Match the sentences in List-I with the idioms in List-II that best complete them.
| List-I (Sentences) | List-II (Idioms) |
|---|---|
| (A) For a student of local history, Nanaji’s tin trunk of old letters and newspapers is ______. | (I) throwing good money after bad |
| (B) No one in the Mehra family ever talks about Grandfather’s years in jail. It is ______ they would rather keep hidden. | (II) a gold mine |
| (C) Taking a new loan just to pay the instalments of the old one is only ______. | (III) robbing Peter to pay Paul |
| (D) The car has broken down three times this month, so spending more on its repairs would be ______. | (IV) a skeleton in the cupboard |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (A)-(II), (B)-(IV), (C)-(III), (D)-(I)
| List-I | List-II | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| (A) For a student of local history, Nanaji’s tin trunk of old letters and newspapers is a gold mine. | (II) a gold mine | A gold mine is a thing or place that gives a lot of something useful or valuable. |
| (B) No one in the Mehra family ever talks about Grandfather’s years in jail. It is a skeleton in the cupboard they would rather keep hidden. | (IV) a skeleton in the cupboard | A skeleton in the cupboard is a shameful secret from the past that a family wants to keep hidden. |
| (C) Taking a new loan just to pay the instalments of the old one is only robbing Peter to pay Paul. | (III) robbing Peter to pay Paul | Robbing Peter to pay Paul means solving one money problem by creating another one. |
| (D) The car has broken down three times this month, so spending more on its repairs would be throwing good money after bad. | (I) throwing good money after bad | Throwing good money after bad means spending more money on something that has already failed. |