The Gaiety Of Nations??

Life will bE simpler if you lived in gaiety of nations. Gaiety of what?? This is the funny part about idioms, what they actually mean is not what they literally mean. Read more and find it out.

BELOW THE GAFF

SENTENCE-: They leaked the information below the gaff.
MEANING-: reveal or let out a plot or secret

THE GAIETY OF NATIONS

SENTENCE-: “Why are you so happy, anything special?”. “No, just the gaiety of nations”.
MEANING-: general cheerfulness or amusement

GO YOUR GAIT

SENTENCE-: Life will always give you chance to go your own gait, the choice is then yours.
MEANING-: pursue your own course

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PLAY TO THE GALLERY

SENTENCE-: Don’t take him seriously, he just knows how to play to the gallery.
MEANING-: act in an exaggerated or histrionic manner, especially in order to appeal to popular taste

THE GAME IS UP

SENTENCE-: The thieves had not way out, there game was up.
MEANING-: The plan, deception or crime is revealed or foiled.

BE A DAB HAND

SENTENCE-: Picasso was dab hand at painting.
MEANING-: be expert at

LOOK DAGGERS AT

SENTENCE-:The police men looked daggers at thieves.
MEANING-: glare angrily or venomously at

RATTLE YOUR DAGS

SENTENCE-:We are getting late!! Rattle your dags.
MEANING-: HURRY UP

FRESH AS A DAISY

SENTENCE-:People who are successful often behave fresh as a daisy all day.
MEANING-: VERY BRIGHT AND CHEERFUL

PUSHING UP THE DAISIES

SENTENCE-: There is no point pushing up the daisies, what is over, is over.
MEANING-: dead and burried

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