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1. At his wit’s end
Meaning: –utterly confounded
Use:-He was at his wit’s end when he got the news of his failure.
2. At the end of his tether
Meaning: –unable to proceed any further
Use:-After working for ten hours, I was at the end of my tether
3 Odds and ends
Meaning: –Remnants
Use:-He gathered his odds and ends and went away.
4. To make both ends meet
Meaning: –to keep expenses within one’s income
Use:-These days it is difficult for a poor man to make both ends meet.
5. Without end
Meaning: –Everlasting
Use:-These days student unrest seems to be without end.
6.A blot on the escutcheon
Meaning: –a disgrace on the reputation of a family
Use:-Â His bad ways are a blot on the escutcheon.
7. An exodus
Meaning: –Â the departure of a large body of people. From the Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt under Moses
Use:-These days there is an exodus of people from villages to cities.
8. An eye for an eye
Meaning: –tit for tat; to return evil for evil; retaliate
Use:-He believes in the principle of an eye for an eye.
9. To keep an eye on
Meaning: –to watch carefully
Use:-You should keep an eye on your expenses.
10. To see eye to eye
Meaning: –to be in complete agreement with the views of another
Use:-The two brothers cannot see each other eye to eye.
11. Fabian tactics
Meaning: –a policy of wearing down an opponent by delaying action; harassing an enemy by avoiding open battle
Use:-Fabius Maximus, a Roman Consul, wore down Hannibal by refraining from engaging him in actual battle in the second Public War. The employers adopted Fabian tactics when the workers went on strike.
12. To save one’s face
Meaning: –Â to avoid disgrace
Use:-Â In order to save face, the corrupt minister resigned.
13. The fairer sex
Meaning: –Women
Use:-Many battles have been fought for the sake of the fairer sex.
14. Bad faith
Meaning: –dishonest intentions
Use:-Â I cannot trust him as he is a man of bad faith.
15. In good faith
Meaning: –with honest intentions
Use:-Â I told him my secret in good faith.
16. A breach of faith
Meaning: –Â to act contrary to what one had professed
Use:-Â It was a breach of faith on your part to disclose my secret to my enemies.
17. To fall out
Meaning: –to quarrel
Use:-The two friends have fallen out on a trivial matter.
18. To fall through
Meaning: –to fail
Use:-The plan fell through for want of funds.
19. To fall upon
Meaning: –to attack
Use:-The lion fell upon the lamb.
20. To sail under false colours
Meaning: –to attempt to deceive
Use:-The criminal tried to sail under false colours but was caught.
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