Set 5 Flashcards
Get into hot water
Get into hot water - get into trouble
Example-
1) He got into the hot waters by marrying a girl of another caste.
Give currency
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.
Get down to brass tacks
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.
Give one a long rope
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.
Hold water
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.
Hang together
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.
Have an axe to grind
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.
Hit below the belt
Hit below the belt - to strike unfairly
Example-
1) We should always face the enemy boldly and never hit him below the belt.
Herculean task
Herculean task - very difficult
Example-
1) It is a herculean task to root out corruption in India.
Halcyon days
Halcyon days - a very happy and successful period in the past
Example-
1) She recalled the halcyon days of her youth/childhood.
Have feet of clay
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.
Hang/hold fire
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.
High and dry
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.
Hit the nail on the head
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.
Hold in abeyance
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
Hobson’s choice
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.
High and mighty
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.
Head and shoulders
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
Hold a brief
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
Hush money
Hush money - to bribe ररशवत देना
Example-
1) He managed to escape punishment by paying hush money.
