EngQuizzitive -22 (vocab):Answers

Idioms are phrases grammatically.They are different from phrases coz they have implied meanings unlike phrases which have literal meanings.

Idioms can be classified on the bases of their origin.Some of the types are as follows:

• idioms derived from animals (a dog's life,a white elephant,black sheep)
• colour idioms (once in a blue moon,tickled pink,black and white)
• number idioms (forty winks,back to square one)
• Idioms derived from literature (catch-22,hamletian dilemma,jekyll and hyde)
• idioms derived from mythology (pandora's box,trojan horse)
• fruit idioms (apple of discord)

Answers :

1. He worried that he was in a Catch-22 situation because no one was willing to employ him without experience.The meaning of Catch-22 is where conflicting rules render an outcome impossible
2. Saroj has a bee in her bonnet about eating onlu healthy foods.Meaning of bee in her bonnet :be obsessed about
3. The Indo-US nuclear deal appears to have set the cat among the pigeons in the media.The idiom cat among the pigeons means: cause apprehension and confusion
4. Even at the age of 98,he was as fit as a fiddle.The idiom fit as a fiddle means: healthy
5. He kept everyone guessing about the ace up his sleeve.The idiom ace up his sleeve means : a special advantage that no one knows about