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Fool’s errand
Meaning: A needless or profitless errand; a task or activity that has no hope of success
Usage: Giving the baby a bath before he eats spaghetti is a fool’s errand
It is a fool’s errand trying to get Priya to join in anything
Rip Van Winkle
Meaning: A person who is oblivious to change around him or sleeps too much; clinomania; a never do well in a story in Washington Irving’s Sketch Book who sleeps for 20 years
Usage:
- You are being like a Rip Van Winkle by coming unprepared for such an important meeting
- Our city is blessed with a plentiful supply of Rip Van Winkle tales
- It was a Rip Van Winkle moment when they asked us to present in front of 5000 people
As fit as a fiddle
Fit as a fiddle or as fit as a flea
Meaning: Very fit; extremely healthy; in good health; in excellent form or health
Usage:
- Yes, he did have a surgery a few weeks ago, but he is as fit as a fiddle now
- I just met Jane recently and she is as fit as a fiddle
- Dharmendra despite being over 80 years old is as fit as a fiddle
Purple patch
Meaning: Golden period; a run of success or good luck; also means an elaborate work
Usage: Virat Kohli’s purple patch time made him renowned across the globe
Call a spade a spade
Meaning: To say the truth about something even if it is not polite or pleasant; to speak frankly about something or someone even if it is unpleasant
Usage:
- Let us call a spade a spade- Neha is a very poor student
- You have to call a spade a spade and acknowledge the corruption in this system or else we will never be able to remedy the scenario
Fool’s paradise
Meaning: A state of delusory happiness
Usage: We are headed for economic trouble and anyone who thinks otherwise is living in a fool’s paradise
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