Learn Idioms #6

Question 1

to blaze a trail

Answer 1

Find a new path or method; begin a new undertaking.

mem: blaze (burst ) + trail (passage)

Question 2

red-letter day

Answer 2

a day that is pleasantly noteworthy or memorable

Question 3

have the last laugh

Answer 3

to succeed when others thought you would not

mem : bitch that’s your last laugh at me :P

Question 4

turn a deaf ear

Answer 4

refuse to listen or respond to a statement or request…pretty straight

Question 5

to smell a rat

Answer 5

you begin to suspect or realize that something is wrong in a particular situation

mem: more like a metaphor type , u sitting in room and u get a foul smell (wrong situation)

Question 6

done for

Answer 6

in a situation so bad that it is impossible to get out.

Question 7

on the level

Answer 7

honest; truthful.

Question 8

made ducks and drakes of

Answer 8

To squander something, waste (something, especially money or time) in a reckless and foolish manner.

Question 9

went to the winds

Answer 9

to be dissipated,; to be utterly lost

Question 10

at one’s wits,end

Answer 10

to be so worried of a problem, u do not know what to do ; puzzled