Saved By The Bell # Idioms For IELTS
If you work hard, often you will be saved by the bell. So go on and work for your dreams.
- GAME OVER
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Sentence-: The moment I thought the game is over, I won.
Meaning-: this is said when a situation is out of hand or hopeless - SAVED BY THE BELL
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Sentence-: He had planned everything against me, but I was saved by the bell.
Meaning-: get protected from a danger by some unexpected intervention - FLY OFF THE HANDLE
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Sentence-: Beware of him, he flies off the handle.
Meaning-: to lose your temper unexpectedly - THE PENNY DROPS
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Sentence-: Oh finally, the penny drops!
Meaning-: someone finally understands something - SURE AS EGGS IS EGGS
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Sentence-: He is a criminal and I am sure as eggs is eggs.
Meaning-: without any doubt - THE COLD SHOULDER
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Sentence-: He said he will help me, but when the time arrived he gave me a cold shoulder
Meaning-: to show intentional unfriendliness - LAUGH UP YOUR SLEEVES
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Sentence-: He will never show you that he admires you, he’ll just laugh up his sleeves.
Meaning-: to be secretly amused - REST ON YOUR LAURELS
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Sentence-: The day you rest on your laurels, your laurels will end.
Meaning-: to be satisfied with what you have achieved in life and make no further attempts. - NOT KNOW WHERE TO PUT YOURSELF
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Sentence-: She didn’t knew where to put herself in most of the situations.
Meaning-: be deeply embarrassed - A WORD TO THE WISE
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Sentence-: You need not to explain everything to her, just give a word to the wise.
Meaning-: hint or a brief description given