Saturday 17 September 2016

English - Idioms (

“feeling blue” : If you feel blue, you are feeling unwell

 “ Seeing red”: anticipating trouble, danger

 give me a hand” : Help me in my problem

 “get someone’s ear” : Getting someone’s attention

 “a knee jerk reaction”: an immediate reaction made without examining causes or facts

 “under the weather” : Not feeling well

 “raining cats and dogs” : Raining very heavily

 “a cloud with a silver lining”: Hopeful situation

 “horse around” : Play around roughly with someone.

 “fish for compliments” : looking for praise

 “in the doghouse”: In trouble

 “fed up” : unable or unwilling to put up with something

 “chew the fat”: Sit and gossip

 “go nuts”: Go mad

Extra Reading:

  "talk turkey" : If you talk turkey,you discuss something seriously, usually to do with business or money, to discuss about something honestly or openly

For. e.g. Before we could talk turkey about the deal,we had to:

a) see the samples
b) pay the money
c) go to Turkey.

Correct answer is option a) see the samples.






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