Idioms---Set-1

 1. Second to none 

= better than all others of the same kind

= the best

Example sentences

As a dancer, he is second to none.

The hotel offers a level of service that is second to none.

The group has a reputation that is second to none in the building industry.

Mom's chocolate cake is second to none.

Our scientific research is second to none. 

The city's public transportation system is second to none.

As a sportsman, Anil is second to none in this school.

As a teacher, Sanjeev Sir's sincerity and consistency towards learning is just second to none.

The reputation he has as a teacher was just second to none.

He was second to none in mathematics.

The philosophy of the Vendant and the Upnishads is second to none in the entire literature across the globe.

The service we received there in that restaurant during our stay in Patna was second to none.

The video quality of this phone is second to none.

2.back to square one

= in same situation, with no progress made.

= start all over again

= back to the beginning

=return to the starting point

Example sentences:

If this doesn't work, we are back to square one.

All of a sudden, I realized that I had rolled back to the square one.

We've got to get this done without going back to square one.

If they don't accept our proposal, we'll be back to square one.

In September, I could run 5 miles but I didn't exercise all winter and now I'm back to square one trying to run just one mile.

 Is knowledge free or do you think it sells? This is the question that many people are confused about. It is said that, in modern time, knowledge is something you have to pay for. The one who is from a wealthy family is more likely to get access to higher education. So, in this perspective knowledge seems to sell in today's world.

       Let me make it clear to you  that knowledge can never ever be free. Neither is it free today, nor ever had it been in olden times. Actually its price is something different than what we believe it to be. The price is not in the form of money or wealth. One has to pay what its price is. As a matter of fact, the price of knowledge is fixed and it has never ever changed since time immemorial. That particular price is curiosity as well as reverence towards knowledge. This is the real price that every ideal learner has to pay. Until and unless knowledge is treated as valuable and it is held in high esteem, it does not bless anyone. There's one and only one price of getting knowledge and that is to show curiosity towards it and feel the need to achieve it, and last not the least, one must show reverence towards the goddess of knowledge and the knowledge itself.