Exercise – 18

🔹 A drop in the ocean
🔸 Meaning: Very small compared to what is needed
✅ This amount is a drop in the ocean for helping the poor.
✅ This food is a drop in the ocean for the whole family.

🔹 Fall flat on your face
🔸 Meaning: Fail badly / fail publicly
✅ He got nervous on stage and fell flat on his face.
✅ The plan was great but it fell flat on its face during execution.

🔹 Barking dogs seldom bite
🔸 Meaning: Those who make the most noise often do nothing
✅ He just yells in anger but does nothing — barking dogs seldom bite.
✅ No need to fear him — he only talks — barking dogs seldom bite.

🔹 Make a mountain out of a molehill
🔸 Meaning: Exaggerate a small problem
✅ It was a small mistake, but you made a mountain out of a molehill.
✅ There was no need for an argument — you made a mountain out of a molehill.

🔹 Adding fuel to the fire
🔸 Meaning: Make a bad situation worse
✅ There was already a fight, and he added fuel to the fire.
✅ His words only added fuel to the fire.

🔹 Let the cat out of the bag
🔸 Meaning: Reveal a secret by mistake
✅ He let the cat out of the bag about the surprise party.
✅ You should’ve kept quiet — you let the cat out of the bag.

🔹 Spill the beans
🔸 Meaning: Reveal a secret / disclose the truth
✅ The kids spilled the beans immediately.
✅ Now that you’ve spilled the beans, there’s no point hiding anything.

🔹 Cry over spilled milk
🔸 Meaning: Worry about something that’s already done
✅ No use crying over spilled milk — what’s done is done.
✅ He still cries over spilled milk.

🔹 Don’t count your chickens before they hatch
🔸 Meaning: Don’t assume success before it happens
✅ Don’t count your chickens before they hatch — wait for the results.
✅ You’ve just started — don’t count your chickens before they hatch.

🔹 To hit two birds with one stone
🔸 Meaning: Achieve two things at once
✅ He hit two birds with one stone — met friends and finished work in one trip.
✅ If we leave early, we can hit two birds with one stone — market and temple.