Vocabulary: idioms

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