Take a hint

Definition

hint /hÇnt/ n ၁။ အရိပ္အႁမြက္။ give a strong/broad/ gentle/ delicate hint ❍ The opening scene gives us a hint of things to come. ❍ He gave no hint that anything was wrong. ၂။ အရိပ္အေယာင္။ အရိပ္အေငြ႕။ There was more than a hint of sadness in his voice. ၃။ အႀကံေကာင္း ဉာဏ္ေကာင္း။ handy hints for home decorators. v ~ ( at sth ) စကားရိပ္သန္းသည္။ ေစာင္းပါးရိပ္ျခည္ေျပာသည္။ အရိပ္အႁမြက္ျပသည္။ The possibility of an early election has been strongly hinted at. ❍ ( fig ) modern furniture hinting at oldworld craftsmanship ❍ She has already hinted ( to me ) that I've won the prize. ❏ take a hint [ IDM ] အရိပ္ျပအေကာင္ထင္သည္။ I thought they'd never go—some people just can't take a hint!

Examples

1. [hint that] : Was this a hint that he’d had enough of her company for tonight?
2. [take a/the hint] : She hoped he would take the hint and leave her alone.
3. [drop a hint] : Sam keeps dropping hints about what he wants for his birthday.
4. Ferguson has dropped his broadest hint yet that he will retire next year.
5. [hint of] : There was a hint of impatience in his voice.
6. Yellow with a hint of green
7. [more than a hint of something] : The profession welcomed the recommendations with more than a hint of relief.
8. ‘I am clearly the best man for the job
9. ’ he declared
10. without the slightest hint of irony.
11. [a/the hint of a smile] : ‘Maybe
12. ’ she replied with the hint of a smile.
13. After ten days of negotiations
14. there was still no hint of a breakthrough.
15. [give no/little hint of something] : The early morning weather gave no hint of the storms to come.
16. [helpful/handy hints] : This leaflet is full of handy hints about safety in the home.
17. [hint on] : Hints on how to improve your computer skills