Idioms and.........( 3 )
- Out of date ( old fashioned )= His ideas are out of date
- At the end of a day ( at last )= We may differ on many things but at the end of the day we all want to be happy and contented.
- from day to day ( temporarily )= I dont know what is in store for me in future ; I live from day to day.
- save the day ( prevent something from happening )= We were stranded midway and were in a fix but Ranjit saved the day for us by sending his personal car.
- some day ( sometime in future )= Urmi is passing through some difficulties but she hopes to get married some day.
- make someone's day ( to make someone very happy )= Apratim and Mamoni sent me a bunch of beautiful roses which made my day.
- fall on deaf ears ( not to be listened to )= All our appeals fell on deaf ears for the H.M. refused to declare it a rainy day.
- keep one's ears to the ground ( remain alert )= Dont get frustrated; keep your ears to the ground and you will soon get a job of your choice.
- easier said than done ( easy to talk about but difficult to do )= Getting a pair of tickets at the Eden Gardens is easier said than done.
- easy on the eye ( looks beautiful )= Debnath likes his new secretary. She is easy on the eye.
- at the eleventh hour ( at the last moment )= After we reached the station I remembered that I had forgotten to bring my extra pair of shoes. I remember things at the eleventh hour.
- a white elephant ( something which is useless and expensive to keep )= Buying a Mercedes is like keeping a white elephant these days. It guzzles gallons of petrol.
Let us study the following sentences:
Hurry up lest you should miss the train.
Apratim gripped his father's arm firmly lest he fell from the running train.
Debnath was apprehensive lest he revealed too much.
The word lest means =to prevent something from happening. In the first sentence the meaning is obvious. It means a) you should hurry up and if you do hurry up you won't miss the train but b) if you do not hurry up there is every chance of your missing the train. So you are advised to hurry up to prevent the happening.
In the second sentence the following things happened a) Apratim was very alert and careful about his father. b) the train was moving and there was every chance that his father might fall down from the running train and in order to prevent that accident from happening he gripped his father's arm tightly.
In the third sentence the situation was a) Debnath was talking to somebody and he did not tell him the whole truth b) but he was apprehensive that if he were not careful he could have revealed the truth which he had no intention to reveal to that particular person.
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spk-15/9/15
Hurry up lest you should miss the train.
Apratim gripped his father's arm firmly lest he fell from the running train.
Debnath was apprehensive lest he revealed too much.
The word lest means =to prevent something from happening. In the first sentence the meaning is obvious. It means a) you should hurry up and if you do hurry up you won't miss the train but b) if you do not hurry up there is every chance of your missing the train. So you are advised to hurry up to prevent the happening.
In the second sentence the following things happened a) Apratim was very alert and careful about his father. b) the train was moving and there was every chance that his father might fall down from the running train and in order to prevent that accident from happening he gripped his father's arm tightly.
In the third sentence the situation was a) Debnath was talking to somebody and he did not tell him the whole truth b) but he was apprehensive that if he were not careful he could have revealed the truth which he had no intention to reveal to that particular person.
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spk-15/9/15
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