Back to Projects
JOIN WHATSAPP GROUP
Free PSC MCQ 4 Lakhs+
Please Write a Review
Current Affairs 2018 to 2022
PYQ 1200 Q/A Part - 1
PYQ 1200 Q/A Part - 2
PYQ 1200 Q/A Part - 3
PYQ 1200 Q/A Part - 4
PYQ 1200 Q/A Part - 5
Kerala PSC English Grammar Book Study Materials 1 Page 779
Book's First PageIDIOMS/PHRASES 859. (1) An insecure scheme 866. (4) Interrupt Look at the sentence : A ho u se o f c ard s = an Butt in = interrupt or intrude He refused to blow his own organisation or a plan that is on a conversation or activity; trumpet and blushingly declined very weak and can easily be break in; interject in to speak. destroyed; an insecure scheme. Look at the sentence : 874. (2) Maintain his own opinion Look at the sentence : He kept on butting in with silly Stick to his guns = to continue Their partners began to suspect comments. to have his own beliefs. that the company was a financial 867. (2) A person who prefers to Look at the sentence : house of cards. watch television Despite harsh criticism, he is 860. (3) To suspect foul dealings Couch potato = a person who sticking to his guns on this issue. To smell a rat = to suspect that takes little or no exercise and 875. (2) at a loss something is wrong; to sense watches a lot of television. At sea = confused. that someo ne has caused Look at the sentence : Look at the sentence : something wrong. It is no good you being a couch Reading economic theory leaves Look at the sentence : potato and having a Dobermann. me feeling at sea. The minute I came in I smelt a 868. (2) Be in charge 876. (4) Good times and bad times rat. Sure enough I had been Weal and woe = good and bad Carry the ball = to be incharge; robbed. times; the joys and sorrows; to be considered reliable enough 861. (3) To be wise beyond his years prosperity and misfortune. to make sure that a job gets Old head on young shoulders done. Look at the sentence : = a young person who behaves We all get our share of weal and Look at the sentences : like an older person with more woe in life. experience; to be wise beyong John can’t carry the ball. He isn’t 877. (4) Challenge his years. organised enough. Call in/into question = to Look at the sentences : 869. (3) Reject cause something or someone to You can’t put a wise head on Tur n do wn = to reject be evaluated; interrogate; to young shoulders. Young people something; to deny someone’s cause doubts. inevitably lack the experience request. Look at the sentence : and wisdom which come with Look at the sentence : How can you call her honesty age. The board turned our request into question ? 862. (2) A pointless search down. 878. (1) Live within means A wild–goose chase = a foolish 870. (1) very close together Make both ends meet = earn just and ho pel ess search fo r Cheek by jowl = side by side enou gh money to li ve o n; something. Look at the sentence : manage; survive. Look at the sentence : Look at the sentence : They lived cheek by jowl in a Physicists searching for the one–room flat. They were finding it hard to hypothetical particle may be on make ends meet. 871. (1) Unreasonable or unaccept- a wild goose chase. 879. (1) Went out of business able 863. (3) To be deaf Put up the shutters = cease Beyond the pale = outside the Ha rd of hea rin g refe rs to tradi n g for the day or bounds of acceptable behaviour; someone who doesn’t hear well; permanently. improper; unreasonable; objec- somewhat deaf. Look at the sentence : tionable. Look at the sentences : The village post office put up the Look at the sentence : You will have to speak distinctly. shutters for the last time. Dad is a little hard of hearing. The language my father used 880. (4) A very insignificant amount was beyond the pale. 864. (3) An unknown entry A drop in a bucket = a very 872. (3) Praise oneself small or unimportant amount. A dark horse = a little known person or thing that emerges to Blow one’s own trumpet = talk Look at the sentence : prominence. boastfull y about one’s What we were paid for our work Look at the sentence : achievements; sing one’s own was a drop i n the bucket praises. compared to what the company You can never say, some dark horse may come along and win Look at the sentence : earned. a House of Lords seat. He refused to blow his own 881. (2) Find no favour 865. (2) Discourage trumpet and blushingly declined Draw a blank = to fail to get an Throw cold water = to be to speak. answer or a result. unenthusiastic or discourage 873. (3) to praise a oneself Look at the sentence : Look at the sentence : Blow one’s trumpet = talk He asked me for my phone Our boss never likes to throw boastfully about one’s achieve- number and I drew a blank – I cold water on our suggestions. ment. just couldn’t remember it. SEE–786