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Kerala PSC English Grammar Book Study Materials 1 Page 768
Book's First PageIDIOMS/PHRASES l They are good customers who l Your work isn’t really up to the gordion knot without going always pay on the nail. mark. through the bureaucracy. The best option is pay prompt- The best option is according to The best option is to perform a ly. the required standard. difficult task. 602. (2) go to the dogs : to get into a 611. (3) all moonshine : silly talk ; 620. (1) a beehive (N.) : a place where very bad situation. nonsense busy people are assembled ; a l He was a marvellous actor, but l That’s just moonshine! I don’t crowded, busy place. his drinking problems caused his believe a word. l Where ever you go an airport a career to go to the dogs. concocted (V.) : to make up railway station, etc. – all seem The best option is to be ruined. The best option is concocted to be a beehive. 603. (2) eat like a horse : to eat a lot. 612. (1) show a clean pair of heels : The best option is a busy place l John works like a horse and eats to run away fast; to flee swiftly. 621. (2) to draw the line : to set a like a horse, so he never gets l Bobby showed them all a clean limit. fat. pair of heels as he raced for the l We would have liked to invite all The best option is eats a lot of finishing line. our relatives, but you have to food. The best option is ran away draw the line somewhere. 613. (1) tooth and nail : with all The best option is fix a limit. 604. (3) Make a mockery of some- strength. 622. (4) in the soup : in trouble thing : to make something seem l The residents are fighting tooth l We’re all in the soup now. ridiculous or useless. l The film made a mockery of a and nail to stop the new devel- The best option is to be in trou- serious illness. opment ble The best option is there was no The best option is with all their 623. (4) laurels : honour and praise serious outcome might given to somebody because of 614. (4) give away : distribute something that they have 605. (3) an about turn : a complete achieved l The mayor gave away the prizes change of opinion, plan or behav- at the school sports day. l She won laurels for her first iour etc. novel. l The government did an about The best option is distributed 615. (4) give somebody a piece of The best option is to earn great turn over nuclear energy. your mind : to tell somebody prestige. The best option is complete that you disapprove of their be- 624. (4) a bird’s eye view : a view of change of opinion. haviour or are angry with them. something from a high position 606. (4) for good : permanently l There’s the car that almost hit looking down l This time she’s leaving for good. us this afternoon- I’m going to l From the top of the church tow- The best option is permanently give those people a piece of my er you get a splendid bird’s eye mind. view of the village. 607. (3) to grease the palm : to give The best option is scolding The best option is a general view somebody money in order to per- from above. suade them to do something dis- 616. (1) beside the mark : not to be accurate, hence irrelevant. 625. (1) lay it on thick : to talk about honest; bribe. l That’s very interesting, but be- somebody/something in a way l Some of those candidates spent side the mark. than they really are; exaggerate money greasing the palms of The best option is irrelevant l Praise them when necessary, local political bosses. but don’t lay it on too thick. The best option is to bribe 617. (1) in black and white : in writing The best option is an exaggera- l I never thought they’d put it in 608. (2) black sheep : a person who tion is considered bad or embarrass- black and white on the front page. 626. (4) be taken aback : to be ing. shocked surprised and confused l He is the black sheep of the fam- The best option is in writing l She was completely taken aback ily. 618. (2) a hard nut to crack : a diffi- by his anger. The best option is person with cult situation or problem to deal with. The best option is shocked bad reputation l A company whose product has 627. (2) play ducks and drakes : to 609. (4) a red letter day : an impor- waste/squander tant day. sold well in the states may find the European market a tougher l He lost his job for playing ducks l Independence Day is a red let- nut to crack. and drakes with the fund of cor- ter day in Indian History. The best option is difficult poration. The best option is an important 619. (1) to cut the Gordian knot : to The best option is spent lavish- day solve a problem by taking action. ly 610. (3) up to the mark/up to snuff/ l I’m trying to devise some kind of 628. (2) to eat humble pie : to say up to scratch : as good as it way by which we can cut the sorry for mistakes. should be. SEE–775