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To get one's foot in the door

This means to enter into something or make a beginning.

as we know in place of one's we use `my, his, her, their, our` etc.

In place of `to` we use noun or pronoun as a subject of sentence.

Example:

I had a very good interview in the company yesterday an

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A chip on one's shoulder

This means to carry some burden of past incidences / happening.

Examples :

1. It is a good skills not to carry a chip on self shoulders.
2. On diagnosis of his fear it was clear that he had a chip on his shoulder about an accident where most of his clo

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To keep ones head above water

This is an idiom. It means to manage the situation. Just to talk about rule we place `noun / pronoun` in place of `to` and `ones` and use it in various tenses.like... I keep my head above water most of the times..means I manage the situation well mos

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to be in a fix

This is a `to be` phrase. Here in place of `to` we use subject (nouns and pronouns) and in place of be we use helping verbs like am, is, are, was, were, will be, shall be etc.

`To be in a fix` means to be in a problem. We hear people saying `fix him`

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We reap as we sow

This is a very good idiom that talks about how should we behave and act. This is based on the process of harvesting. When we sow the seeds of roses, we are bound to get roses only as plant. It is not possible to get oranges, by planing mango seeds.

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Take

There are some words in English that are used to make many phrases. `Take` is one of them. This we understand when we start using dictionary. Here are some `take` phrases.1. To take advantage of: (remember `to` phrases can be converted into 12 tenses

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Make ends meet

Some idioms give us insight and we can use them to take up some social or personal challenge. This one comes under such category.The meaning is to have just enough money to satisfy basic needs of life. It is connected to the poverty in human life.Exa

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Roll up your sleeves

Hello, lets try to understand  the idioms. The meaning of idioms is quite different than  the actual meaning of words used.

Roll up  your sleeves means to get to work. It also means readiness to take on the task. We can easily visualize this. It  happ

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It takes two to tango

This idiom says that it is not possible for one person to achieve something. There is a need for minimum two persons to come together and achieve. Example - (a) How do you expect him to complete the work alone, it takes two to tango. (b) Do you mean

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Phrases

There are two categories of phrases. Those start with `to` & those who start with `to be`.

when we use `to` phrase, like `to take care of`, we have to replace `to` with subject (nouns and pronouns - I, we, you, he, she, it, they, sunil, Raya, my dog e

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