5 Idioms For Fluency In English
1. Neck of the woods: Area, location
How is everything in your neck of the woods?
Things are not going well in his neck of the woods.
The weather in his neck of the woods is very cold.
2. Cut corners: To do something quickly and badly
You don’t need to cut corners if want to make this project successful.
If the students want to become successful in entrance exams, then they don’t need to cut corners but they need to study with great strategies.
If you are a businessman, you should never cut corners because it takes patience and hard work to make a business successful.
3. Be as thick as thieves: To be very close friends
Rahul and Amit are as thick as thieves because both of them share secrets with each other.
Riya and Jyoti have always been considered to be as thick as thieves by their classmates but in reality, both of them hate each other.
Both the political leaders have different political affiliations but they are as thick as thieves and they celebrate all the festivals together.
4. To hit the nail on the head: To say something exactly right
All the students hit the nail on the head when they raised the issue of rising corruption in the country.
When he talked about the history, he hit the nail on the head.
They hit the nail on the head by saying that the education system of our country is very weak.
5. Be skating on thin ice: To be in a risky or difficult situation
You are skating on thin ice by not telling this secret to your parent.
He was skating on thin ice by not completing the project before the exam.
Amit is skating on thin ice by not working hard for the exam which is going to start from tomorrow onwards.
I hope you all have understood and enjoyed the above-mentioned 5 idioms for fluency in English.
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