Idioms are so useful when it comes to expressing something in a better way, especially in the speaking section. There are some situations when you have to state something in a short period of time but it takes so much time to deliver. Then comes the role of idioms that makes your sentences look more precise and effective. Here is lesson 139 of the Useful Idioms for Better Communication Series that you can learn to improve your speaking and writing.
Daily Use Idioms #139
Here is the list of 7 Idioms in this lesson. Learn, Use, and Improve
Note: sth means something while sb means somebody. One’s is replaced with a possessive pronoun such as your, my, his, her, etc.
1. Hush money
2. Monkey business
3. Smoke and mirrors
-Most people know that the politician was just using smoke and mirrors to make things look better than they really were.
-धोखा और शर्म
-Chinese and Indians, writes Indian journalist Pallavi Aiyar in her perceptive book, Smoke and Mirrors: An Experience of China, are “largely culturally untranslatable to each other.
4. More or less
-I more or less have decided to shift to a bigger city.
-करीब-करीब, लगभग
-She started off by accusing him of blackmail but he more or less ignored her.
5. No matter
6. Can’t cut the mustard
-He decided to drop out of the morning college, he couldn’t cut the mustard.
-सम्भल न पाना
-You do pay a premium for this, but the features and options make it an ideal choice for environments where ordinary PDAs just can’t cut the mustard.
7. Make good
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