Don’t Be A Waste Of Space # Idioms For IELTS

If you have got the life, try hard to not be a waste of space. Go on, read more and learn some of the most interesting idioms.

WASTE OF SPACE

SENTENCE-: sometimes the people we consider waste of space are the ones who are the most talented.
MEANING-: someone perceived as useless or incompetent.

WATCH THE TIME

SENTENCE-: watch the time while playing, you surely don’t want to be late, right?
MEANING-: ensure that you are aware of the time

WATCH THE WORLD GO BY

SENTENCE-: stop watching the world go by and start doing something for yourself.
MEANING-: spend time observing other people going about their business

WATCH YOUR BACK

SENTENCE-: Watch your back, you are now the candidate of A party.
MEANING-: protect yourself against danger, usually from someone unexpected off.

THE WATCHES OF NIGHT

SENTENCE-: The watches of night have become quite disastrous for me these days, because of the murder I saw that day.
MEANING-: the time of the night when you cannot sleep.

LIKE WATER

SENTENCE-: Indian people spend money in marriages like water.
MEANING-: in great quantities

OF THE FIRST WATER

SENTENCE-: Milkha Singh is of the first water.
MEANING-: extreme or unsurpassed kind

WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE

SENTENCE-: Stop focusing on the water under the bridge, there are other matters that need your attention.
MEANING-: used to refer to situations or events that happened in past and are no longer of any importance.

MAKE WAVES

SENTENCE-: Narendra Modi has surely made waves in the past one year.
MEANING-: create a significant impression

WAX AND WANE

SENTENCE-: The economic condition of our country has undergone many wax and wanes before settling to something this constant.
MEANING-: undergo alternate ups and downs

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