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To match rhetoric with action To prove what I said Very few people match rhetoric
with action
To frown and fret To get irritated or annoyed His job makes him frown and fret
all the time
Enhance prosperity abundance By booming agriculture we can
actually enhance the properity of
our nation.
A reason to smile A happy emotion A little care and affection gives
the patients a big reason to smile
Catering to the elite Thinking for one side benefits The builders are only caterin to
the elite by constructing
luxurious appartments
Gives a fair idea Good idea/knowledge of A fair idea aboutt everything is
something always a good thimg
Phenomenon of vote bank Something done merely for Castesim has become
politics benefit phenomenon of vote bank
politcs
Shifting the blame Covering your wrong doings by Politicians keep their image
other names clean by shifting the blame on
others
To go scot free Escape without being caught The hooligans are roaming in the
city scot free
To conceal their own To hide once own deficiency Most organisations blame their
inefficiences employees to conceal their own
inefficiences
Undo the damage Set the damage right Copensation does not actually
undo the damage
Anticipate the crisis Foresee the problem A government with a foresight
would definitely anitcipate the
crisis due to inflation
Perception often differs from There is adifference between Most people live in a world of
reality truth and dreams dreams but seldom do they
realize that perception often
differs from reality
Sequence of events Events taking place one after the The university had organized a
other sequence of events on their
annual day function
ideology Set of ideas European scholars were greatly
influenced by Ghandian Idealogy
Inept handling of the situation Inefficient handling of any The central government ineptly
situation handled the Gujarat riots
Aggravate the problem Increase the problem Place inaction only aggravates
the problem.
To state it upfront To state clearly on the face It is better to state everything
upfront then to repent later
Dubious way Deceitful ways/untrustworthy Most people resort to dubious
ways to accumulate wealth
Unsuitably equipped Not equipped properly We can not think of eradicating
poverty from India as we are
unsuitably equipped
Demonstrate the commitment Show the commitment Pakistan often vows to curb
terrorism but never demonstrate
the commitments
To bask in the glory of To enjoy the fame The young Indian team is basking
in the glory of world cup victory
Weaken the link Decrease the connectivity Due to miscommunication and
lack of trust it led to weakening
the link between the two
countries
In the best interest of Favorable for/good for IIMS are focusing on the courses
which would be in the best
interest of students
Caste fuelled criminality Caste based criminality The crime rate in India is actually
a result of caste fuelled
criminality
Survival in the long run Carry on for a long time Marathon is based on the
concept of survival in the long
run
Appalling downside Shocking disadvantage A couple working in the same
office might lead to an appalling
downside effects
Make a dramatic difference Make a significant difference An upfront communication can
make a dramatic difference in a
messy situation
To take it beyond the limits of expand Indian investors are taking their
business beyond the limits of
territory
Bestowed with the gift blessed She is bestowed with the gift of a
beautiful voice
Exemplary punishment Punishment that serves as a The serial killer must be
example of strictness awarded exemplary punishment
in order to continue crime
anguish Anger/unhappiness People are not turning up for
politics rallies due to their
anguish against the system
Strange paradox Self contradictory statement Child is the father of men.
It is a strange paradox that with
rapidly advancement in
communication technology
relationships are actually
breaking due to
miscommunications.
No alternative is in sight No option is visible Despite the high pollution
caused by thermal power
generation there is no
alternative in the sight
Balance needs to be redressed Balance needs to be maintained In india balance needs to be
redressed between public and
the private sectors
Stems up Comes up/generate The problem never stems from
vacuum always has a reason
behind it
Initiate proceedings Begin a process The court initiated proceedings
in the corrupt officers case
Evaluate the credentials Genuineness/authority We must evaluate the
credentials of the company
before buying its shares
Problem is accentuated Problem is increased The problem is accentuated by
media unwanted intervention
Yardstick of success and failure Criteria for measuring For all initiatives by the
government the result would
act as a yardstick for future
implementation
Lack of civic sense Sense of behaving in ones Most people have a lack of civic
surrounding sense
Sharpen the focus Polish ones attention To become a detective One has
to sharpen one’s focus to find
the facts
Time tested strategies Strategies which have given Time tested strategies are
results required to tackle the menace of
rising cases of cancer
ordeal Trial/tough time The flood victims are really
facing and ordeal at the hands of
an inefficient of a pathetic
government
Clamber on To climb or move with difficulty It became difficult for the
or a lot of efforts trekkers to clamber on due to
bad weather conditions
New genre A new generation A new generation of high tech
engineers is already in the
process
The agenda often gets derailed List of things to be discussed at a The agenda often gets derailed
meeting gets sidetracked when Politian’s resort to mud
slinging in the house.
On the defensive On the otherside After strong retaliation by the
public the government was
compelled to be on the
defensive
To face the music To face the consequences Iran will have to face the music if
it does not change its nuclear
policy
Hardening into permanent Becoming a reality Global warming fatal effects are
reality hardening into a permanent
reality
Sense of skepticism/uncertainly Same as sizeable pinch of The view point of the
skepticism management was accepted by
the employees with the sense of
skepticism
bewilderment State of confusion Pakistan is in a state of
bewilderment after the death of
their prime ministerial candidate
Handled conflicts adroitly Skillfully/efficiently A good leader is one who
handles conflict adroitly
reinforces To strengthen some behavior by Practice leads to conditioning &
giving incentive reinforcement of learning
Major configuration Major fire/accident The major configuration at the
twin towers at US has resulted in
worldwide condemnation
despondent dejected He was becoming increasingly
despondent about the way
things were going
debacle Event causing The power cut was a debacle
embarrassment/failure during the marriage ceremony
Providing fodder for the rumor Adding fuel to the fire/feeding During times of national
the rumor catastrophes, a certain section of
unscrupulous elements were
adding fodders to the rumors
Further alienating separating The failure of peace talks
between the two countries
further alienated the natives
Call a spade a spade Say the truth straight forwardly To maintain professionalism it is
very essential to call a spade a
spade
belittled Cause to secm unimportant We should not belittle young
children
Roaring success story Creating something highly Ambains have written a roaring
successful success story by becoming one
of the richest people in the
world
Sounds persuasive Make believe He sounds very persuasive While
handling customers