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Tickled pink
- Very happy or amused
- Kalank: Sanam Saeed is “Tickled Pink” after Alia bhatt says zindagi gulzar hai helped prep for her role
crescendo
- The peak of a gradual increase
- The noise during the marriage rose to a crescendo
- Acme, apex, capstone, high-water mark, summit, pinnacle, zenith
Esoteric
- Adjective
- Confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle
- Abstruse, arcane, recondite; understood by a few people
- He loved his country and found it difficult to agree with the esoteric ideas of the terrorists
Fiendish
- Adjective
- Extremely cruel or unpleasant
- He takes fiendish delight in hurting people
Acerbic
- Adjective
- Sharply or bitingly critical, sarcastic or ironic in temper, mood or tone
- The writer’s acerbic tone did not sit well with people who had an issue with harsh criticism
Idioms and Phrases for the day
Be in the red
- In debt
- The company is back in the red as the sales are down this quarter
Jog someone’s memory
- Stimulate; cause someone to remember something suddenly
- Maybe this photograph will jog your memory
Foot the bill
- To pay for something
- His parents footed the bill for his school education
- The company is footing the bill for the business lunch
Catch 22
- Difficult; no-win situation; a dilemma or a difficult situation from where there is no escape
- The choice you’re giving me is a catch 22 because, no matter which option I choose, I’m not going to be happy with either one
Carry the can
- Take responsibility for a mistake or misdeed
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