Monday, 4 April 2016

Some Important IDIOMS:

Feeling a bit under the weather Means – feeling sick! Simple as that! Give the benefit of the doubtIs it correct to judge a person or a situation to be wrong where there is no absolute proof that they are wrong? NO! Hence, give them the benefit of doubt(you have a doubt whether they are wrong or right) and consider them to be right until proven wrong! Hear it on the grapevineAs in receiving any information from the gossip circle! So, when you join any office don’t form your views on what you hear on the grapevine! Your boss might actually be a good person! Hit the nail on the headTo be exactly – correct! In the heat of the momentYou just end up doing without really thinking what you are doing or what the consequences might be. ‘I hit the accelerator instead of the brake in the heat of the moment; thank God I only hit the wall.’ It takes two to tangoTango is a dance form, originating in South America – and it requires two people to do that particular dance. Also the phrase means – sometimes some deed (either good or bad) is done by not one but compulsorily two people. Like – ‘Off course Bill Clinton is and was enormously famous as a politician during his time – but it takes two to tango – his wife Hillary Clinton, who was also a respectable politician in her own rights, added her own persona to his public appearance.’ Keep something at bayTo keep something away – something unpleasant usually! 

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