My Article on Idiomatic Pairs.


                                                 Idiomatic pairs
Dear learners,
I want to let you know some of the idiomatic pairs. Learning these idioms you will become efficient in language.
1.     At the beck and call : Be ready at the service
Eg: My servant is always at my beck and call.
2.     To play ducks and drakes : To waste money.
Eg: He spent all the money by playing ducks and drakes.
3.     Through fire and water : Through every sort of difficulty
Eg : Abraham lincon went through fire and water in life.
4.     By fits and starts : Irregularly
Eg: He works by fits and starts
5.     Fire and Fury : Enthusiasm
Eg: Dr. APJ Kalam’s speeches were full of fire and fury.
6.     By hook or by crook : By fair or foul means
Eg: Politicians desire to come to power by hook or by crook.
7.     By leaps and bounds : Rapidly
Eg : India is progressing in all fields by leaps and bounds.
8.     Over head and ears : Excessively
Eg : Raja was in debt over head and ears.
9.     Ins and outs : Full particulars
Eg: You must know the inns and outs of the business in which you are interested.
10.                         Latin and Greek : Unintelligible
Eg: Manoj’s words proved Latin and Greek to me.
11.                         Odds and ends : Bits
Eg: The book is supplemented with odds and ends of the topic.
12.                         Tooth and nail : Completely
Eg: We must eradicate poverty tooth and nail.
13.                        The  rank and file : All sections of people
Eg: The rank and file attended the marriage of the business man’s daughter.
14.                         Null and void : Illegal
Eg: The court declared the act null and void.
15.                         All in all : Supreme
Eg: The manager is all in all in the office.
16.                         All and sundry : All without distinction
Eg: I invited all and sundry to my sister’s marriage.
17.                         Blow hot and cold : To change according to the situation
Eg: Don’t believe him, he blows hot and cold.
18.                         High and mighty : Arrogant
Eg: My uncle is very high and mighty by nature.
19.                        At sixes and sevens: In disorders.
Eg: On returning home, I found my books at sixes and sevens.
20.                         On the spur of the moment : At once
Eg: He was arrested on the spur of the moment.
21.                         To and fro : Backward and forward
Eg: She is pacing to and fro in the room.
22.                        In the nick of the time: At the right time.
Eg: The police arrived on the scene in the nick of time.
23.                         In full swing : In progress
Eg: The Company is in full swing this year and earning heavy profits.
24.                         At the eleventh hour : At the last moment
Eg: His friends came forward to help him at the eleventh hour.
25.                         At the stake: In danger.
Eg: Women are always at the stake.
 Finally, I want to conclude that learning these idioms you will be able to expertise in not only conversational but also written communication.
                                    Thank you.




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