write 20 idioms with their meaning and sentence
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1- 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.
Answer:
idioms:
1). Apple of someone's eyes :-
( a person or thing that someone loves very much)
Sentence: His youngest daughter is the apple of his eyes as she is his firstborn.
2). A left-handed compliment :-
(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 benn dyeing it.
3). A sight for sore eyes :-
(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). Bread and Butter :-
( someone's livelihood)
Sentence: Coaching football and basketball to young boys and girls is her bread and butter.
5). Back to square one :-
( 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.
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