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 140 of the Useful Idioms for Better Communication Series that you can learn to improve your speaking and writing.
Daily Use Idioms #140
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. Make waves
2. Money to burn
3. Month of Sundays
-He advised me to join politics, but I told him I wouldn’t do that in a month of Sundays.
-कभी नहीं, लम्बे समय में
-Don’t be a month of Sundays about it.
4. Much of a muchness
-It was very hard to select the best essay as all the answers looked very much of a muchness to me.
-इक सामान, इक जैसे
-I can’t really recommend any particular hotel. They’re all much of a muchness.
5. No way
6. In a nutshell
-Well, to put in a nutshell, we’re not at all satisfied with your report.
-संक्षेप में, सारांश में
-Just tell me the story in a nutshell.
7. The naked truth
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