Fill the blanks in the sentences in List-I with the appropriate idioms from List-II:-
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List-I (Sentences) |
List-II (Idioms) |
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(A) I do use some strong language but I ____ using offensive words. |
(I) I could feel it in my bones |
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(B) ____ when I realized that Misha had heard me berating her. |
(II) draw the line at |
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(C) ____ that something was going to happen. |
(III) I had a feeling of deja vu |
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(D) ____ when I met my friend at our old meeting point. |
(IV) I wanted to curl up and die |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:-
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (A)-(II), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(III)
| List-I | List-II | Explanation |
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| (A) I do use some strong language but I draw the line at using offensive words. | (II) draw the line at | To draw the line at something is to set a limit and refuse to go beyond it. |
| (B) I wanted to curl up and die when I realized that Misha had heard me berating her. | (IV) I wanted to curl up and die | To want to curl up and die is to feel deeply embarrassed or ashamed, as one would on being caught scolding someone behind her back. |
| (C) I could feel it in my bones that something was going to happen. | (I) I could feel it in my bones | To feel something in one's bones is to sense it strongly without proof. It fits "that something was going to happen". |
| (D) I had a feeling of deja vu when I met my friend at our old meeting point. | (III) I had a feeling of deja vu | Deja vu (French, "already seen") is the feeling of having lived through the same moment before. The old meeting point brings back that feeling. |