Set 5

Question 1

Get into hot water

Answer 1

Get into hot water - get into trouble

Example-
1) He got into the hot waters by marrying a girl of another caste.

Question 2

Give currency

Answer 2

Give currency - to make publicly known, to spread a story around

Example-
1) We give no currency to those stories.
2) The govt has refused to give currency to a number of scams.

Question 3

Get down to brass tacks

Answer 3

Get down to brass tacks - to deal with matter straight
(to start talking about the most important or basic facts of the situation)

महत्वपूणषमवर्य पर बात करना

Example-
1) Instead of wasting time in discussion, please get down to brass tacks.
2) Let’s get down to brass tacks. We have wasted too much time chatting.

Question 4

Give one a long rope

Answer 4

Give one a long rope - to let someone commit mistakes
(To allow someone to do what they want to, knowing that they will probably fail or get into trouble)

Example-
1) He never give his employees a long rope.
2) Never give your children a long rope.

Question 5

Hold water

Answer 5

Hold water - if a reason, argument or explanation hold water, it is true or sound,
valid

Example-
1) Her alibi(excuse) just didn’t hold water.
2) His statement will not hold water as it is not based on facts.

Question 6

Hang together

Answer 6

Hang together - support one another

Example-
1) The two statements delivered by the leader of the party do not hang together.
2) The story simply doesn’t hang together.

Question 7

Have an axe to grind

Answer 7

Have an axe to grind - to have selfish interest

Example-
1) Environmentalists have no political axe to grind- they just want to save the
planet.

Question 8

Hit below the belt

Answer 8

Hit below the belt - to strike unfairly

Example-
1) We should always face the enemy boldly and never hit him below the belt.

Question 9

Herculean task

Answer 9

Herculean task - very difficult

Example-
1) It is a herculean task to root out corruption in India.

Question 10

Halcyon days

Answer 10

Halcyon days - a very happy and successful period in the past

Example-
1) She recalled the halcyon days of her youth/childhood.

Question 11

Have feet of clay

Answer 11

Have feet of clay - to have hidden faults (To have a bad quality that you keep hidden) कमजोरी

Example-
1) Some of the greatest geniuses In the history had feet of clay.
2) The C.B.I. inquiry has revealed that many ministers have feet of clay.

Question 12

Hang/hold fire

Answer 12

Hang/hold fire - to delay or wait, to remain unresolved

Example-
1) Kashmir problem has been hanging fire for many years.
2) I think we should hang fire and wait for other information.

Question 13

High and dry

Answer 13

High and dry - to leave someone in a difficult situation without any help

Example-
1) We were left high and dry without any money or credit cards.
2) The stock market crash left us high and dry with debts of over 5 million.

Question 14

Hit the nail on the head

Answer 14

Hit the nail on the head - to do the right thing at the right time
सही समय पर सही काम करना

Example-
1) He hit the nail on the head by resigning the job.
2) You have spotted the flaw, Gautam. You hit the nail on the head.

Question 15

Hold in abeyance

Answer 15

Hold in abeyance - to stall or postpone something

Example-
1) This is a good plan but not at this time. Let’s just hold it in abeyance until
things get better

Question 16

Hobson’s choice

Answer 16

Hobson’s choice - no alternative
(The choice between taking what is offered and getting nothing at all)

Example-
1) We didn’t really want that particular hotel, but it was the case of the Hobson’s
choice. We booked very late and there was nothing else left.
2) It’s Hobson’s choice, because If I don’t agree to do what they want, I’ll lose my
job.

Question 17

High and mighty

Answer 17

High and mighty - proud persons - behaving as if you are much important than other people

Example-
1) He was acting all high and mighty.
2) The high and mighty forget that everything in the world is transient.

Question 18

Head and shoulders

Answer 18

Head and shoulders - clearly superior to someone or something :Much better than other similar people or things

Example-
1) This wine is head and shoulders above that one.
2) There’s no competition- they are head and shoulders above the rest

Question 19

Hold a brief

Answer 19

Hold a brief - to defend or support someone

Example-
1) It is very improper for parents to hold a brief for their children who are in the
wrong.
2) Mahatma Gandhi held a brief for the poor and fought for their rights

Question 20

Hush money

Answer 20

Hush money - to bribe ररशवत देना

Example-
1) He managed to escape punishment by paying hush money.