling your leg.
Answer: pulling your leg
Explanation: Pulling someone's leg means to tease someone or play a prank on someone.
b. I am on cloud nine since I discovered that I have topped my semester-end exams.
Answer: on cloud nine
Explanation: On cloud nine means to be extremely happy, joyful about something.
Idioms:
When a group of words are sed in such a way that is having a meaning not logically from a general principle of the individual words then they are called idioms.
Example:
1. Stabbed in the back :-
Betrayed someone by a person whom he/she trusts the most.
2. Piece of cake :-
Something that is very easy to do.
3. Kill two birds with one stone :-
Accomplishing two different things at the same time.
4. Once in the blue moon :-
An events that takes place rarely.
5. Spill the beans :-
To reveal a secret to someone.