Idioms/Phrases For SSC Exams -7

At one with | Gift of the gab|  At his wits' end | Blow hot and cold in the same breath | Struck a chill to the heart |Hew from same rock|  Made me kick my heels | Deliver the goods| Tighten our belts Hard up                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

At one with (somebody)

Meaning:-

• completely agree with somebody
• of the same opinion

Mind Tricks:-

When we become one means we agree with each other.

Usages:-

1. They are at one with their leader.

                                      

Gift of the gab  

Meaning:-

• the ability to speak easily and to persuade other people with your words
• talent for speaking well

Mind Tricks:-

Gab means to talk for a long time.

Usages:-

1. Obama has the gift of the gab.
2. A good leader should have the gift of the gab.

                                      

At one's wits' end /At your wit's end

Meaning:-

• to be so worried by a problem that you do not know what to do next
• completely confused

Mind Tricks:-

Wits means ability to think quickly and clearly and to make good decisions and end of wit means end of your ability to think.

Usages:-

1. He is at his wits' end and does not what to do.
2. In exams time, students are at his wit's end.

 

Blow hot and cold in the same breath / Blow hot and cold

Meaning:-

• to change your opinion about something often
• said something and contradicted it immediately

Mind Tricks:-

Here hot and cold refers yes and no respectively and blow for speak.

Usages:-

1. You are always blow hot and cold on my questions.
2. Suspect blows hot and cold in the same breath in front of police.

                                      

Strike a chill to the heart  

Meaning:-

• arouse fear

Mind Tricks:-

Chill means a feeling of fear.

Usages:-

1. Robbers struck chill into the heart
2. Painters draw on his fancy on their sketch.

Hew from same rock 

Meaning:-

• of similar kind of courage

Mind Tricks:-

Hew means to cut something large and here rock refers for courage.

Usages:-

1. Superman and Spiderman hew from same rock.
2. Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King were great people hewn from same rock.

                                      

Kick your heels

Meaning:-

• to have nothing to do while you are waiting for somebody
• kept waiting

Usages:-

1. I am not in habit of kicking my heel.
2. Candidates are kicking their heel in the interview hall.

 

Deliver the goods  / Come up with the goods

Meaning:-

• to do what you have promised to do or what people expect or want you to do
• keep the promise

Mind Tricks:-

You promise to deliver the goods at the right time. Finally, you deliver the goods and keep the promise or you do what you say.

Usages:-

1. Team Indian failed to deliver the good.
2. You deliver the goods.

 

Tighten your/one's belts 

Meaning:-

• to spend less than you did before because you have less money
• to manage to spend less money
• be frugal

Mind Tricks:-

We tighten our belt to be ready for any hard situation.

Usages:-

1. We should tighten our belts for higher price.
2. Companies are tighten their belts in manufacturing of good.

   

Hard up  

Meaning:-

• greatly in need of something, especially money
• short of money

Mind Tricks:-

In hard time, we would be hard up for money.

Usages:-

1. He was so hard up, he could afford to buy anythings.
2. I am hard up, I can't buy any car.

 

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