Flourish your English

Hello my all readers, I hope you all will have celebrated Holi enthusiastically. So here we are discussing 10 most interesting everyday idioms.  Now the question is - what is idiom? The idiom is an expression whose meaning is different from the meaning of individual words in it.  In Hindi, we're used to saying muhawara (मुहावरा) The easiest way to learn the English idiom is, to use it in everyday conversation. Here is some list of idioms with examples . 1. Around the corner :- soon to come or happen, very near (जल्द ही ) The game of thrones final season is just around the corner. 2. After all :- as a change in plans; anyway (आख़िरकार ) I do support her in tough phases of her life - after all, she is my sister. 3. Afraid of one's own shadow :- very easily frightened,  timid (डरपोक ) Don't take him with us to the haunted house, he is even afraid of his own shadow. 4. As hard as nails :- insensitive, hard-hearted  and cruel (कठोर) I thought he was a

As in my last post, I have described the top 10 common phobias. Most of my readers liked those phobias. In today's post, I am going to describe Homophones . Homophone often causes trouble and creates a lot of confusion for learners of English. So let's start by taking a closer look at the meaning of word homophone . What is homophone?  Those words which share the same pronunciation but have different meaning are called homophones. This word derives form the Greek, where ' homo '- means same and the root ' phone '- means sound . So the words "flower" and "flour" are a homophone, as are "two" and "to". There are thousands of homophones but I'm going to describe 10 most common homophones which mostly left us puzzled!! 1. cell/sell Cell(noun): - jail  जेल The prisoner was locked up in a cell . Sell(verb) :- to offer something for people to buy बेचना He sells vegetables for a living. 2. Die/d