Exercise – 21

🔹 Burn the candle at both ends
🔸 Meaning: Overworking yourself / exhausting oneself
✅ He is burning the candle at both ends by working day and night.
✅ If you keep burning the candle at both ends, you’ll fall sick.

🔹 Beat around the bush
🔸 Meaning: Avoid saying something directly / evade the main point
✅ Don’t beat around the bush, come to the point.
✅ He didn’t answer directly in the interview, just beat around the bush.

🔹 Hit the sack
🔸 Meaning: Go to sleep
✅ I’m really tired — going to hit the sack.
✅ After studying, he went straight to hit the sack.

🔹 Cry over spilt milk
🔸 Meaning: Worrying about something that’s already happened
✅ No use crying over spilt milk now.
✅ You scored low — don’t cry over spilt milk.

🔹 Let the cat out of the bag
🔸 Meaning: Reveal a secret accidentally
✅ He let the cat out of the bag about the surprise party.
✅ He accidentally let the cat out of the bag about the promotion.

🔹 Hit the nail on the head
🔸 Meaning: Say exactly the right thing / get straight to the point
✅ He hit the nail on the head with the solution.
✅ You hit the nail on the head — that’s the real issue.

🔹 Jump on the bandwagon
🔸 Meaning: Follow a trend / do what everyone else is doing
✅ Everyone’s doing it, so he jumped on the bandwagon too.
✅ People jump on the bandwagon without thinking.

🔹 Go the extra mile
🔸 Meaning: Make extra effort / do more than expected
✅ If you want to be special, you have to go the extra mile.
✅ He went the extra mile for his client.

🔹 Bite off more than you can chew
🔸 Meaning: Take on more than you can handle
✅ He bit off more than he could chew and is struggling now.
✅ Don’t bite off more than you can chew in the beginning.

🔹 Face the music
🔸 Meaning: Accept the consequences / deal with criticism or punishment
✅ After the mistake, he’ll have to face the music.
✅ He had to face the music for coming late.