Daily Idioms From CSS Past Papers January 29, 2021

 Daily Idioms From CSS Past Papers January 28, 2021

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1) Leave in the lurch

"Abandon or desert someone in difficult straits"
Examples:

• Jane was angry enough to quit without giving notice, leaving her boss in the lurch.
• Where were you Karman, you really left me in the lurch.

2) Hard and fast

"Defined, fixed, invariable"
Examples:

• We have hard and fast rules for this procedure.
• There is no hard and fast rule to start a computer.

3) Bear the brunt

"Put up with the worst of some bad circumstance"
Examples:

• It was the secretary who had to bear the brunt of the doctor's anger.
• I had to bear the brunt of her screaming and yelling.

4) Turncoat

"one who goes to work / fight / play for the opposing side, traitor"
Examples:
That turncoat! He went to work for the competition - Sears.
Ahmed is Turncoat and we should not relied upon him.

v) Meet halfway

"If you meet someone halfway, you accept some of their ideas and make concessions."
Examples:

• If you want to settle the issues you have to meet me halfway.
• My roommates would never meet me half way with cleaning so I finally got my own place.