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61. To
get the upper hand ( to get the superior position )
** The two swimmers are trying
to get the upper over each other in the swimming competition.
62. To
get into hot water ( to be in difficult and complicated circumstances )
** Vijay has picked up a quarrel
with his boss. He has now got into hot water.
63. To
go to the wall ( to fare badly )
** The poorest have to go to the
wall.
64. To
gird up the loins ( to be ready )
** Everyone should gird up the
loins for service of motherland.
65. To
give up the ghost ( to die )
** The old man has given up the
ghost this evening.
66. To
give the devil his due ( to give a bad man credit for his good deeds )
** The evil personrarely does a
good deed. If he does so, please give the devil his due.
67. To
go with the tide ( to do as the others do )
** When in other countries, we
should not impose our traditions on others. We should go with the tide.
68. To
go with a tail between the legs ( to go with a beaten cowardly look )
** When Shetty was surrounded,
he had to go with a tail between his legs.
69. To
graese the palm ( to bribe )
** I could not get an
appointment in the police department as I did not grease the palm of the
recruiting officer.
70. To go through the fire and water ( to undertake all sort of risks )
** Mahatma Gandhi went through
fire and water to unite the Hindus and Muslims.
71. To
have an old head on young shoulders ( to be wiser than one's age )
** Priya has an old head on her
young shoulders.
72. To
have too many irons in fire ( to be engaged in too many enterprises )
** He has no time to spare since
he has too many irons in fire.
73. To
have an axe to grind ( to have some private end to serve )
** He visits his boss daily at
his home. Perhaps he has an axe to grind.
74. To
harp on the same string ( to dwell upon the same subject repeatedly )
** He keeps talking of his
family. By so doing he harps on the same string.
75. To
hit the nail on the head ( to speak to the point )
** He spoke on some national
problems. Really, he hit the nail on the head.
76. To
have a thing at one's fingertips ( to know a thing thorohghly )
** He has all the formulae of
the mathematics at his fingertips.
77. To
hold good ( to remain in force )
** The Hindu Code Bill is still
holds good.
78. To
hold water ( to stand examination )
** This argument does not
hold water.
79. To
hunt with hounds and run with the hare (to play a double and deceitful
game )
** No one should play a double
game. It is not good to hunt with the hounds and run with the hare.
80. To
hang in the balance ( to remain undecided )
** The fate of Punjab is hanging
in the balance.
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