Match the idioms in List-I with their meanings in List-II:-
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List-I (Idioms) |
List-II (Meanings) |
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(A) Living in an ivory tower |
(I) Too young and inexperienced |
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(B) Achilles' heel |
(II) A weak spot through which one can be hurt |
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(C) Wet behind the ears |
(III) Too weak or unreliable to be depended on |
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(D) A broken reed |
(IV) Protected from difficult and unpleasant features of life |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:-
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (A)-(IV), (B)-(II), (C)-(I), (D)-(III)
| List-I | List-II | Explanation | Example |
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| (A) Living in an ivory tower | (IV) Protected from difficult and unpleasant features of life | Someone in an ivory tower is cut off from the hard realities of ordinary life. | The professor is living in an ivory tower if he thinks students can afford these books. |
| (B) Achilles' heel | (II) A weak spot through which one can be hurt | From the Greek hero Achilles, who could be wounded only in his heel: a single weak point. | Spelling is my Achilles' heel in English exams. |
| (C) Wet behind the ears | (I) Too young and inexperienced | Like a newborn animal not yet dry: young and lacking experience. | The new trainee is still wet behind the ears. |
| (D) A broken reed | (III) Too weak or unreliable to be depended on | A reed that is broken cannot support any weight: a person or thing that cannot be relied on. | Don't count on him for help. He is a broken reed. |