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Can The Corruption Be Eradicated From Our Society? “With materialistic values at the topmost priority, moral and ethical values at the lowest span of ladder, every fibre of society indulged in self-aggrandizement, where in not only the credibility of politicians and bureaucrats but also of the judiciary is at stake, it is very difficult and ridiculous to dream of a corruption free society.” It is ironical that the country which has...
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August 28, 2020 evirtualguru_ajaygourEnglish (Sr. Secondary), LanguagesNo Comment
A Bow at A Venture “And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the armour.”—s Kings xxii. 34. The origin of this phrase is in the story of the death of King Ahab. The general interpretation of the phrase is that the man drew his bow without the intention of aiming at anything in particular. In other words, he...
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August 20, 2020 evirtualguru_ajaygourEnglish (Sr. Secondary)No Comment
Beat About The Bush He bet about the bush whyles others caught the birds.” –GASCOIGNE: Works (1572) The idiomatic sense of this phrase is to show hesitation in approaching a subject which one intends to discuss. Sportsmen employ many different methods of drawing or approaching a quarry. Some of these methods are clumsy, others are adroit and subtle. Even animals themselves of the predatory sort often display a cleverness not excelled...
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Apple-Pie Order “Put the craft a little into apple-pie order.” —MARRYAT: Jacob Faithful (1835). To be “in apple-pie order,” or “as orderly as an apple-pie,” means anything which is arranged precisely and neatly in perfect order, and thus pleasing to the sight ; but why should an apple-pie be more orderly than any other pie ? Languages are often modified, sometimes imperceptibly, by the impingement of foreign words and phrases on...
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August 20, 2020 evirtualguru_ajaygourEnglish (Sr. Secondary)No Comment
An Axe To Grind “When I see a merchant over-polite to his customers, think I, that man has an axe to grind.”—CILAS MINER. : Who’ll Turn Grindstones? (1815). This phrase connotes selfish and personally interested motives in ostensibly public service—a suggestion of pulling strings behind the scenes for private ends. “Jobbery” and “log-rolling” are terms which are closely associated with political axe-grinding. Our phrase is founded on a story told by...
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August 20, 2020 evirtualguru_ajaygourEnglish (Sr. Secondary)No Comment
Lick Into Shape “Arts and sciences are not cast in a mould, but are formed and perfected by degrees, by often handling and polishing, as bears leisurely lick their cubs into form.”—MONTAIGNE. Words are frequently met in all languages the meanings of which have been totally changed in the course of time. The original and usual meaning of “lick” is to pass over with the tongue. as many animals caress their...
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August 20, 2020 evirtualguru_ajaygourEnglish (Sr. Secondary)No Comment
If Winter Comes can Spring Be Far Behind “If winter comes can spring be far behind” — these lines have been taken from the poem of famous Poet Shelley. By winter it means sorrows and sufferings and by spring it means pleasures and joys. It says that as spring follows winter, so pleasure follows sorrow. So nobody is condemned to sorrows forever as nothing is permanent. Sometimes even sorrow make a...
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August 19, 2020 evirtualguru_ajaygourEnglish (Sr. Secondary), LanguagesNo Comment
Strike while the Iron is Hot The blacksmiths proverb “Strike while the Iron is Hot” means that it is easiest to temper iron when it is hot. Because once the iron becomes cold a lot of labour will be required to heat it again. Similarly it is said that an opportunity lost is lost forever. People who put off their task till tomorrow never see tomorrow. In Europe there is a...
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