CSS Solved Idioms (Past Papers from 2000 to Date)

‘A cog in the machine’ means: A small or insignificant member of a larger organization or system.

‘A close shave’ means: A narrow escape from danger. Look at the sentence: What a close shave I had! I nearly fell of the roof when I was working there.

‘Besetting sin’ means: A fault to which a person or institution is especially prone.

‘Hang up on’ means: To end a telephone call.

‘Leave in the lurch’ means: Abandon or desert someone in difficult straits.

‘From pillar to post’ means: To and fro. Look at the sentence: My father was in the army, and we moved from pillar to post year after year.

‘Turncoat’ means: Traitor.

‘It is about time’ (Idiomatic Expression) means: It is an expression that we use to emphasize that something should have occurred a long time ago, but the expected thing didn’™t happen in the past. We annoyingly use this expression.
Examples:
It’™s about time he got a job.
It’™s about time she got here. We have been waiting for her for hours.
It’s about time that high schools taught their students about basic banking and finance.
Thus, the right answer is ‘It should have occurred a long time ago’.

‘Bear the brunt’ means: Put up with the worst of some bad circumstance. Look at the sentence: I had to bear the burnt of her screaming and yelling.

‘The tip of the iceberg’ means: Only a small part of a much larger problem. Look at the sentence: The lost tickets were just the tip of the iceberg.