Meanings of Phrases -T
9. Meanings of Phrases -T
A list of Some Important Idioms and Phrases
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Take to heart (cut to the quick, āĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻšāĻ¤ āĻšāĻā§āĻž)-He took his remark to heart.
Take to one's heels (to run away, āĻĒāĻžāĻ˛āĻžāĻ¨ā§)-The thieves took to their heels to see the police.
Take into account-āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦā§āĻāĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž- consider- Your activities should be taken into account.
Three R's (elementary education, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻĨāĻŽāĻŋāĻ āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āĻˇāĻž)— He has not yet learnt the three R's.
Three score – āĻˇāĻžāĻ, ā§Ŧā§Ļ- three times twenty- He is happy as his brother got three score.
To and fro (hither and thither, āĻāĻĻāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻĻāĻŋāĻ)-The man is walking to and fro.
Take one to task (rebuke, āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻž)— He took me to task for negligence of duty.
Tooth and nail (strongly, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŦāĻ˛āĻāĻžāĻŦā§)-He fought tooth and nail against his enemy.
Through thick and thin (through all difficulties, āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§)-Ruma followed her husband through thick and thin.
Tide over- āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻĻ āĻ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻā§āĻ°āĻŽ āĻāĻ°āĻž-overcome - The manager tided over the situation.
To meet trouble half-way – āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŋ āĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻŦā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻā§āĻ āĻšāĻžāĻ˛ āĻā§ā§ā§ āĻĻā§ā§āĻžāĨ¤ To be puzzled āĻšāĻ¤āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āĻ§āĻŋ āĻšāĻā§āĻž- He met trouble half way after getting the instructions.
To the backbone (to the core, āĻšāĻžā§ā§ āĻšāĻžā§ā§) —The boy is wicked to the backbone.
To the contrary (against what some one had said, āĻĒāĻā§āĻˇāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻ°ā§) —He said nothing to the contrary.
To the letter (in all details, āĻ āĻā§āĻˇāĻ°ā§ āĻ āĻā§āĻˇāĻ°ā§) —Follow my advice to the letter.
Turn over a new leaf (begin a new phase of life, āĻ¨āĻŦāĻā§āĻŦāĻ¨ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻāĻ°āĻž) —After his failure he turned over a new leaf.
Turn a deaf ear to (pay no attention, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž) —He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.
Turn down (refuse, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž) —He turned down my proposal.