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<\/p>Listed below are some commonly used idioms. Test your knowledge if you know the meaning.<\/p>
1<\/b>. Bull in a China shop<\/u><\/b> :\nChina shop is where all the delicate crockery is sold.\nThis is often used to describe a reckless person. <\/p>
It was a sensitive situation but he made decisions like a bull in a China shop\". <\/p>
2. Keeping up with The Jones's<\/u><\/b> : Always competing with what the neighbours are doing. <\/p>
\"Her keeping up with the Jones's landed the family in major financial troubles.\" <\/p>
3. <\/b>To give a run for someone's money:<\/u> <\/b>This idiom is used to describe someone extremely competitive.<\/p>
\"Though Raima is short, she can give all the tall athletes a run for their money.\" <\/p>
4.<\/b> Stick to your guns :<\/b><\/u> Stand by your values, beliefs and rights. <\/p>
\"Sharon stuck to her guns when her classmates offered her alcohol.\"<\/p>
5.<\/b> Queen Bee<\/u>:<\/b> It means a woman leader whom everyone follows without questioning, used to describe a power woman.<\/p>
\"She is the Queen Bee at her office and home.\" <\/p>
6. Bury the hatchet<\/u><\/b> : Make peace with someone after a prolonged enemity. <\/p>
\"It took Amy and Sybil five years after college to bury the hatchet.\" <\/p>
7.<\/b> Heydays<\/b><\/u> :<\/b> The best time of a person's life, generally used to describe youth. <\/p>
\"This photograph of my grandpa was taken in his heydays.\"<\/p>
8. Catch 22 situation<\/u><\/b>. Tricky situation. <\/p>
It was a Catch 22 situation to choose between career and academics.<\/p>
9. Pull up your socks\/dust yourself off<\/u><\/b> : Pull up your socks refers to improving oneself. Dust yourself off means to let go of a failure, and start afresh.<\/p>
\"Pull up your socks to pass the exams.\"<\/p>
\"You have to dust yourself off and search for a new job.\"<\/p>
10<\/b>. Skeletons in the cupboard: <\/u><\/b> A not so pleasant truth which one doesn't want to make public. <\/p>
\"His manager was blackmailing him about the skeletons in the family cupboard.\"<\/p>
11<\/b>.Swept off the feet.:<\/u><\/b> Impressing someone to the extent of getting carried away.<\/p>
\"Marilyn Monroe was swept off her feet by Joe Di Maggio in the very first meeting.\" <\/p>
12<\/b>.Spill the beans: <\/u><\/b> Reveal something which is meant to be a secret. <\/p>
\"Rehnuma spilled the beans about her brother's job at a call center to her parents.\"<\/p>
13<\/b>.Give someone a piece of your mind :<\/u><\/b> Rebuke, or scold.<\/p>
\"The Manager gave a piece of his mind to the employees who were caught playing cards in the office.\" <\/p>
14<\/b>. Left right and centre :<\/u> <\/b>All the time.<\/p>
\"She shops left, right and centre for expensive designer wear\". <\/p>
15<\/b>. Walk it like you talk it<\/u><\/b> : Match your actions with your words.\n
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\"If you want to bag the deal, walk like you talk it.\"<\/p>"}]