Elbow room
Idiom / PhraseSSC PYQ × 5Enough space or freedom to move or act
पर्याप्त जगह या छूट
The tiny desk left Radhika hardly any elbow room for her books.
The new manager gave the team more elbow room to try fresh ideas.
Daily use: Itne chhote kamre mein elbow room hi nahi hai, kaise padhai karein?
एक तंग सीट सोचिए जहाँ बस इतनी जगह है कि elbow उठा सकें। Book इसी picture से elbow room को 'ना के बराबर freedom' पढ़ती है। पर ध्यान रखिए, 'more elbow room' का मतलब ज़्यादा freedom होता है: 'The new office gives employees more elbow room.'
Imagine a cramped seat with just enough space to lift your elbow. That is how the book reads elbow room: very little freedom. Remember, though, that 'more elbow room' means more freedom, as in 'The new office gives employees more elbow room.'
Basic idea है हिलने की जगह या काम करने की छूट; कितनी, यह context से तय होता है ('little elbow room', 'more elbow room')। Options में 'latitude' और 'leeway' पास आते हैं, जबकि 'cramped' और 'constrained' इसकी कमी बताते हैं।
Basically it means space to move, or freedom to act; how much depends on the context ('little elbow room', 'more elbow room'). Words such as 'latitude' and 'leeway' come close in options, while 'cramped' and 'constrained' describe the lack of it.