Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “on the qui vive” and its meaning is “on the alert, on the lookout, attentive, vigilant, watchful; (“Qui vive? is a French phrase and it literally means “Long live who?”).
Example Sentence: The latest Chief Justice to have completed his term in office in this period is Justice N.V. Ramana. Justice Ramana has been the most publicly visible face of the Supreme Court in the modern era. Besides delivering speeches and engaging with the public at large across the country, Justice Ramana has also brought back some of the old glory of the Supreme Court. The institution seems to be the ‘sentinel on the qui vive’ once again.
This phrase is present in The Hindu article From Lodha to Ramana: the Chief Justices of the Modi era and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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