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Unit 16: Vocabulary and Usage: Idioms and Idiomatic Phrases and Their Usages

88. To knuckle under Notes
(i) to be in a crisis (ii) to submit
(iii) to take rest (iv) to go to bed
89. To have a dig at
(i) to criticise someone (ii) to sow seeds
(iii) to weed out (iv) to praise someone
90. All the go
(i) in fashion (ii) fair
(iii) smooth (iv) total absence
91. Three R’s
(i) radiogram, radiograph, radio telescope (ii) rabble, rattle, razzle
(iii) reading, writing, arithmetic (iv) rail, radar, raft
92. A wild goose chase
(i) foolish and useless enterprise (ii) to hunt
(iii) a violent chase (iv) to speak harshly
93. To rest on one’s laurels
(i) to cease to strive for further glory (ii) to be lazy
(iii) to be proud of one’s victory (iv) to die
94. Raw deal
(i) unjust treatment (ii) unripe fruit
(iii) early stage of business (iv) contract not yet finally decided
95. A forlorn hope
(i) a plan which has remote chances of success
(ii) hope about unforeseeable future
(iii) hope of a single person
(iv) hope of a silly person
96. Printer’s devil
(i) messenger boy in a printing office (ii) blunder
(iii) low type of printed material (iv) delay in printing
97. To be on the carpet
(i) subject to criticism (ii) under consideration
(iii) a heartfelt welcome (iv) on the ground
98. To bring the house down
(i) to appeal greatly to the audience (ii) to pull down a building
(iii) to defame one’s family (iv) to pass a bill unanimously
99. To have an edge on
(i) to cut with a knife (ii) to threaten to wound
(iii) to be slightly better than (iv) to be in a dangerous situation
100. Sackcloth and ashes
(i) to cremate (ii) penitence
(iii) dirty clothes (iv) cheap clothes

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