Set 6

Question 1

Hold/keep at bay

Answer 1

Hold/keep at bay - to prevent someone or something unpleasant from harming
you मकसी अमिय िीज को आपको नुकसान पहुंिानेसेरोकना
Example-
1) He held the police at bay with a gun for several hours.
2) I held the attacker at bay while she got away and called the police.

Question 2

Helter-skelter

Answer 2

Helter-skelter - quickly and in all directions सभी मदशाओंमें
Example-
1) When the police arrived the rioters ran helter-skelter.

Question 3

Have a brush with

Answer 3

Have a brush with - have an encounter or come in contact with something
मुठभेड या संघर्षमेंआना
Example-
1) This was not the first time that Rahul had a brush with the law.
2) Our principal had a brush with the V.C. over the appointment of a lecturer.

Question 4

Hornet’s nest -

Answer 4

Hornet’s nest - raise controversy (a very difficult or unpleasant situation,
especially in which a lot of people get very angry and complain) अमिय स्थिमत
Example-
1) His remarks on the role of women have stirred up hornet’s nest amongst
feminists.
2) His remarks about the lack of good women tennis players stirred up a (real)
hornet’s nest.

Question 5

Hold somebody to ransom -

Answer 5

Hold somebody to ransom - to force someone to do something by putting that
person in a situation where they have no choice
मकसी को कु छ करनेकेमलए मजबूर करना
Example-
1) To demand concession by making someone captive.
2) It is a pity that a handful of militants are holding the nation to ransom.

Question 6

Hole-and-corner

Answer 6

Hole-and-corner- (secret) रहस्य
Example-
1) I have come to know of your hole and corner method of dealing with people.
2) I don’t want any more hole-in-the-corner deals.

Question 7

In the lurch - t

Answer 7

In the lurch - to leave a friend in difficulty (To not do for someone what had
promised you would do) मुस्िल मेंछोडना
Example-
1) You must never leave your best friend in the lurch.
2) He said he would help with rent, but he left me in the lurch.

Question 8

In the red-

Answer 8

In the red- (loosing money, or suffer a loss) नुकसान उठाना
Example-
1) State government has been operating in the red for five straight years.
2) Tourism is down and many hotels are operating in the red.

Question 9

In the blues -

Answer 9

In the blues - completely gone or disappeared, entirely out of the sight or reach
दृमि या पहुंि सेबाहर
Example-
1) I have no idea where my keys have gone. They seem to have disappeared in
the blue
-depressed
Example-
1) After his failure in the examination he is in the blues these days.

Question 10

. In cold blood

Answer 10

In cold blood- (intentionally and without emotion or feeling) भावनाहीन
Example- 1) The child was murdered in cold blood

Question 11

In the dumps

Answer 11

In the dumps- (unhappy) दुखी
Example-
1) She is a bit down in the dumps because she failed one of her exams.
2) Her visit cheered me up as I was in the dumps before her visits

Question 12

Kick one’s heels

Answer 12

Kick one’s heels- (to waste time in waiting), to be forced to wait for a period of
time. ितीक्षा मेंसमय बबाषद करना
Example- 1) As the train was late we had to kick our heals at the station.

Question 13

Keep abreast of-

Answer 13

Keep abreast of- (not to fall behind)
Stay up to date, or to have knowledge or most recent information about
something अद्यतन रहना
Example-
1) She keep herself abreast of the situation of the city.
2) It is very important for the young persons to keep abreast of political
developments in the country.

Question 14

Live-wire

Answer 14

Live-wire- (an energetic person) ऊजाषवान व्यस्ि
Example- 1) India needs live-wire political leaders who can put the country on
the right track.

Question 15

Latin and Greek

Answer 15

Latin and Greek- (incomprehensible) समझ सेबाहर
Example-
1) It’s all Latin and Greek to me.
2) The speech of literary persons is always Latin and Greek to illiterate persons.

Question 16

Leaps and bounds

Answer 16

Leaps and bounds- (rapidly) तेज़ी से
Example-
1) In comparison to India, China has progressed by leaps and bounds in every
field.

Question 17

Make both ends meet

Answer 17

Make both ends meet- (to live within one’s mean) To have enough money to
pay for your basic expenses. जीनेकेमलए पयाषप्त पैसा कमाना
Example-
1) I have to work at two jobs to make ends meet.
2) My wages were so low that I had to take a second job just to make ends meet.

Question 18

Moot point

Answer 18

Moot point- (a debatable question, an issue open to argument) बहस तकष योग्य
Example-
1) Also an irrelevant question, a matter of no importance.
2) Whether Shakespeare actually wrote the poem remains a moot point among
critics.
3) It’s a moot point whether the chicken or the egg came first.

Question 19

Man of straw

Answer 19

Man of straw- (a person or an idea that is weak and easy to defeat)
कमजोर व्यस्ि या मविार मजसेहराना आसान हो
Example-
1) The king being a man of straw, his orders were often disobeyed.
2) He was accused by his opponents of being a man of straw and lacking in
decisiveness.

Question 20

Mince matters

Answer 20

Mince matters- (moderate or restrain one’s language to be polite or avoid
giving offense) मवनम्रता सेअस्वीकृ मत का संके त देना
Example-
1) Not to mince matters, I feel he should resign. (hide the truth and pretend)
2) don’t mince words- say the truth.
3) Tell the truth to your parents because it does not pay to mince matters.
4) She is not straight forward in her speech, she minces matters.