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What is An Idiom?
Ten Most important idioms for Competitive exams.
1. Apple of discord :
Meaning; Anything causing trouble, discord or jealousy.
Sentence; The piece of Land is the apple of discord between two brothers.
2. Between the devil and the deep sea:
Meaning; A difficult choice.
Sentence; Maria was between the devil and the deep sea when she has to choose Medical and fine art
in college.
3. Spade a spade:
Meaning: Speak fluently without hesitation the truth.
Sentence: Teacher calls a spade a spade to students for their non-serious attitude in class.
4. Bear out:
Meaning; Confirm
Sentence; Aslam bears out the real situation.
5. Come Off:
Meaning; Happen, Occur
Sentence; His hair to begin to come off.
6. A cock and a bull story:
Meaning; An unbelievable story.
Sentence; No one believes the cock and a bull story of his success.
7. To read between the lines:
Meaning; Real message you are reading
Sentence; When reading the article, read between the lines.
8. In a nutshell:
Meaning; Brierley, in short words.
Sentence: Just tell me your problem in nutshell.
9. Blow one’s top:
Meaning; be very angry.
Sentence; Wife bad behaviour caused blow his top.
10. Leave in the lurch :
Meaning; leave someone alone in a difficult situation
Sentence; She never forgives Simon because he leaves in the lurch on the road.
Most important and repeated pairs of words in different exams and job tests.
