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Plz make the sentences of following idioms at your convenience.

1.At one's beck and call


4.To call a spade a spade
5.To cry over the split milk

9.it never rains but it pour
10.To turn a deaf ear
he is at his owner,s beck and call.he calld spade a spade to judje with out fear .it is useless to cry over spilt milk.his bussiness flourished and he got lottery it never rains but pours.he turned a deaf ear to his father,s advice.
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he is at his owner,s beck and call.he calld spade a spade to judje with out fear .it is useless to cry over spilt milk.his bussiness flourished and he got lottery it never rains but pours.he turned a deaf ear to his father,s advice.
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The meaning of "it never rains but it pours" is when things go wrong, they go very wrong........According to this meaning your sentence does not support idiom...
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Plz make the sentences of following idioms at your convenience.

1.At one's beck and call
2.The acid test
3.A bad hat
4.To call a spade a spade
5.To cry over the split milk
6.Got up to kill
7.Taken down at peg
8.To be on the carpet
9.it never rains but it pour
10.To turn a deaf ear
11.To sail in the same boat
Please give the meanings and sentences of above mentioned idioms

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1.At one's beck and call: Required to comply with someone's requests or commands; The boss expects the entire staff to be at his beck and call

2 The acid test; a test whose findings are beyond doubt or dispute or A crucial test to establish the worth or genuineness of something,good, effective
The senator doesn't look too popular just now, but the acid test will be if he gets reelected.

3.A bad hat; someone who deliberately stirs up trouble;

4.To call a spade a spade;to call something by its right name; to speak frankly about something, even if it is unpleasant;Let's call a spade a spade. The man is a liar.

5.To cry over the split milk;Do not be upset about making a mistake;Don't cry over spilt milk

6.Got up to kill

7.Taken down at peg; to reprimand someone who is acting too arrogant;He was so rude that someone was bound to knock him down a peg(Various quantities and qualities have been measured by the use of pegs)

8.To be on the carpet;to be in trouble with someone in authority;He's going to be on the carpet for his rudeness.

9.it never rains but it pour; When troubles come they come together;First of all it was the car breaking down, then the fire in the kitchen and now Mike's accident. It never rains but it pours!

10.To turn a deaf ear;to ignore what someone is saying;The Supreme Court said there was a need for action, but Congress has turned a deaf ear to the Court

11.To sail in the same boat; sharing the same problems; In the same situation or predicament; in the same circumstances; faced with the same problems: The new recruits were all in the same boat
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1.At one's beck and call: Required to comply with someone's requests or commands; The boss expects the entire staff to be at his beck and call

2 The acid test; a test whose findings are beyond doubt or dispute or A crucial test to establish the worth or genuineness of something,good, effective
The senator doesn't look too popular just now, but the acid test will be if he gets reelected.

3.A bad hat; someone who deliberately stirs up trouble;

4.To call a spade a spade;to call something by its right name; to speak frankly about something, even if it is unpleasant;Let's call a spade a spade. The man is a liar.

5.To cry over the split milk;Do not be upset about making a mistake;Don't cry over spilt milk

6.Got up to kill

7.Taken down at peg; to reprimand someone who is acting too arrogant;He was so rude that someone was bound to knock him down a peg(Various quantities and qualities have been measured by the use of pegs)

8.To be on the carpet;to be in trouble with someone in authority;He's going to be on the carpet for his rudeness.

9.it never rains but it pour; When troubles come they come together;First of all it was the car breaking down, then the fire in the kitchen and now Mike's accident. It never rains but it pours!

10.To turn a deaf ear;to ignore what someone is saying;The Supreme Court said there was a need for action, but Congress has turned a deaf ear to the Court

11.To sail in the same boat; sharing the same problems; In the same situation or predicament; in the same circumstances; faced with the same problems: The new recruits were all in the same boat

Bother you are great and always very helpful....

please can you give here some links of threads where seniors discuss Expansions very well
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Explore sub section Expansion/Paragraph, it will help you.

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6.Got up to kill to do something, often something that other people would disapprove of
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To surrender; to no longer to support or defend a course of action.

Usage: Anastasie was aware of defeat; she struck her colors instantly. (R. L. STEVENSON.)

The flush of victory, the intoxication of success, had passed over to another: and it was he who had to strike his flag and own himself defeated. (MRS. E. LYNN LINTON.)

She was forced to strike her colors after I had defeated her in a friendly argument.
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