Match the idioms in List - I with their meanings in List - II.
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List - I |
List – II |
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(A) |
Build castles in the air |
(I) |
to bribe |
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(B) |
At sixes and sevens |
(II) |
no alternative |
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(C) |
Grease the palm |
(III) |
to have unrealistic plans and hopes |
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(D) |
Hobson's choice |
(IV) |
disorganized, confused |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(II)
| List-I | List-II | Explanation | Example |
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| (A) Build castles in the air | (III) to have unrealistic plans and hopes | To dream of things that are very unlikely to happen. A castle in the air has no foundation. | Instead of studying, he keeps building castles in the air about becoming rich overnight. |
| (B) At sixes and sevens | (IV) disorganized, confused | In a state of total confusion or disorder. | After the sudden change of plan, everyone in the office was at sixes and sevens. |
| (C) Grease the palm | (I) to bribe | To give someone money secretly to get a favour done. | He tried to grease the palm of the clerk to get his file cleared quickly. |
| (D) Hobson's choice | (II) no alternative | A "choice" in which there is only one thing on offer: take it or nothing. (Hobson, a stable owner, let customers take only the horse nearest the door.) | With the last bus gone, walking home was a Hobson's choice. |