Question

Refer to the lesson ‘From the diary of Anne Frank’ in your Class X textbook. There are some idiomatic expressions in the text. For example: (a) Our entire class is quaking in its boots. Quake in (one’s) boot: to tremble with fear or nervousness (b) Until then we keep telling each other not to lose heart. Not to lose one’s heart: not to lose hope or not to feel demoralised Now, look at the idiomatic expressions given below. Use a dictionary to find out the meanings. Make sentences using the expressions. all’s fair in love and war, icing on the cake, call the shots, chalk and cheese, raining cats and dogs, breaking the ice

Answer 1

Explanation:

• All’s fair in love and war: some events in life are more important, so anything that happens is fine and we cannot blame anyone for what happens.
• icing on the cake: adding something that will make good situation better and the bad situation, the worst.
• call the shots: person in charge will have control over the situation.
• chalk and cheese: when two things are quite opposite.
• raining cats and dogs: it is raining heavily.
• breaking the ice: doing something to break the silence in new place.