Q: Use any FIVE of the following idioms in sentences to make their meaning clear:
(i) Blow one’s top
Meaning:
Use in sentence: Sadiq is volatile and likely to blow his top if his demands are not met.
(ii) A cock-and-bull story
Meaning:
Use in sentence: No one believed Sarang’s ghost story because it seemed to be a cock and bull story.
or
That was really cock and bull story you just said.
(iii) Find one’s feet
Meaning:
Use in sentence: If you ask for help when you need it, you will soon find your feet.
(iv) Call it a night
Meaning:
Use in sentence: Sana called it a night after the party.
or
We left the party and I wanted to call it a night, but Waseem invited people back for coffee.
(v) The tip of the iceberg
Meaning:
Use in sentence: This is just the tip of iceberg, with many missing but not reported.
(vi) Below par
Meaning:
Use in sentence: Zoya is not feeling below par today due to fever.
or
I am feeling below par today, but I am sure I will recover by tomorrow.
(vii) From pillar to post
Meaning:
Use in sentence: John was moving from pillar to post due to nervousness before interview.
or
The youth needs somewhere to go because at the moment they moved from pillar to post.
(viii) Hang up
Meaning:
Use in sentence: Zain hanged up after he was caught by his father.
or
Do not hang up on me – we must talk.
(ix) Turn some one in
Meaning:
Use in sentence:
(x) By and by
Meaning:
Use in sentence: She will belong along by and by.