Q: Use any FIVE of the following idioms in sentences to make their meaning clear:
(i) Leave in the lurch.
Meaning:
Use in sentence: Where were you Kamran, you really left me in the lurch.
(ii) Hard and fast.
Meaning:
Use in sentence: We have hard and fast rules for this procedure.
(iii) Weather the storm.
Meaning:
Use in sentence: She refuses to resign, intending to weather the storm.
(iv) Bear the brunt.
Meaning:
Use in sentence: It was the secretary who had to bear the burnt of the minister’s anger.
(v) Meet halfway.
Meaning:
Use in sentence: They settled the argument by agreeing to meet each other halfway.
(vi) Turncoat.
Meaning:
Use in sentence: Ahmed is a turncoat and we should not rely upon him.
(vii) Where the shoe pinches.
Meaning:
Use in sentence: That is where the shoe pinches.