Idiom Throw dust in a person's eye definition + examples

Idiom THROW DUST IN A PERSON'S EYE
(Kisi ke aankhon men dhool jhonkna)
Meanings: The image is of someone throwing dust into your eyes so that you cannot see reality.
Usage: You cannot throw dust in his eyes.

The main word used in this idiom is:

dust

[duhst]

noun

1.

earth or other matter in fine, dry particles.

2.

a cloud of finely powdered earth or other matter in the air.

3.

any finely powdered substance, as sawdust.

4.

the ground; the earth's surface.

5.

the substance to which something, as the dead human body, is ultimately reduced by disintegration or decay; earthly remains.

6.

British.

1. ashes, refuse, etc.

7.

a low or humble condition.

8.

anything worthless.

9.

disturbance; turmoil.

10.

gold dust.

11.

the mortal body of a human being.

12.

a single particle or grain.

13.

Archaic. money; cash.

verb (used with object)

14.

to wipe the dust from:

to dust a table.

15.

to sprinkle with a powder or dust:

to dust rosebushes with an insecticide.

16.

to strew or sprinkle (a powder, dust, or other fine particles):

to dust insecticide on a rosebush.

17.

to soil with dust; make dusty.

verb (used without object)

18.

to wipe dust from furniture, woodwork, etc.

19.

to become dusty.

20.

to apply dust or powder to a plant, one's body, etc.:

to dust with an insecticide in late spring.

Idioms

21.

bite the dust,

1. to be killed, especially in battle; die.
2. to suffer defeat; be unsuccessful; fail:
   Another manufacturer has bitten the dust.

22.

dust off,

1. Baseball. (of a pitcher) to throw the ball purposely at or dangerously close to (the batter).
2. to take out or prepare for use again, as after a period of inactivity or storage:
   I'm going to dust off my accounting skills and try to get a job in the finance department.
3. to beat up badly:
   The gang of hoodlums dusted off a cop.

23.

leave one in the dust, to overtake and surpass a competitor or one who is less ambitious, qualified, etc.:

Don't be so meek, they'll leave you in the dust.

24.

lick the dust,

1. to be killed; die.
2. to humble oneself abjectly; grovel:
   He will resign rather than lick the dust.

25.

make the dust fly, to execute with vigor or speed:

We turned them loose on the work, and they made the dust fly.

26.

shake the dust from one's feet, to depart in anger or disdain; leave decisively or in haste, especially from an unpleasant situation:

As the country moved toward totalitarianism, many of the intelligentsia shook the dust from their feet.

27.

throw dust in someone's eyes, to mislead; deceive:

He threw dust in our eyes by pretending to be a jeweler and then disappeared with the diamonds.

Examples from the web for dust

• dust particles that are even smaller are quickly blown away from the solar system by radiation pressure.
• The cloudy, red parts in the image are tiny particles of dust illuminated by the star.
• The picture of a farmer and his sons in a dust storm was controlled in this way.
• And the biographies were no dry-as-dust treatises, but best-selling books chronicling the exciting life of a philological genius.
• Blinking helps lubricate the surface of the eye with tears, washing away dust and other irritants.
• The region is prone to occasional, violent dust storms, which can severely reduce visibility.
• His right foot's dust-covered boot rises and pats down in a single dance-step.
• dust on earthly objects is often an indicator of antiquity.
• Ring of dust lies in the sweet spot for liquid water.
• Ashes to ashes, dust to dust and the deceased to the breakfast table as delicious reprocessed protein food products.

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