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Chapter: 9th English : UNIT 5 : Prose : Water - The Elixir of Life - by Sir C.V. Raman

Vocabulary: idioms

C. Given below are some idioms related to water. Match the idioms with it's meaning. D. Water is a scarce resource. Discuss the causes, problems and solutions to water scarcity and write them below.

C. Given below are some idioms related to water. Match the idioms with it's meaning.


Answer: l.(d) 2.(i) 3.(f) 4.(b) 5.(j) 6.(h) 7.(a) 8.(c) 9.(g) 10.(e)

Idioms : Meanings

1. blood runs thicker than water : family members have stronger obligations with each other than with people outside the family

2. to be a fish out of water : to be uncomfortable in a particular situation

3. dull as dishwater : boring, uninteresting

4. as a duck takes to water : naturally, with ease

5. corhe hell or high water : no matter what happens

6. You never miss the water till the well runs dry : People are not grateful for what they have until they lose it

7. pour cold water on something : a to criticize or stop something that some people are enthusiastic about

8. tread water : to be active but without making progress or falling farther behind

9. be (like) water off a duck's back : criticism to someone that has no effect on them at all

10. to be in deep water : to be in a difficult situation

 

D. Water is a scarce resource. Discuss the causes, problems and solutions to water scarcity and write them below.


Cause : Pollution : Solution

Over use of water : Lack of education : Recycle rain water

Water wastage : Sanitation issues : Preserve catchment areas

Pollution : Lack of access to drinking water : Improve practices related to law

Drought : Diseases and parasites : Improve sewage system

Destruction of water catchment areas : Hunger due to poor cultivation : Support clean water initiatives

Restriction by governments Distance : Mixing factory wastes into water sources : Prevent water pollution by law



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