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Idioms

1. Hit the books

Meaning:- to study hard.

Example:- I can't go out tonight. I've got to hit the books.

2. Piece of cake

Meaning:- easy to do.

Example:- He thought learning to drive a car would be a piece of cake until he got in an accident.

3. Hit the nail on the head

Meaning:- find exactly the right answer.

Example:- I think John hit the nail on the head when he said the reason our company is losing money is because we have a lot of lazy employees.

4. You can't judge a book by its cover

Meaning:- before you judge something or someone, you need to take a deeper and closer look at it.

Example:- The professor may seem slow and awkward but don't judge a book by its cover. He is one of the brightest minds in his field.

5. Dance on someone's grave

Meaning:- to celebrate someone's death triumphantly.

Example:- He said to his enemies that he would recover his wealth and would surely dance on their graves.

6. Dog's life

Meaning-: a miserable and unhappy existence. 

Example:- I have to work everyday from dawn to sunset and come back home to take care of the children. It's really a dog's life.

7.Dog-eat-dog

Meaning:- said about the world where people do anything to be successful.

Example:- It's disheartening to know that we are living in a dog-eat-dog world.

8. A man of few words

Meaning:- A man who does not speak much.

Example:- He is a man of few words. But when he speaks, he makes a lot of sense.

9. Add fuel to the fire

Meaning:- to make the situation or problem worse.

Example:- Don't add fuel to the fire by laughing at him. He is furious about what you have already done.

10. All that glitters is not gold

Meaning:- appearance is sometimes misleading.

Example:- The house looks beautiful from the outside but the inside part looks terrible, all that glitters is not gold.

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1. To learn English, she not only hit the booksadd fuel to firehit the nail on the headI don't know but also practised conversing with others every day.

2. This job seems so great! I work for only 2 hours a day and earn $1000 a week!! It seems too good to be true, but don't forget ... hit the booksdance on someone's graveall that glitters is not goldI don't know

3. You have to look out for your own interests, it's a dog's lifedog-eat-dogpiece of cakeI don't know world.

4. I've got to go to the supermarket, then cook a meal, then pick the kids up from the station- it's a dog-eat-dogdog's lifehit the booksI don't know.

5. My father was a can't judge a book by its coverman of few wordsfuel to the fireI don't know, but when he spoke, it was worth listening to.

6. Writing that term paper was a hit the booksdance on someone's gravepiece of cakeI don't know. I have always enjoyed writing and have always been good at it.

7. Shouting at a crying child just dog-eat-dogadds fuel to the firepiece of cakeI don't know.

8. If you will hit the nail on the headdance on someone's gravehit the booksI don't know, you will outlive or outlast them and will celebrate their demise.

9. She doesn't look very intelligent, but you can't judge a book by its coveradd fuel to the fireall that glitters is not goldI don't know.

10. You hit the nail on the headpiece of cakehit the booksI don't know when you told Jennifer the reason she wasn't getting modeling jobs was because she was too fat.