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Sampath Raj Rao

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Nov 28, 2014, 1:55:02 AM11/28/14
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Hi Friends,
Here is the day's idiom...

a little bird told me
(meaning): 
said when you don't want reveal the source of your information.

> "How did you know the news?"
"Oh, a little bird told me."

> "How did you come to know about the bribery?"
"Oh! a little bird told me".

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S.Sampath Raj Rao,
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Sampath Raj Rao

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Dec 1, 2014, 8:29:14 AM12/1/14
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Hi here is today's idiom


a man of action
(meaning):
a man who is inclined to act first rather than think about
things and discuss them.

> He is a man of action.
> It's better to think and act rather being just a man of action.
> Don't be just a man of action.

Sampath Raj Rao

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Dec 2, 2014, 9:16:49 AM12/2/14
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Hi here's today's idiom...

a man of few words
(also a woman of few words)
(meaning): a man who doesn't speak much but is a man of action.

> He is a man of few words.
> My friend is a man of few words, his action speaks more.

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Sampath Raj Rao

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Dec 3, 2014, 9:37:22 AM12/3/14
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Hi Friends,
Here is today's idiom...


a roof over your head
(meaning):
a place to live.

> He was so poor that he didn't have a roof over his head.
> We should be happy that each one of us has a roof over our head.
> The Government has deviced a policy to roof each one over their head.

Sampath Raj Rao

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Dec 5, 2014, 5:41:37 AM12/5/14
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Hi Friends,
Here 's today's idiom...

a whole new ball game
(meaning): 
a completely different situation.
>
He has written so many short stories but writing a novel is a whole new ball game.
> For her cooking is a whole new ball game.
> Trying my hands on stitching is a whole new ball game.
> Being an English teacher, teaching astronomy is a whole new ball game for me.

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