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Idioms For 14 May

Consistency matters. Persistence Matters. I don’t care how many idioms you already know, if you are ready to work on them daily. SO, go on and read the Idioms For 14 May and carry on the persistent hard work.

Keep tabs on
Sentence-: The government kept the tabs on the terrorist even though she was in jail.
Meaning-: monitor the actions or developments of; keep under close observations
Pick up the tabs
Sentence-: picking up the tabs for the accommodation, I am broken.
Meaning-: pay for something
Lay on the table
Sentence-: we shall lay the matter on the table in the next meeting. The final judgment of the case seems lying on the table.
Meaning-: make something known so that it can be freely and sensibly discussed Or postpone something indefinitely
Turn the tables
Sentence-: the 35 runs off the over, turned the tables for Indians.
Meaning-: reverse the position, especially by turning a position of disadvantage into one of advantage
Under the table
Sentence-: these days being under the table is seen as something very cool.
Meaning-: drunk to the point of unconsciousness
Wet Behind Ears
Sentence-: You may be wet behind ears but when you work, you sound like an expert.
Meaning-: unexperienced or immature
Wet Your Whistle
Sentence-: Why don’t you just come here and wet your whistle.
Meaning-: have a drink
Out Of Whack
Sentence-: That machine is out of whack.
Meaning-: Out of order
Top Whack
Sentence-:Don’t show me the phone with the top whack, instead show me the one with the best features.
Meaning-: The maximum price or rate
A Whale Of A
Sentence-: Barack Obama seems to be the whale of great president.
Meaning-: an extremely good example of something

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Idioms For 13 May

There are thousands of idioms in English and no matter who you are, you can’t learn them all in day. So, we break them down to ten a day. Go on and read the Idioms For 13 May to ensure you prepare consistently.

Give It Some Welly
Sentence-: Don’t lose hope, try and give it some more welly.
Meaning-: put in more effort or strength
Go West
Sentence-: I don’t know how, but I guess I went west.
Meaning-: meet with disaster or be lost
All Wet
Sentence-: How do you expect me to give you marks, you are all wet.
Meaning-: mistaken or completely wrong
Wet The Baby’s Head
Sentence-:I know you are happy, but don’t wet the baby’s head.
Meaning-: to celebrate the birth of a baby with a drink, usually alcoholic
Wet Blanket
Sentence-: Stay away from him, he is a wet blanket.
Meaning-: Someone who has depressing or discouraging effect on others
Ace a test
Sentence-: the ones who ace the test will be provided scholarship.
Meaning-: to get high score or excellent result
Have an ace up your sleeve
Sentence-: you must have an ace up your sleeve while debating.
Meaning-: to have something in reverse with which you can gain an advantage and obtain success.
Hold all the aces
Sentence-: the Indian cricket team held all the aces in the world cup 2011
Meaning-: to be in a very strong position
Also-ran
Sentence-: They played like also-ran in world cup finale.
Meaning-: it refers to an unsuccessful competitor who performs so bad that the winners win seems to be of no importance.


In the bag
Sentence-: the world cup trophy is in our bag.
Meaning-: it means that something is very obvious.

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Idioms For May 12

Idioms do play a very important part in getting a high score in IELTS. Considering this five idioms have been given so that you can prepare them for the day. So, go on and have a look at Idioms For May 12

Take someone aback
Sentence-:I was taken aback by the problems faced by the Indian farmers.
Meaning-:Shock, surprise, or disconcert someone
Of your own accord
Sentence-:The decision to quit the job was of my own accord
Meaning-:Voluntarily or without outside intervention
Give a good account of yourself
Sentence-:Your marks in an exam often give a good account of your.
Meaning-:Make a favorable impression through your performance
Settle accounts with someone


Sentence-:I need to settle accounts with arav/ you can easily settle accounts but the point is does it matter?
Meaning-:Pay money owned to someone/ have revenge on someone
There’s no accounting for tastes
Sentence-:When living in abroad, you need to understand that there’s no accounting for abroad.
Meaning-:Impossible to explain why different people like different things, especially those things which the
speaker considers unappealing
Get weaving
Sentence-:I don’t care what you are going through, all I want is just get weaving if you want to succeed.
Meaning-: Begin action
Be a weight off your mind
Sentence-: This song is surely a universal weight off my mind
Meaning-: come as a great relief after you have been worried
BE WORTH YOUR WEIGHT IN GOLD
Sentence-: You need not to just work hard, you need be worth your weight in gold.
Meaning-: be extremely useful or helpful
OUTSTAY YOUR WELCOME
Sentence-: I have finished my work and have to leave; either ways I don’t want to outstay my welcome.
Meaning-: stay as a visitor longer than you are wanted
MAKE THE WELKIN RING
Sentence-:What was that welkin ring?
Meaning-: make a very loud sound

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Cut The Cackle # Idioms For IELTS

If you want to get a high score in IELTS, you need to learn to cut the cackle.

The whole caboodle-:
Sentence-:One terrorist attack and the world starts to question the whole caboodle of Asians.
Meaning-:The whole lot
Cut the cackle-:
Sentence-:You need to cut the cackle when writing essay in IELTS.
Meaning-:Stop talking aimlessly and come to the point
Have a cadenza-:
Sentence-:The Indians had a cadenza when India lost the world cup semi final.
Meaning-:Be extremely agitated
Caesar’s wife-:
Sentence-:Relationships truly work if you treat the other person as Caesar’s wife.
Meaning-:A person who is required to be above suspicion.
In cahoots-:
Sentence-:The terrorist work in cahoots.
Meaning-:Working or conspiring together often dishonestly; in collusion
At the drop of the hat
Sentence-: She can do those tough bike stunts at the drop of the hat.
Meaning-: very easily and without much preparation
On its last legs
Sentence-: His grandfather is on his last legs.
Meaning-: in a very bad condition and will not last long
Old flames die hard
Sentence-: I was wrong when I said old flames die hard, times heals everything.
Meaning-: it is hard to forget old things
Round the houses
Sentence-: He is used to going round the houses.
Meaning-: to do something in an inefficient way when there is a better way to do it.
Paper over the cracks
Sentence-: I don’t like people with the habit of putting paper over the cracks.
Meaning-: to hide something

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