Q: Use any FIVE of the following idioms in sentences to make their meaning clear:
(i) To eat one’s words.
Meaning:
Use in sentence: He accused him of dishonesty without any proof. Later, he had to eat his words.
(ii) Dog in the manger
Meaning:
Use in sentence: We asked our neighbour for the fence posts he had left over, but, like a dog in the manger, he threw them out rather than give them to us.
(iii) A close shave
Meaning:
Use in sentence: Our car collided with a tree but all of us were miraculously unhurt. It was a close shave.
(iv) A Freudian Ship
Meaning:
Use in sentence: In an unguarded moment I told him the secret of her marriage. It was a Freudian slip.
(v) A Gordian knot
Meaning:
Use in sentence: Homelessness in the inner cities has become a real Gordian knot.
(vi) A cog in the machine
Meaning:
Use in sentence: A burned match stick was just cog in the machine but it burnt whole building.
(vii) A sugar daddy
Meaning:
Use in sentence: When you tell him that he is a sugar daddy, he gets very angry.
(viii) A wet blanket.
Meaning:
Use in sentence: Instead of being a help, the new manager has become a wet blanket for the staff.