1. The batsman was tired and was saved by the bell otherwise he would have lost his wicket.
2. When Lucas was in dire straits after bidding the highest price, he found that his friend had hung him out to dry. ‘
3. The man who got suspended from his job like a drowning man clutching at straw, sought the advice of his door peon to come out of the crisis.
4. The narrator had little money to buy the painting and was back to the wall.
5. Seeing the policeman round the comer, the chain snatcher heard alarm bells ringing in his head.
6. If you tell her the truth, you may run the risk of hurting.
7. Lucas escaped by the skin of his teeth when a gentleman offered him 100 guineas to buy the painting for which he had made the highest bid.
8. I am unable to send a mail due to poor connectivity all day long. I am at my wit’s end.
9. Getting one’s first job is a catch-22 because companies want to hire experienced candidates. But how could one get experience before being hired?
10. Jaswanth’s girl friend told the press that she was glad she broke up with him. She had infact dodged a bullet.
11. Sunitha’s husband abandoned her. She is really in dire straits as she had stupidly resigned her job soon after marriage.
12. If you wish to complete a degree course in a single sitting, you’ve got your work cut out for you.
13. Politics is the last resort of the scoundrels.
14. Common men are apprehensive that Nirav Modi’s scam and Rotomac pen owner’s scam which are just a tip of the ice berg. Many scams may still be untraced or untraceable.
15. Poverty causes a vicious cycle as it prevents education and thus it perpetuates poverty.
16. Kamala was in a double bind as she had to choose a low paying job or an early marriage with a rogue neither of which she liked.