12. APPLE IDIOMS AND PHRASES THAT IS VERY USEFUL FOR GOVERNMENT AND COMPITITIVE EXAM AND ENGLISH IMPROVEMENT
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1. TO COMPARE APPLES AND ORANGES
MEANING: To try to highlight the similarities between two different things which typically cannot be done.
Some Examples are given below.
A. We cannot compare Aishwarya rai and Shusmita Sen. They are apples and oranges.
B. To compare Indian food with American food is to compare apples and oranges.
C. They were mismatching group. It was like apples and oranges.
2. THE APPLE OF ONE'S EYE OR APPLE OF SOMEONE'S EYE
MEANING: SOMEONE OR SOMETHING THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO SOMEONE
THIS IDIOM IS USED FREQUENTLY TO DESCRIBE SOMEONE WHO IS VERY SPECIAL
Some examples are given below.
A. Pinky's husband is the Apple of her eye.
B. His only daughter was the apple of his eye.
C. My brother in law loves his wife but hisMaruti Suzuki Alto 800 is the apple of his eye.
3.THE APPLE NEVER FALLS FROM THE TREE
MEANING: This idiom is typically said in connection with children who show qualities or talents that are similar to those of their parents.
Some examples are given below
A. She is a fool, Riya, as her mother was the apple never falls from the tree.
B. Her daughter soon showed her own dancing talent, proving that the apple does not fall from the tree.
4. A BAD / ROTTEN APPLE
MEANING: A bad individual among many good ones, especially one that spoils the group .
Example:
A. There always is a rotten apple to spoil it for the rest of us.
5. APPLE PIE ORDER
MEANING: Neat and tidy in the arrangement or everthing in the correct place.
Some Examples are given below
A. My sister is always cleaning. The house is in apple -pie order.
B. When i opened the door, everything was arranged in apple pie-order.
6. APPLE OF DISCORD
MEANING: Anything that causes discord or jealousy or An object or topic that show anger dissent or Situation of strife, argument or rivalry.
Some examples are given below
A. The use of bike was an apple of discord between Ram and his wife.
B. This problem seems to be an apple of discord brtween the Pakistan and India.
7. GREEN APPLE QUICKSTEP
MEANING: Diarrhea
Example:
Man, Indian food always give me the Green Apple Quickstep
8. A WISE APPLE
MEANING: Used to say everything okay and there is no worry about .
Example:
Does that girl ever shut up. He is a real Wise Apple
9. APPLE POLISHER
MEANING: A Flattrer
Example:
A. Sonu is such an apple polisher.
B. I will never polish the apple for my father, I believe in honesty and hard work.
10. THE BIG APPLE
MEANING: A nickname for New York City
Example:
A. Sure a lot going on these days in the big apple.
B. It is difficult to find the big apple city in a lesson.
11. TO UPSET THE APPLECART
MEANING: To ruin carefully laid out plans or to ruin or interface with one's plans or goals.
Example:
A. His refusal to help quite upset the applecart.
B. They thought they give him a pleasant surprise by giving him our present on his anniversary, but Anjali leaked out the secret and upset the applecart.
12. ONE SMART APPLE
MEANING: Used to describe a smart or clever person.
Example:
A. You are one smart apple.
B. This girl is very clever in every field, she is one smart apple.
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