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Kerala PSC English Grammar Book Study Materials 1 Page 776
Book's First PageIDIOMS/PHRASES Here, not to the point is the Look at the sentence : 801. (3) put two and two together : right option l I had to go cap in hand to my to guess the truth from what you Look at the sentence : parents again to ask for some see. l Her answer is beside the mark, money. Here, reason logically is the so she will not be given good 794. (1) in the blues : feelings of right option. marks. sadness and depression. Look at the sentence : 788. (2) on ten ter hooks : v ery Here, cheerless and depressed l He’s inclined to put two and two anxious or excited is the right option. together. Here, in suspense and anxiety Look at the sentence : 802. (4) an axe to grind : to have is the right option. l She went in the blues after the private reason for being involved Look at the sentence : failure in the exam. in something. l I have been on tenterhooks all 795. (4) straw in the wind : a small Here, have a selfish interest is week waiting for the results. sign of what might happen in the the right option 789. (3) burn your boats/bridges : to near future. Look at the sentence : do something that makes it Here, an indication of what l She had no axe to grind and was imp ossible to return to the might happen is the right only acting out of concern for previous situation later. option. their safety. Here, do something that makes Look at the sentence : 803. (3) pick to pieces : to criticize it impossible to return to the l There were straws in the wind somebody previous situation is the right that suggested a strike was Here, analyse critically is the option. likely. right option. Look at the sentence : 796. (3) face the music : to accept Look at the sentence : l Think c arefully bef ore you and deal with criticism or l You have just picked her to resign-you don’t want to burn punishment for something you pieces leave her alone ! your bridges/ boats. have done. 804. (3) wet behind the ears : young 790. (3) dressing- down (N.) : an Here, be punished is the right and without much experience ; occasion when somebody speaks option. naive. angrily to a person because they Look at the sentence : Here, young and without much have done something wrong. l The others all ran off, leaving me experience is the right option. Here, give a scolding is the right to face the music. option. Look at the sentence : 797. (2) curry favour : to try to get l He was still wet behind the ears, Look at the sentence somebody to like or support you by praising or helping. politically. l I’m really late. I know my parents will dress me down when I get Here, seek favourable attention 805. (2) under a cloud : If somebody home. is the right option. is under a cloud, other people Look at the sentence : think that they have done 791. (1) null and void : having no something wrong and are legal force; not valid l He’s always trying to carry favour with the boss. suspi cious of them; under Here, invalid is the right option. suspicion. Look at the sentence : 798. (3) to keep in abeyance : not being used or being stopped for a Here, under suspicion is the l The contract was declared null right option. and void. period of time. Here, in a state of suspension Look at the sentence : 792. (2) catch a tartar : to deal with is the right option. l She resigned under a cloud. someone o r something that proves unex pectedl y Look at the sentence : 806. (4) get the sack : being told by troublesome or powerful. l The law has b een ke pt i n your employer that you can no abeyance. longer continue working for a Here, to deal with a person 799. (4) to be in a fix : in a difficult company etc.; be dismissed. who is more than one’s match is the right option. situation ; mess. Here, be dismissed is the right Look at the sentence : option Look at the sentnece : l We have got ourselves in a fix Look at the sentence : l It looks like we caught a Tartar when we tried to muscle their about this. l He got the sack when they store out of the area. Here, in a difficult situation is found out that he’d lied about his the right option. qualifications. 793. (4) go/come cap in hand : to ask someone for money or help 800. (4) to break the ice : to say or 807. (1) to nip in the bud : to stop in a polite way which makes you do something that makes people something when it has just feel ashamed. feel more relaxed. begun. Here, in a respectful manner is Here, made people relaxed and Here, to stop something at the the right option. comfortable is the right option. start is the right option. SEE–783