Life

Life

1. The best of both worlds

   • MEANING: The most ideal or desirable attributes of two different things, situations, or circumstances.
     • SENTENCE: "You can get this item for cheap, but you'll have to compromise on quality. You cannot have the best of both worlds."
       • • SYNONYM/ANTONYM: best of all worlds / just one thing

2. See eye to eye

   • MEANING: To agree with someone; to share someone's position or opinion.
     • SENTENCE: His father and he sees eye to eye on most things.
       • SYNONYM/ANTONYM: Agree/desagree

3. Once in a blue moon

   • MEANING: Rarely, once in a very long time
     • SENTENCE: Although I trust in God, I visit that famous temple only once in a blue moon.
       • SYNONYM/ANTONYM: Common/rare

4. A dime a dozen

   • MEANING: something that is easily acquired
     • SENTENCE: Adventure and traveling based reality shows are now outdated and a dime a dozen.
       • SYNONYM/ANTONYM: something common/ rarely
   • To add insult to injury’
     • MEANING: to make a bad situation worse
       • SENTENCE: First, the bathroom flooded, and then, to add insult to injury, a tap started leaking.
         • SYNONYM/ANTONYM: Make bad/make better

5. LET THE CAT OUT OF THE BAG

   • MEANING: to let a secret out in the open
     • SENTENCE: I have let the cat out of the bag, there is no point pretending that this job is working out for me.
       • SYNONYM/ANTONYM: secrets/ be honest

6. UNDER THE WEATHER .

   • MEANING: drunk or intoxicated
     • SENTENCE: I did not go to work today, as I was feeling a bit under the weather.
       • SYNONYM/ANTONYM: sick/healthy

7. A blessing in disguise

   • MEANING:good outcome from evil situation
     • SENTENCE: Losing that job turned out to be a blessing in disguise for him as it forced him to plunge into business.
       • SYNONYM/ANTONYM: Lucky/ unfortune

8. To cut corners

   • MEANING: to reduce extra expenses
     • SENTENCE: It is certainly not a sensible move to cut corners with national security.
       • SYNONYM/ANTONYM: product/ sell

9. HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD

   • MEANING: find the exact answer
     • SENTENCE: "You've found the problem, Sid! You hit the nail on the head!"
       • SYNONYM/ ANTONYM: DOUBT7 CERTAIN

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