Idioms and Phrases Exercise
In a fix
Perplexed, confused
He was unable to take a decision as he was in a fix.
Between Scylla and Charybdis
Surrounded by dangers
EK TARAF KUAN AUR EK TARAF KHAI
A person who is between Scylla and Charybdis is in a fix.
Fine tooth comb
To check something very circumspectly.
When I boarded the metro, I was checked with a fine tooth comb.
ACID Test
A test of productivity
Jewelers put some acid to check the authenticity.
Get ducks in a row
To keep things well organized
I get ducks in a row in my study room before I sleep.
Sixes and sevens
In disorder
TITAR BITAR
In my study room, my books were at sixes and sevens.
Apple pie order
In order
VYAVASTHIT
An apple seller keeps apples in apple pie order.
Sail through something
To complete some target
Although there were many challenges but we sailed through it with our determination.
Get the show on the road
Putting up a plan or idea into action
We have already gone through many phases of preparation, now it is the time to get the show on the road.
Tricks of the trade
Clever or expert way of doing something.
Being in Indian Army, he knows how to fight with the enemy as he has all the tricks of the trade.
I wanted some more help in this project and I contacted my friends, their suggestions worked like a charm.
Meaning: works very well or has the desired effects.
Non-performers will not be entertained anymore in this organization and they may get the axe.
Meaning: lose the job.
Those who only look for plum job have to wait a lot as such jobs don’t exist in the current scenario.
Meaning: desirable position which is well paid.
My father got a golden handshake and lived his life luxuriously after his retirement.
Meaning: good sum of money given to a person when he leaves a company or retire.
In the screening test, sheep are separated from goats and selected candidates stay in the selection center for next five days.
Meaning: examining a group of people and deciding their suitability.
Dreams are not those which we get when we sleep in fact dreams are those which don’t let you sleep. Valorous people eat, sleep and breathe their dream all the time.
Meaning: being so enthusiastic and passionate
He keeps sharing his ideas and doesn’t sit a place because he has a bee in his bonnet.
Meaning: bumptious
The guidance of veterans makes us hit the road running and we come up with flying colors.
Meaning: hit the road running means start performing immediately
Come up with flying colors means to succeed.
Those who live beyond means repent a lot when the resources are over.
Meaning: extravagant
Wooden spoon- imaginary price
After burning midnight oil, I came off with flying colors. I was in seventh heaven when my result was declared. I had a lot of sangfroid and sanguineness. I never had a condition of hoping against hope. This attitude always rejuvenated my spirit of learning. Although I had many situations of Scylla and Charybdis but I came out of wood with my determination. I never tried to do my work by fits and starts so it added perseverance in me and the consistency of work made my preparation in an apple pie order. All challenges of this competition were under my thumb as I was so vivacious to accomplish my goal by hook or by crook. I have always got a good score rather than qualifying the exam just by the skin of the teeth. My intellectual approach never put me in my wit’s end in fact I always been forward to share my opinion and I have always called a spade a spade. My inner peace always kept me focused rather than keeping me at sixes and sevens. I went on becoming special as compared to rank and file with my successive efforts. The process of developing OLQs was being done with bells on.
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