1) Let the cat out of the bag

Meaning: to disclose a secret, either deliberately or inadvertently.

Example: I was trying to keepthe party a secret, but Melwent and let the cat out of thebag.

IDIOMS & PHRASES

2) Not playing with the full deck

Meaning: Someone who is mentally, psychologically or intellectually deficient

Example: Jim's a nice guy, but with some of the foolish things he does, I wonder if he's not playing with a full deck.

IDIOMS & PHRASES

2) Not playing with the full deck

ORIGIN: This is one of the many derogatory phrases that emerged in the 1980s which allude to someone 'having a bit missing', 'not all there' etc. The implication being that the victim of the jocular insult lacked a portion of their brain. In this case the deck is of course a deck of cards. Anyone 'not playing with a full deck' wouldn't be expected to make much of a fist of card playing.

IDIOMS & PHRASES

1) Hose

Noun: a flexible tube conveyingwater, used chiefly for wateringplants and in firefighting.E.g.: "a sprinkler hose“

Verb: water or spray with a hose.E.g.: "he was hosing down thedriveway"

SAME WORD USED AS NOUN AND VERB

2) Manure

Noun: animal dung used for fertilizing land.E.g.: "plenty of fully rotted horse manure can be dug in thisfall“

Verb: apply manure to (land).E.g.: "the ground should be well dug and manured"

SAME WORD USED AS NOUN AND VERB

(1)

Bail - temporary release ordered by the courte.g.: The convict was granted conditional bailby the lower High Court.

Bale – A large bundlee.g.:– Many bales of cotton were damaged inthe rain.

PARONYM & HOMONYMS

(2)Beatific - expressing blisse.g.: The sight of the landscape surrounding thesnow-capped mountains looks beatific.

Beatitude - the state of almost blisse.g.:– True beatitude comes from ever flowingmilk of human kindness.

PARONYM & HOMOPNYMS

1) Wean away

Meaning: To slowly or gradually stop doing,ingesting, or consuming something to which one hasdeveloped a strong habit or dependency.

e.g.:I'm trying to wean away from so many fattyfoods and start eating more fruits and vegetables.

PHRASAL VERB

2) Pin on

Meaning: to blame someone for something, oftenwhen they are not responsible

e.g.: He has managed to pin the blame on theprevious government.

PHRASAL VERB

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