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*ENGLISH GRAMMAR*
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*IDIOMS & PHRASES*
ЁЯНОIdiom: *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.
ЁЯТБ♂️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.
ЁЯСБ️Idiom: *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.
ЁЯекIdiom: *Bread and Butter*
*Meaning*: someone’s livelihood
*Sentence*: Coaching football and basketball to young boys and girls is her bread and butter.
ЁЯЯйIdiom: *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.
⚒️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.
ЁЯМОIdiom: *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.
ЁЯлЦIdiom: *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.
ЁЯй╕Idiom: *Flesh and blood*
*Meaning*: Human nature, a normal human being
*Sentence*: This baby is his mother's flesh and blood
ЁЯСиЁЯТ╝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.
ЁЯжмIdiom: *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.
ЁЯУЦIdiom: *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.
ЁЯЪЩIdiom: *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.
ЁЯР╣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.
ЁЯжпIdiom: *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.
ЁЯПЖIdiom: *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.
ЁЯПГ♂️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.
ЁЯРОIdiom: *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.
ЁЯСКIdiom: *A slap on the wrist*
*Meaning*: A small punishment
*Sentence*: Samar got away with a slap on the wrist after defacing the school property.
ЁЯе╢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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