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English Idioms: G
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English Idio m s: 199 e nt rie s be ginning wit h 'G'
If p e o p le g e t the ir wire s cro ss, the y misund e rstand e ach o the r, e sp e cially whe n making arrang e me nts. ('G e t yo ur line s cro sse d '
is also use d .)
If so me thing o r so me o ne hasn't g o t a g ho st o f a chance , the y have no ho p e whatso e ve r o f succe e d ing .
A g ho st to wn is a to wn that has b e e n ab and o ne d o r is in d e cline and has ve ry little activity.
Yo u can fe e l o r o the rwise se nse a g ho stly p re se nce , b ut yo u canno t d o it cle arly o nly vag ue ly.
If so me o ne has the g ift o f the g ab , the y sp e ak in a p e rsuasive and inte re sting way.
If yo u g ild the lily, yo u d e co rate so me thing that is alre ad y o rnate .
If so me o ne is in a g ild e d cag e , the y are trap p e d and have re stricte d o r no fre e d o m, b ut have ve ry co mfo rtab le surro und ing s-
many famo us p e o p le live in luxury b ut canno t walk o ut o f the ir ho use alo ne .
If yo u g ird yo ur lo ins, yo u p re p are fo r co nflict o r a d ifficult time .
A g irl Frid ay is a fe male e mp lo ye e who assists so me o ne witho ut any sp e cific d utie s.
Ap p laud b y clap p ing hand s. 'Le t's g ive all the co nte ste nts a b ig hand .'
A p e rso n who is g e ne rally kno wn to have b e e n g uilty o f so me o ffe nce will always b e susp e cte d to b e the autho r o f all similar
typ e s o f o ffe nce . O nce so me o ne has g aine d a b ad re p utatio n, it is ve ry d ifficult to lo se it.
Whe re the re is g ive and take , p e o p le make co nce ssio ns in o rd e r to g e t thing s the y want in ne g o tiatio ns.
G ive as g o o d as yo u g e t
If yo u g ive as g o o d as yo u g e t, yo u are p re p are d to tre at p e o p le as b ad ly as the y tre at yo u and to fig ht fo r what yo u b e lie ve .
(USA) If so me o ne g ive s away the sto re , the y say o r d o so me thing that make s the ir p o sitio n in ne g o tiatio ns, d e b ate s, e tc, much
we ake r.
(UK) If yo u g ive so me thing so me stick, yo u p ut a lo t o f e ffo rt into it.
If so me o ne g ive s yo u a hand , the y he lp yo u.
If so me o ne says this, the y want to hit yo ur o p e n hand ag ainst the irs as a way o f co ng ratulatio n o r g re e ting .
If yo u g ive so me o ne a le g up , yo u he lp the m to achie ve so me thing that the y co uld n't have d o ne alo ne .
G ive so me o ne a p ie ce o f yo ur mind
If yo u g ive so me o ne a p ie ce o f yo ur mind , yo u criticise the m stro ng ly and ang rily.
G ive so me o ne a run fo r the ir mo ne y
If yo u can g ive so me o ne a run fo r the mo ne y, yo u are as g o o d , o r ne arly as g o o d , as the y are at so me thing .
G ive so me o ne e no ug h ro p e
If yo u g ive so me o ne e no ug h ro p e , yo u g ive the m the chance to g e t the mse lve s into tro ub le o r e xp o se the mse lve s. (The full fo rm
is 'g ive so me o ne e no ug h ro p e and the y'll hang the mse lve s)
(UK) If so me o ne g ive s yo u stick, the y criticise yo u o r p unish yo u.
If yo u g ive so me o ne the axe , yo u te rminate the ir e mp lo yme nt o r d ischarg e the m fro m an o ffice o r p o sitio n. ('Ax' is the Ame rican
sp e lling )
G ive so me o ne the runaro und
If so me o ne g ive s yo u the runaro und , the y make e xcuse s and g ive yo u false e xp lanatio ns to avo id d o ing so me thing .
(UK) If yo u g ive the no d to so me thing , yo u ap p ro ve it o r g ive p e rmissio n to d o it.
Pe o p le g ive up the g ho st whe n the y d ie . Machine s sto p wo rking whe n the y g ive up the g ho st.
If yo u re ally want so me thing and wo uld b e p re p are d to sacrifice a lo t to g e t it, yo u wo uld g ive yo ur e ye te e th fo r it.
(Irish) This id io m is use d whe n so me thing is o b vio us b e cause o f the d ay that it o ccurs: traffic, fo r e xamp le wo uld b e b usy aro und
a fo o tb all stad ium o n g ame d ay, g ive n the d ay that's in it. O n any o the r d ay the traffic wo uld b e une xp lainab le , b ut b e cause its
g ame d ay its o b vio us why the re is traffic.
The g lass ce iling is the d iscriminatio n that p re ve nts wo me n and mino ritie s fro m g e tting p ro mo te d to the hig he st le ve ls o f
co mp anie s and o rg anisatio ns.
