Financial Idioms: Students should learn "Be in the red" (debt) alongside "Be in the black" (profit). This contrast is common in banking and business English.
Boxing Origins:"Out for the count" comes from the ten-second count a referee gives a knocked-down boxer. If they don't get up, they are "out."
The "Bear" Root: In these idioms, "Bear" usually means to carry or produce.
Bear fruit (Carry/produce success).
Bear the brunt (Carry the heaviest load/burden).
Wet behind the ears: This refers to a newborn animal (like a calf) whose body has dried off after birth except for the area behind the ears. It signifies being a "newborn" or beginner.
• 25Idioms & Phrases Practice Alphabet "B" (Question Type M.C.Q)
