IDIOMS/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.
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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).
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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
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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
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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
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the right option. when she worked as a volunteer
l Pt. Nehru was a blue-blooded
in the homeless shelter.
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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.
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