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Kerala PSC English Grammar Book Study Materials 1 Page 747
Book's First PageIDIOMS/PHRASES The best option is to be victo- l The teacher took Shalu to task l All his schemes ended in smoke. rious at the end of an argu- for her misbehaviour. The best option is to come to ment. The best option is to scold nothing. 64. (1) turn a deaf ear : to ignore or someone 81. (2) helter-skelter : done in a hur- refuse to listen to somebody/ 73. (4) to face the music : to ex- ry and in a way that lacks unity something pect or deal with criticism or l Clothes were scattered helter- l Sheela turned a deaf ear to our punishment for something you skelter. pleadings. have done The best option is in disorderly The best option is disregard. l He is prepared to face the mu- haste. 65. (4) to smell a rat : to suspect sic for his conduct at the meet- 82. (1) leaps and bounds : very that something is wrong about ing. quickly; in large amounts a situation The best option is to bear the l India is progressing by leaps and l I don’t think this was an acci- consequences bounds. dent. I smell a rat. 74. (2) to blow one’s own trumpet : The best option is rapidly. The best option is to suspect a to boast 83. (3) Herculean task : a task need- trick. l Anyone will tell you she’s one of ing a lot of strength, determina- 66. (1) make a clean breast of : to the best journalists we have got, tion or effort speak the truth about something although she never blows her l It was a matter of Herculean task that you longer feel guilty own trumpet. for him to be selected for the l You’ll feel better if you make a The best option is to praise Olympic Games. clean breast of the incident. one’s own self. The best option is a work requir- The best option is confessed. 75. (3) to run one down : to criti- ing very great effort. 67. (1) done for : to be in a very cize somebody/something in an 84. (4) got the sack : dismissed from bad situation; to be certain to unkind manner a job fail (1) disparage : to suggest that l Ravi got the sack today. He is l I’m sorry. This whole scheme is somebody/something is not im- always late. done for. portant/valuable; belittle The best option is was dismissed The best option is ruined. l Shefalli was always run down from. 68. (3) on the level : honest; legal; by her friends. 85. (1) put up with : to accept some- above board The best option is to disparage body/something that is annoy- l You can trust Shivam. He is someone. ing. unpleasant etc. without com- strictly on the level. 76. (1) at a snail’s pace : very slowly plaining The best option is honest and l Things are moving at a snail’s (1) endure : to bear; to experi- sincere. pace, but we’ll finish on time. ence and deal with something that 69. (1) made ducks and drakes of : is painful or unpleasant, espe- The best option is very slowly. to squander; to waste cially without complaining 77. (2) to turn a deaf ear : to ig- l Ritesh made ducks and drakes (2) evade : to escape from some- nore/refuse to listen to some- of the vast property he had pos- body/something or avoid meet- body/something sessed. ing somebody l Sheela turned a deaf ear to our The best option is squandered (3) suppress : to put arn end, pleadings. often by force 70. (1) went to the winds : to be The best option is to be indif- (4) assume : to think or accept dissipated; to be utterly lost ferent. that something is true but with- l All his hard work and sincerity 78. (1) to take to one’s heels : to out having proof of it went to the winds, when he run away from somebody/some- l I cannot put up with your con- failed to achieve the target. thing stant complaining any longer. The best option is dissipated l As soon as the thief saw the po- The best option is endure. 71. (3) at one’s wits, end : to be so lice, he took to his heels. 86. (3) a fair-weather friend : some- worried by a problem that you The best option is to run off. body who stops being a friend do not know what to do next; to be puzzled 79. (4) to have something up one’s when you are in trouble l I’ve tried every possible source sleeves : to keep a plan or an idea l I had a lot of money and I knew but without success, and now secret until you need to use it a lot of people, but most of them I’m at my wits, end. l I have something up my sleeve turned out to be fair-weather The best option is to get puz- that will solve all your problems. friends. zled The best option is having a se- The best option is a friend who 72. (1) to take someone to task : cret plan. deserts you in difficulties. to criticize somebody strongly 80. (3) to end in smoke : efforts that 87. (4) to die in harness : to die at for something he has done come to nothing or are useless one’s work SEE–754