Exercise – 20

🔹 Have one foot in the grave
🔸 Meaning: Very ill or close to death
✅ Grandpa is so unwell, it feels like he has one foot in the grave.
✅ He’s so weak now — as if he has one foot in the grave.

🔹 Beat around the bush
🔸 Meaning: Avoid saying something directly
✅ If you want to say something, say it clearly — don’t beat around the bush.
✅ He always beats around the bush to avoid the question.

🔹 Cry over spilled milk
🔸 Meaning: Wasting time worrying about something that has already happened
✅ No point crying over spilled milk — what’s done is done.
✅ The mistake happened — now stop crying over spilled milk and move on.

🔹 Face the music
🔸 Meaning: Accept the consequences / deal with punishment
✅ You made the mistake, now face the music.
✅ Don’t hide the truth — face the music now.

🔹 Let the cat out of the bag
🔸 Meaning: Reveal a secret accidentally
✅ He let the cat out of the bag about the party.
✅ He let the cat out of the bag in just one moment.

🔹 Hit the nail on the head
🔸 Meaning: Say exactly the right thing / get straight to the point
✅ Your answer really hit the nail on the head.
✅ She hit the nail on the head about the root of the problem.

🔹 Throw dust in someone’s eyes
🔸 Meaning: Deceive someone / mislead
✅ He threw dust in people’s eyes and took their money.
✅ He was throwing dust in everyone’s eyes with his tricks.

🔹 Make ends meet
🔸 Meaning: Manage financially / survive on limited resources
✅ The income is low, but we somehow make ends meet.
✅ Prices have gone so high, it’s tough to make ends meet.

🔹 Pour oil on troubled waters
🔸 Meaning: Calm down a conflict / resolve tensions
✅ Mother came and poured oil on troubled waters.
✅ He poured oil on troubled waters and calmed everyone down.

🔹 To walk on eggshells
🔸 Meaning: Be very careful / avoid upsetting someone
✅ We always have to walk on eggshells around the boss.
✅ He’s so moody — talking to him feels like walking on eggshells.