Q: Use any FIVE of the following idioms in sentences to make their meaning clear:
(i) Show and tell
Meaning:
Use in sentence: Show and tell is the best teaching method which is employed by many teachers in the western world.
or
I caught black snakes and took them to school for show-and-tell.
(ii) Helter-skelter
Meaning:
Use in sentence: Some 200 people ran helter-shelter when police raided the area.
or
The car moved helter-shelter on the road and this is why it caught attention of the police.
(iii) To the death
Meaning:
Use in sentence: They would probably fight to the death to defend Asim.
or
She promised to him in her wedding vows that she would stay loyal to the death.
(iv) Tilt at windmills
Meaning:
Use in sentence: I have wasted too much of my life tilting at windmills.
or
The Director seems to be tilting at the windmills lately, scolding his managers for no reasons.
(v) Het up
Meaning:
Use in sentence: Ben was het up about the delay in the beginning of ceremony.
or
Her husband is all het up about something.
(vi) The whole ball of wax
Meaning:
Use in sentence: There is nothing more to tell you. That’s the whole ball of wax.
or
Perry was involved in the designing, making and implementation of the project since she was assigned with the whole ball of wax.
(vii) It’s about time
Meaning:
Use in sentence: It is about time that they reached the hospital after her death.
or
It is about time you got here. I have been waiting for over an hour!
(viii) Punch-up
Meaning:
Use in sentence: The quarrel ended in a punch-up.
or
Zia is the best orator in the town as he adds jokes and examples in his speeches to punch them up.