Daily Idioms From CSS Past Papers February 2nd, 2021

 

 Daily Idioms From CSS Past Papers February 2nd, 2021

                                            2013

 1.To lose face

"To lose status; to become less respectable."
Examples:

• He thinks he would lose face if he admitted the mistake. 
• John is more afraid of losing face than losing money.

2. A rule of thumb

"A way of calculating something which is not exact but which will help you to be correct enough."
Examples:

• He often works by rule of thumb.
• A good rule of thumb is to cook two handfuls of rice per person.

3. Out and out

"Complete; thoroughgoing"
Examples:

• The news report is out and out bollocks.
• He is an out-and-out capitalist.

4. To wash ones’s dirty linen in public.

"To discuss private or embarrassing matters in public, especially when quarreling."
Examples:

• Do not wash dirty linen in public.
• Dirty linen should be washed at home.

5. To Pay through the nose

"To pay too much for something"
Examples:

• They run over cross-country courses and pay through the nose for it.
• If you bring a car into the city, you have to pay through the nose for parking it.