to
keep your fingers crossed
to cross your fingers (for someone)
fingers crossed
If you want good luck for yourself, or
someone else, then maybe you will cross
your fingers (to do this, simply put your
middle finger over your index finger - the
index finger is the one next to the
thumb).
For example, if a friend has an
interview for a job you may offer to keep your
fingers crossed for them. "I'll
keep my fingers crossed for you."
You can also just say "Fingers
crossed."
And if you want someone to help you
then you can say, "Keep your fingers
crossed for me."
So, on Wednesday evening when the
lottery numbers are being selected please
keep your fingers crossed for me!
don't count your chickens until they
hatch
don't count your chickens until they've
hatched
Imagine a farmer has ten eggs which
they think will hatch into chickens. If they
start calculating how much money they
will earn from the ten chickens, then they
are counting their chickens before they
hatch. It's possible that one or more of
the eggs will not hatch. That's life.
A student applies for ten jobs and
receives five invitations to come for an
interview. They then say to their
friends and family that they will definitely get one
of the jobs.
This is a case of someone counting their
chickens before they hatch. Maybe they
won't be offered any of the jobs after
the interviews. There are other people being
interviewed too!
It's possible that someone applies for
one job, has one interview, and is offered
the job, while another person applies
for hundreds of jobs, has dozens of
interviews and gets no offers.So, you
should never count your chickens until
they hatch!
don't put all your eggs in one basket
Imagine a farmer collecting
eggs from their chickens. If they put all the eggs in one
basket there is higher risk
involved than if they put them in two, or more, baskets. If
they drop a basket containing
all the eggs then all the eggs are at risk of being
broken. But if they have two
baskets then only half of the eggs are at risk.
This idiom is often used when
talking about investment strategies, especially when
buying and selling shares. If
all your money is invested in one company or in one
specific field, then there is a
higher risk involved than if you spread the investments
among a number of companies in
a number of industries. It's possible that an
investment in one company does
extremely well and that you make a big profit. But
it's also possible that a
company can go bust, or that the share price could fall
dramatically. By not putting
all your eggs in one basket you are not as likely to lose
a lot, or everything, if one
company or share does badly.
to
feel under the weather
If you feel under the weather then you don't feel very well. You could have a
cold
or
a headache, but the key thing is that you don't feel too well. By saying that
you
feel
under the weather you make it clear that you're not feeling okay.
Joke: A man and a
young boy walked into a barber's shop and sat down. After
the
man received the full treatment - shave, shampoo and haircut - he placed the
boy
in the chair saying, "I'm going across the road to buy a new shirt. I'll
be back
in
a few minutes." When the boy's haircut was complete and the man still
hadn't returned, the barber said, "It looks like your daddy's forgotten
all about you."
"That
wasn't my daddy," said the boy. "He just walked up, took me by the
hand
and
said, 'Come on, kid, we're going to get a free haircut!'"
1) What O is a set of 8 musical notes in
order? Octave
2) What P is the other end of the axis of
the globe? Pole
3) What R is improved fabricated news?
Rumour
4) What S is sodium chloride? Salt
5) What M Is ten Lakhs? Million
6) What E is an armed foe ? enemy
7) I : Mine : : Their : Theirs
8) What C is coagulated mass of blood ?
Clot
9) What O is the surface that does not
allow light to pass through it? Opaque
10) What G is a branch of mathematics that
deals with lines and curves? Geometry
Put the words in the right form
1)His ___ to
understand the problem surprised me. (fail) FAILURE
2)His ___ to
do the work irked the boss. (refuse)REFUSAL
3)They do not
have free ___ . (deliver)DELIVERY
4)The ___ was
widely reported on TV. (rob)ROBBERY
5)Don't do it
without any ___ . (prepare)PREPARATION
6)The manager
decided to send in his ___ yesterday. (resign)RESIGNATION
7)Nobody
likes to work under ___ . (press)PRESSURE
8)He
considered my ___ unfair. (decide)DECISION
9)Do you know
what caused his ___ ? (dismiss)DISMISSAL
10)Their ___
for power lasted a long time. (struggle)STRUGGLE
11)His ___
caused us a lot of trouble. (omit)OMISSION
12)When is
his ___ with the doctor? (appoint)APPOINTMENT
13)It was not
our ___ to hurt your feelings. (intend)INTENTION
14)The ___ in
this room is very old-fashioned. (furnish)FURNITURE
15)Don't
listen to him. He is a ___ . (lie)LIAR
Target Practice - For each of the following activities, determine a
statement of purpose and what could be the end of these endeavors.
Dieting Not expressing negative emotions Using Mobile phones
Learn Dancing Watching TV
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