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Idiom -  Pot  calling the kettle black. A situation in which someone accusing another person of a fault is also guilty of the same fault. The Sara tried to criticize William for driving drunk, until she realized that doing that would be like the pot calling the kettle black, because Sara had been arrested for drunk driving two years ago.

Main word is RICH – Adjective - having a lot of money or valuable possessions. The associated words are Wealthy Well-off Well to do Affluent Opulent In what context should you use these words? He's the third richest man in the country. Tensions between the rich and poor grow higher under certain circumstances. He led her down into the basement of the gated apartment building, where the wealthy residents of the apartment kept their expensive cars. Being the only well-off member of her family, she was expected to do this sort of thing. He wants to find a husband from a well-to-do background for his daughter. It's a fallacy that the affluent give relatively more to charity than the less prosperous. Most of the cash went on supporting his opulent lifestyle. Point of Interest- Wealthy people know how to make money. Rich people do not have knowledge, they only have money.

Vernacular –  Noun It's the way people really talk with each other, like how families  talk at home. The language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people of a  country or region. Synonyms:        Everyday language, Spoken language Colloquial speech Native speech Conversational language. Antonyms:         formal language Examples of  Vernacular  in sentences His  vernacular  identified him as a Frenchman. It is impossible to understand her  vernacular! When the clan moved away from their tribe, they created their own  vernacular. He wrote in the  vernacular  to reach a larger audience. He wrote in the  vernacular  and adopted a non-academic style accessible to the public. Suffix Vernaculars -  noun Vernacularization...

Can ‘downtime’ be used with humans also? It's a term that was first used in factories. A factory's ‘downtime’ is the period when its machines are switched off. It's also used with computers. A computer's downtime is the period when it is switched off. When it is not in use. So when a person talks about downtime, he is referring to the period when he does not work. He relaxes. A period when an employee is unable to work productively due to fatigue, lack of tasks, motivation issues, or system delays. Examples: Waiting for data to load Breaks and rest time Lack of work assignment Low energy or burnout * If it's downtime you want, work for a government organization. Last year we didn't get downtime between projects. It was just terrible. Key Differences Aspect Machine Downtime Human Downtime Cause Technical faults, updates, power issues Mental fatigue, idle time, lack of input Predictability Can be scheduled or monitored Harder to predict consiste...

What does “goldbricking” mean? It means to be lazy. To avoid doing one's duty. Like our Government officials! I wish somebody would tell these people to stop goldbricking and do some work for a change. Goldbricking is what our politicians are born to do. Even those who are not goldbrickers become one. A goldbricker is someone who spends his time doing nothing. *    Madhu is such a goldbricker. *    If you think he is a goldbricker, you should meet his brother. We've talked about ‘goldbricking’ and ‘goldbricker’. Does the word `goldbrick' exist? Yes, it does. A ‘goldbrick’ is someone who is very lazy. *    Stop wasting your time and get back to work you goldbrick. *    Our cable operator is such a goldbrick.

How is the word "flour" pronounced? It's pronounced the same way as the word "flower". It rhymes with "shower", "our", and "power".

Why do we say "an MBBS" and "an MP"? The rule for using the articles "a" and "an" is quite simple.  Use "a" before words that begin with a consonant sound and "an" before words that begin with a vowel sound.  Notice that I am not referring to the letter which a word begins with, but the sound.  Try this out. Say M.B.B.S. Now say the word "monkey". Do you hear a difference between the "m" in monkey and "MBBS"?  The letter "m" when said in isolation, as it is done in the case of "MBBS" and "MP", begins with a vowel sound. That's the reason why you use the article "an". But the same letter in words like "monkey" and "man" begins with a consonant sound.  This also explains why the word university" although it begins with the letter "u" does not take the article "an" before it. The word does not beg...