| List I | List II |
| IDIOMS | MEANINGS |
| (A) Apple of ones eye | (I) to be very attentive |
| (B) to be all ears | (II) loved dearly |
| (C) hard of hearing | (III) suddenly and without prior warning |
| (D) out of the blue | (IV) not able to hear |
Match List I with List II
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (A) - (II), (B) - (I), (C) - (IV), (D) - (III)
| List-I | List-II | Explanation | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| (A) Apple of ones eye | (II) loved dearly | The apple of one's eye is a person one loves most and is proud of. | The little girl is the apple of her grandfather's eye. |
| (B) to be all ears | (I) to be very attentive | To be all ears is to listen with full attention. | Tell me what happened. I am all ears. |
| (C) hard of hearing | (IV) not able to hear | Hard of hearing means partly deaf, not able to hear well. | Speak loudly. My grandmother is hard of hearing. |
| (D) out of the blue | (III) suddenly and without prior warning | Something that comes out of the blue happens suddenly and unexpectedly, like a flash from a clear sky. | An old friend called me out of the blue. |