Write a small paragraph using the idioms given below:- 1. At the drop of a hat - without any hesitation.
2. Hit the nail on the head – say something exactly right.
3. Piece of cake – A task that is easy or simple.
4. Costs an arm and a leg – This idiom is used when something is very expensive.
5. Blessing in disguise – something good that isn’t recognized at first.

The car getting broken turned out to be a blessing in disguise. The reparations could cost an arm and a leg, but I hit the nail on the head when I asked my brother to help me fix it before he left town. He agreed to help at the drop of a hat, and with him, the reparations were not only a piece of cake but also half the budgeted cost.

Explanation:

An idiom is a phrase or a group of words with a meaning that is not inferable from the chosen words but by custom and usage.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)