Daily Idioms From CSS Past Papers January 10, 2021
1990
To live from hand to mouth
"With only the bare essentials, existing precariously"
Examples:
- After she lost her job she was living from hand to mouth.
- He lived from hand to mouth making instant resolves every time he opened his mail.
To beat about the bush
"If someone doesn't say clearly what they mean and try to make it hard to understand, they are beating about (around) the bush."
Examples:
- Don't beat around the bush, come straight to the point!
- I ask that you do not attempt to beat around the bush!
To fish in troubled waters
"Try to take advantage of a confused situation"
Examples:
- He often buys up stock in companies declaring bankruptcy; fishing in troubled waters generally pays off.
- Frank is fishing in troubled waters by buying more shares of that company.
Palm off
"Pass off by deception, substitute with intent to deceive"
Examples:
- The salesman tried to palm off a zircon as a diamond.
- The producer tried to palm her off as a star from the Metropolitan Opera.
Time and tide
"One must not procrastinate or delay"
Examples:
- Let's get on with the voting; time and tide won't wait, you know.
- Time and tide wait for no man.
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