Q: Use any FIVE of the following idioms in sentences to make their meaning clear:
(i) The teeming meanings
Meaning:
Use in sentence: During the lecture, the professor gave the teeming meanings on the topic.
(ii) To kick the bucket
Meaning:
Use in sentence: His father kicked the bucket position.
(iii) To push to the walls
Meaning:
Use in sentence: If you push Asad to the wall, he will surely retaliate.
(iv) To read between the lines
Meaning:
Use in sentence: Reading between the lines, I would say he is not happy with the situation.
(v) To be at daggers drawn
Meaning:
Use in sentence: Usman and Zeeshan are still at daggers drawn over the rent.
(vi) To throw down the gauntlet
Meaning:
Use in sentence: The senator threw down the gauntlet on the tax issue.
(vii) To be a Greek
Meaning:
Use in sentence: This new computer programme is all Greek to me.
(viii) To stand on ceremony
Meaning:
Use in sentence: I was quite nervous and could not relax until he told me that it was not necessary to stand on ceremony.
(ix) From the horse’s mouth
Meaning:
Use in sentence: I got a trip yesterday, and if it was not straight from the horse’s mouth it was jolly well the next thing to it.
(x) To carry the cross
Meaning:
Use in sentence: We all have crosses to bear.