To have the floor

To have the right to speak

I have the floor now and you must not interrupt me.
Make someone’s flesh creep
To frighten someone

The horror film made my flesh creep.

 Have a fling at
To make a try

Most young graduates like to have a fling at the

IAS.
Swim with the flowing tide
To be on the winning side

Experienced politician know how to swim with the

flowing tide and offering the voters what they want
so as to gain their votes.
 At second hand
Indirectly

I am not sure since I got this information at second

hand.
 Burn the midnight oil
Work till late at night

When the examination are near, students start

burning the midnight oil.
 Make a move
Begin to act,, leave some place

It’s time we made a move to strengthen our

defences.

Let’s make a move. It’s already late.

 Mushroom growth
Rapid growth

There has been a mushroom growth of using

internet and working from home during pandemic.
 Where the shoe pinches
Rapid where the real difficulty is or
hardships lie

Only the poor knows where the shoe pinches.

 As plain as a pikestaff
Very easily seen or understood

Can’t you understand this simple thing? It’s as plain

as a pikestaff.
 From pillar to post
From one place to another

The poor villager was driven from pillar to post in

search of justice.
 Pop out
(of eyes)use to express surprise

His eyes almost popped out at the sight of some

money.
 Pop in
Come in suddenly

We had given up all hope of his coming when he

suddenly popped in.
 Poorly off
Having very little money

After the father’s death the family has been poorly

off.
 Be poles apart
Be widely different

They are brothers but poles a part in their nature.

1. To have the floor
Let’s revise
2. Make someone’s flesh creep

3. Have a fling at

4. Swim with the flowing tide

5. At second hand

6. Burn the midnight oil

7. Make a move

8.Mushroom growth

9. Where the shoe pinches

10. As plain as a pikestaff

11. From pillar to post

12. Pop out

13. Pop in

14. Poorly off

15. Be poles a part