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Kerala PSC English Grammar Book Study Materials 1 Page 760
Book's First PageIDIOMS/PHRASES l Mary has a bee in her bonnet 405. (4) give in : to agree to do some- 414. (3) keep the wolf from the door : about recycling. thing that you do not want to do; to have enough money to avoid The best option is is an obsessed yield going hungry; to stop somebody person. l The strikers seem determined, feeling hungry 396. (4) by fits and starts : irregu- and are not likely to give in. l I don’t make a lot of money. It is larly The best option is yield. just enough to keep the wolf l A sincere student works regu- 406. (3) by leaps and bounds : very from the door. larly, not by fits and starts. quickly/rapidly The best option is avoid starva- The best option is irregularly. l India is progressing by leaps and tion. 397. (2) stand by : support; help bounds. 415. (4) break the ice : start a meet- The best option is very rapidly. ing with an introduction l I’ll stand by you at any cost. 407. (1) swept under the carpet : to l There should be someone who The best option is support. try to stop people from finding will break the ice at any social 398. (4) broke up : the ending of a out about something wrong, ille- gathering. relationship or an association; gal, embarrassing, etc. that has The best option is initiate some- the division of a large group into happened or that you have done thing. smaller parts l You made a mistake that you can’t 416. (3) null and void : not valid; hav- l Personal tensions broke the rock sweep under the carpet. ing no legal force band up. The best option is kept hidden. l The court declared the law to be The best option is disbanded it- 408. (1) out of this world : empha- null and void. self. sises how good/beautiful some- The best option is invalid. 399. (3) takes after : to look/behave like on older member of your fam- thing is 417. (4) blowing his own trumpet : ily l The cake is just out of this world. boasting l She takes after her grandfather The best option is extraordinary. l Anyone will tell you she’s one of in her talent for design. 409. (3) take my hat off : to admire the best journalists we have got, somebody very much for some- although she never blows her The best option is resembles. thing he has done own trumpet. 400. (3) spick and span : neat and l I take off my hat to you-you’ve The best option is boasting. clean done very well indeed. 418. (3) cut the Gordian knot : to l When she finished cleaning, the The best option is admire. solve a problem by taking action whole house is spick and span. 410. (1) sticks to her guns : held on l He cut the Gordian knot by put- The best option is tidy. to her decision ting in lots of effort. 401. (4) changed colours : to turn l I’ll stick to my guns in this mat- The best option is removed the pale ter. difficulty. l She changed colours when I The best option is maintains her 419. (1) took a leap in the dark : an asked her about her result. opinion. action or risk that you take with- The best option is turned pale. out knowing anything about the 402. (1) like a bull in a China shop : 411. (3) to toe the line : to say or do activity or what the result will be a person who is careless, or who what somebody in authority tells you to say/do, even if you do not l I had very little information about moves or acts in a rough or awk- share the same opinions, etc. the company, so writing to them ward way, in a place or situation was a bit of a leap in the dark. where skill and care are need- l Not everyone was happy with the plan, but most of us toed the The best option is took a risk. ed. line. 420. (1) achilles’ heel : a weak point l Her living room, with its delicate furniture, made him feel like a The best option is to follow the l His Achilles’ heel was that he bull in a China shop. lead. could not drive. The best option is a clumsy per- 412. (1) look into : to examine some- The best option is weak spot. son. thing 421. (2) for good : permanently 403. (1) wide off the mark : not ac- l I’ll have to look into the matter. l I’m moving to Europe for good. curate; inadequate; far from the The best option is to investigate. The best option is permanent- target 413. (1) fish in troubled waters : to ly. l Sheena’s efforts were sincere but try to get a personal advantage 422. (1) egged you on : to encourage wide off the mark. from a disturbed/troubled situ- somebody to do something, es- The best option is irrelevant. ation pecially something that he should 404. (3) by leaps and bounds : very l Farhan is fishing in troubled not do rapidly; very quickly waters by buying more shares l Calty wouldn’t have done the l India is progressing by leaps and of that company. dangerous experiment if her bounds. The best option is make a profit brother hadn’t egged her on. The best option is rapidly. out of a disturbance. The best option is urged SEE–767