FSc ICS FA ICom English XI Idioms Part 2 1st Year English Notes Online Taleem Ilmi Hub Class 11th
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FSc ICS FA ICom English XI Idioms Part 2
21. TO KEEP PACE WITH: Agriculture in the states has kept pace with manufacture, but it has far out stepped commerce.
22. RED TAPE: Florence Nightingale was a sworn enemy of red tape.
23. TO SPEAK VOLUMES: The murders spoke volumes about political conditions before Indian elections.
24. UP TO THE MARK: You don’t look quite up to the mark today.
25. TO GET INTO HOT WATER: Do not quarrel with your officers or you will soon get into hot water.
26. TIME AND AGAIN: Time and again proverbs come to be true.
27. CUT OFF: The supplies were cut off from the soldier due to snow fall.
28. RUN AGAINST: Zuhair Akram Nadeem was running against Dr. Farooq Sattar in the elections of 89.
29. TO TURN OVER A NEW LEAF: The teacher pardoned the boy on the condition that he promised to turn over a new leaf in future.
30. TO NIP IN THE BUD: The plot to overthrow the Government was detected and nipped in the bud.
31. TO FEEL LIKE A FISH OUT OF WATER: Being the only educated person in that village, I felt like a fish out of water.
32. TO SHED CROCODILE TEARS: Don’t be deceived by the beggar’s crying. They are only crocodile’s tears.
33. LION SHARE: The stronger person generally gets the lions share of the property.
34. TO CRY OVER SPILT MILK: The damage has been done but instead of crying over spilt milk do something to repair it.
35. IT IS HIGH TIME: The exams begin next month so it is high time to study seriously.
36. TO SAVE SOMETHING FOR THE RAINY DAY: He wasted his savings and has kept nothing for the rainy day.
37. WITH A HIGH HAND: He is the most unpopular because he decides matters with a high hand.
38. DAY IN AND DAY OUT: I have been warning you day in and day out.
39. TO MAKE THE MOST OF: He let me use his bicycle for a week and I am going to make the most of it.
40. TO MAKE THE FUN OF: We should not make fun of handicaps.
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