Q: Use any FIVE of the following idioms in sentences to make their meaning clear:
i. Blow one’s top
Meaning:
Use in sentence: If she calls about this one more time I am going to blow my top.
ii. A cock and bull story
Meaning:
Use in sentence: Jack told us some cock and bull story about getting lost.
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: 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: I am feeling below par today, but I am sure I will recover by tomorrow.
vii. From pillar to post
Meaning:
Use in sentence: The youth needs somewhere to go because at the moment they moved from pillar to post.
viii. Hang up
Meaning:
Use in sentence: 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 be along by and by.