Exercise – 4

🔹 Cut corners
🔸 Meaning: To do something cheaply or carelessly

✅ They cut corners to save money, and the product quality suffered.
✅ Don’t cut corners while building safety equipment.

🔹 Face the music
🔸 Meaning: To face the consequences of one’s actions

✅ He failed the project and had to face the music from the boss.
✅ If you break the rules, you’ll have to face the music.

🔹 In the blink of an eye
🔸 Meaning: Very quickly / in an instant

✅ The car disappeared in the blink of an eye.
✅ Time flies in the blink of an eye when you’re enjoying.

🔹 Hit the jackpot
🔸 Meaning: To achieve great success or gain a big reward

✅ She hit the jackpot when she got her dream job.
✅ They hit the jackpot with their new business idea.

🔹 Pull yourself together
🔸 Meaning: To regain control of your emotions or composure

✅ After hearing the bad news, she took a moment to pull herself together.
✅ You need to pull yourself together and focus on your goals.

🔹 Throw caution to the wind
🔸 Meaning: To take a risk or act without worrying about the consequences

✅ He threw caution to the wind and invested all his money in the startup.
✅ Sometimes, you have to throw caution to the wind to chase your dreams.

🔹 Give someone the cold shoulder
🔸 Meaning: To ignore or treat someone unfriendly

✅ After the argument, she gave him the cold shoulder.
✅ He was surprised when his best friend gave him the cold shoulder.

🔹 Steal someone’s thunder
🔸 Meaning: To take attention or praise away from someone else

✅ He stole her thunder by announcing his news first.
✅ She worked hard, but someone else stole her thunder in the meeting.

🔹 Go the extra mile
🔸 Meaning: To make extra effort / to do more than expected

✅ She always goes the extra mile to satisfy her customers.
✅ If you want success, you must go the extra mile.

🔹 Water under the bridge
🔸 Meaning: Something that happened in the past and is now forgotten

✅ Yes, we fought, but that’s water under the bridge now.
✅ Don’t bring up old issues — it’s all water under the bridge.