List-13
1. To look down upon
Meaning: – to spurn; despise, or think someone inferior
Use:-Many rich persons look down upon the poor.
2. Make out
Meaning: – Understand
Use:-Â I cannot make out the meaning of this sentence.
3. To make one’s marks
Meaning: – to distinguish oneself succeed brilliantly
Use:-Â He has made his marks in commerce.
4. By all means
Meaning: – Certainly
Use:- help you by all means.
5. By any means
Meaning: – in any way possible
Use:-He is determined to win elections by any means.
6. By no means
Meaning: – on no account whatever
Use:- By no means will I take bribes.
7. To lead by the nose
Meaning: – to lead blindly
Use:-He was led by the nose by his uncle.
8. To turn up one’s nose
Meaning: – to express contempt
Use:-The rich people turn up their noses to the poor.
9. To put in a nutshell
Meaning: – to express invert concise terms; to say in a few words
Use:-To put it in a nutshell, Man jot is innocent.
10. To come to pass
Meaning: – to happen
Use:-Â It came to pass that the shop had just closed down.
11. To pass on
Meaning: – to proceed
Use:-Please pass on your debate.
12. To pave the way
Meaning: – to facilitate
Use:-Your help will pave the way of my success.
13. To cast pearls before swine
Meaning: – to bestow good things upon people who cannot appreciate them
Use:-By gifting him a fine painting, he cast pearls before swine.
14. Petticoat government
Meaning: – to be under the rule of a female, especially a wife or a mother
Use:-There is a petticoat government in Sri Lanka.
15. Pin money
Meaning: – originally a husband’s allowances to his wife for the dress, toilet necessaries, etc. Now a negligible amount
Use:-Â I cannot carry on this work with pin money.
16. To plough the sands
Meaning: – to labour uselessly
Use:-Trying to get this job is like ploughing the sands.
17. To pull to pieces
Meaning: – to criticize
Use:-The Chief Minister was pulled to pieces for the shortage of electricity.
18. To pull through
Meaning: – to pass an examination
Use:-He pulled through the B.A. Iain exam.
19. An empty purse
Meaning: – Poverty
Use:-An empty purse is a curse these days.
20. Red letter day
Meaning: – a memorable day
Use:-Fifteenth August 1947 was a red letter day for India.
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