Phrase: ruffle someone’s feathers
Meaning: to make someone feel worried or annoyed
Sentence: Review of announced schemes by the newly elected CM ruffled the feather's of the opposition party.
Phrase: rule the roost
Meaning: to control a place, situation, or activity
Sentence: The local goons still rule the roost as the police department is sleeping.
Phrase: eke out
Meaning: to get just enough money or food to be able to continue to exist
Sentence: The orphan kids are sleeping in the streets and trying to eke out a living.
Phrase: the big bad wolf
Meaning: someone or something that is bad and causes all the problems in a situation
Sentence: Private firms recruit consultants by taking over the mantle of the big, bad wolf upon themselves.
Reference: The Hindu Newspaper - 23 May
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