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Kerala PSC English Grammar Book Study Materials 1 Page 777
Book's First PageIDIOMS/PHRASES Look at the sentences : Look at the sentence : believing there are too many l He was doing petty crimes. l She keeps talking about her long chiefs and not enough Indians. Police nipped him in the bud. time ambitions, but it"s all castles 820. (1) make one’s mark : to become 808. (2) to put a spoke in one’s wheel: in the air. famous and successful in a to prevent somebo dy from 814. (4) fall back on : resort to some- particular area; distinguish putting their plans into operation; thing; have recourse to when in oneself. to hinder difficulty; turn to; employ. Here, distinguish oneself is the Here, to hinder is the right Here, resort to something is the right option. option right option Look at the sentence : Look at the sentence : Look at the sentence : l Sachin has made his mark in l When necessary, instinct is the cricket. l An injury was putting a spoke most reliable resource you can 821. (2) throw in the towel : to admit in his wheel from playing his fall back on. that you have been defeated and best. 815. (4) go to rack and ruin : to stop trying; acknowledge defeat. 809. (3) to clip one’s wings : to become worse; worsen; decline; restrict a person’s freedom or Here, acknowledge defeat is the deteriorate; get into a bad right option. power. condition. Look at the sentence : Here, to deprive one of power Here, get into a bad condition is the right option. l Do not give up now! It is too soon is the right option to throw in the towel (sponge). Look at the sentence : Look at the sentence : l Their tenants had let the 822. (2) mare’s nest : a discovery that l In rural India parents generally property go to rack and ruin. seems interesting but is found clip the wings of their daughters. to have no value; a very 810. (2) take the bull by the horns : 816. (2) bite the dust : to fail or to be complicated situation; worthless to face a difficult or dangerous defeated or destroyed; to die. thing. situation directly and with Here, suffer a defeat is the right option. Here, worthless thing is the courage; deal decisively with a right option. difficult situation. Look at the sentence : l Thousands of small businesses Look at the sentence : Here, grapple the situation bite the dust every year. l The announced cure for the courageously is the right option. 817. (1) have a chip on one"s shoulder: disease was merely another Look at the sentence : to be sensitive about something mare’s nest. l She decided to take the bull by that happened in the past; nurse 823. (3) a storm in a tea cup/a the horns and organise things a grudge or grievance that readily tempest in a teapot : a lot of for herself. provokes disputation. unnecessary anger and worry 811. (2) a gentleman at large : a man Here, nurse a grudge is the right about a matter that is not without a job. option. important. Here, a man without a job is Look at the sentence : Here, big fuss over a small the right option. l He has got a chip on hi s matter is the right option. Look at the sentences : shoulder about not having been Look at the sentence : l Having sold off his factory, he is to university. l To quarrel for a joke is like a now a gentleman at large. 818. (2) the seamy side : unpleasant storm in a tea cup. a gentleman of leisure : a man aspect; sordid; unattractive 824. (2) blue-blooded : relating to who does not have to work. aspect of something. royalty and the nobi lity; 812. (1) lose face : be humiliated or Here, unpleasant aspect is the aristocratic; of noble birth. come to be less highly respected; right option Here, of noble birth is the right become embarrassed. Look at the sentences : option. Here, become embarrassed is l Mary saw the seamy side of life Look at the sentence : the right option. when she worked as a volunteer l Pt. Nehru was a blue-blooded in the homeless shelter. Look at the sentence : politician. l Lying and stealing are part of the l The teacher lost face when she 825. (2) do a roaring trade : do very seamy side of life. forgot to give the students their good business, to be highly 819. (2) too many chiefs and not final exam marks. successful. enough Indians : an inefficient 813. (3) build castles in the air : situation. Here, highly successful is the thinking of some impossible task; Here, an inefficien situation is right option. dream; make plans or hopes that the right option Look at the sentence : have very little chance of Look at the sentence : l It was a hot sunny day and the happening. ice cream sellers were doing a l Some demand arbitrary Here, dream is the right option. reductions in management staff, roaring trade. SEE–784