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5th November 2015, 02:59 PM
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Idioms and Phrases for SSC CGL Tier 2 Pdf
I have cleared SSC CGL Tier I Exam and now I want to start preparation for SSC CGL Tier 2 Exam. So will you provide important Idioms and Phrases for SSC CGL Tier 2 Exam?
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5th November 2015, 03:04 PM
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Re: Idioms and Phrases for SSC CGL Tier 2 Pdf
As you are looking Idioms and Phrases for SSC CGL Tier 2 Examination preparation, so here I am providing followings: SSC CGL Tier 2 Exam Idioms and Phrases Distance lends enchantment to the old : (things look nice and beautiful when they are not within reach) Render unto Caesar what is Caesar’s: (to be wise) Look before you leap: (don’t be reckless and impulsive) Make hay while the sun shines: (to make/ill use of the given opportunity) Never look a gift horse in the mouth: (there can be no choice about things given in charity) Beggars can’t be choosers: (no choice in scarcity) Nearer the Church, farther from heaven: (the more opportunity you have, the less you benefit from it) Every cock fights best on his own dung hill: (one is very brave and confident in one’s own place) A rolling stone gathers no moss: (an aimless person cannot succeed) Rome was not built in a day: (things take time to complete and to mature) One swallow does not make a summer: (one person can‘t do everything) Apparel proclaims the man: (you judge a man’s worth by his clothes) To run with the hare, to hunt with the hound: (to be insincere to someone) Sweet are the uses of adversity: (sufferings are to be welcomed) Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown : (with power and authority come worries and responsibilities) Game is not worth the candle : (The advantage or enjoyment to be gained is not worth the time spent in gaining it) : Journey to the moon is an elaborate and costly affair and some people with a pragmatic approach feel the game is not worth the candle. Not fit to hold a candle to: (One is inferior) : For all his pious platitudes and political stunts, Mr. Nixon is not fit to hold a candle to Lincoln or Roosevelt. Hope springs eternal in the human breast : (one never loses hope). Fools rush in where angels fear to tread : (said of reckless persons) He who pays the piper calls the tune : (one has to act according to the wishes of one’s master) You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear : (said of something impossible) A bird in hand is worth two in the bush : (right use of the present opportunity) |