Daily Idioms From CSS Past Papers January 12, 2021

 Daily Idioms From CSS Past Papers January 12, 2021

                                            1992

1) A fair weather friend

"A fair-weather friend is the type who is always there when times are good but forgets about you"

Examples:

• He has realized that bill is a fair - weather friend ·
• It is no easy to see a fair-weather friend. 

2) Under a cloud

"If someone is suspected of having done something wrong, they are under a cloud."
Examples:

• She was always under a cloud at the office.
• The butcher is under a cloud because the inspectors found that his scales were not honest.

3) Burn one’s boats

"Commit oneself to an irreversible course"
Examples:

• Denouncing one's boss in a written resignation means one has burned one's bridges.
• Turning down one job before you have another amounts to burning your boats.

4) Horse-trading

"Negotiation marked by hard bargaining and shrewd exchange"
Examples:

• The restaurant owner is famous for his horse trading; he's just exchanged a month of free dinners for a month of free television commercials.
• There's been a lot of political horsetrading while the parties try to form a government.

 5) Between Scylla and Charybdis

"In a position where avoidance of one danger exposes one to another danger"
Examples:

• He was between Scylla and Charybdis, for his company had betrayed him.
• They came between Scylla and Charybdis and the straggling rocks.