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Kerala PSC English Grammar Book Study Materials 1 Page 780
Book's First PageIDIOMS/PHRASES 882. (1) Extremely silly Look at the sentence : 899. (3) Remember As daft as a brush = to be very When w e saw you in the Bear in mind = to remember a silly; lacking commonsense. starlight club you were a real live piece of information when you Look at the sentence : wire. are making decisions He is a nice enough boy but he is 891. (1) Death sentence Look at the sentence : as daft as a brush. Capital Punishment = death Bearing in mind that she has had 883. (4) Briefly and concisely penal t y i s a gove rnment so little experience, I thought sanctioned practice where by a she did very well. In a nutshell = in a few words; person is put to death by the 900. (2) Delayed concisely. state as a punishment for a Held up = put off; withheld. Look at the sentence : crime. Look at the sentence : Just give me the facts in a 892. (2) Rapidly We were held up for two hours nutshell. By leaps and bounds = to on account of an accident. 884. (2) Work very hard become larger quickly; by large 901. (3) To act in an unreliable way Strain every nerve = make every movements forward. To play fast and loose = behave possible effort. Look at the sentence : irresponsibly or immorally. Look at the sentence : The profits of my company are Look at the sentence : He strained every nerve to get a increasing by leaps and bounds. I am not someone who plays fast job for his wife. 893. (1) Suspect something wrong and loose with other people’s 885. (1) Evening of life = old age Smell a rat = begin to suspect lives. Look at the sentence : trickery or deception. 902. (4) make money in an improper The residents of this rest home Look at the sentence : way are all in the evening of life. When she died, investigators Feather one’s own nest = to 886. (2) to stop talking were called in who soon smelt a make yourself rich especially in Button one’s lip = to be quiet; rat. a way that is unfair or dishonest. to stop talking; to say nothing. 894. (2) A new and add itional Look at the sentence : distinction You always try to feather your Look at the sentence : Feather in one’s cap = an own nest first. She did not want to get into a achievement to be proud of. 903. (2) play a trick fight, so she decided to button Look at the sentence : Pull a fast one = to successfully her lip. It is a feather in your cap when deceive someone. 887. (3) Absurd and unlikely stories you are asked to be captain. Look at the sentence : Invent cock and bull stories = 895. (2) A long time an absurd, improbable story You paid too much-I think he Donkey’s years = a very long pulled a fast one on you. presented as the truth; a fanciful time and unbelievable tale. 904. (4) bribe Look at the sentence : Look at the sentence : Grease the palm = to bribe We have been close friends for She told me some cock and bull someone. donkey’s years. story about her car breaking Look at the sentence : 896. (1) Try every possible way down. If you want to get something done Leave no stone unturned = to 888. (3) A fool ish, unprofitable around here, you have to grease do everything you can to achieve adventure someone’s palm. a good result. Wild goose chase = a foolish 905. (3) over-turn Look at the sentence : and hopeless search for or in Turn turtle = turn upsidedown. He left no stone unturned in his pu rsui t of somethi ng Look at the sentence : search for his natural mother. unattainable; a worthless hunt. But en route at Chavara the 897. (4) Scholar Look at the sentence : ambulance met with an accident A man of letters = a male John was angry because he was and turned turtle. scholar or author; a man who sent out on a wild goose chase. 906. (3) To win a victory knows a lot. 889. (2) suspect a trick or deceit To carry the day = to win a Look at the sentence : Smell a rat = to suspect that contest or competition; succeed; He wished to fashion for himself something is wrong; suspect a gain victory. a career as a man of letters. deceit. Look at the sentence : 898. (2) Sad Look at the sentence : It was the prosecutor’s closing Un der a c loud = un der arguments that carried the day I don’t thi nk thi s was an suspicion or discredited; in with the jury. accident. I smell a rat. trouble. 907. (1) A wea k man, wi tho ut 890. (2) Lively and active Look at the sentence : substance A live wire = an energetic and He left under something of a A man of straw = someone who unpredictable person; high cloud accused of has a weak character; a man of spirited. misappropriating funds. no substance. SEE–787