Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

English

Chapter

Grammar: Idioms

Question:

Match the words List - I with the idioms List - II.

List – I

List – II

 (A) 

 pretence

 (I)

 palmy days

 (B)

 annoy

 (II)

 a stalking horse

 (C)

 prosperous 

 (III) 

 lost in the clouds

 (D) 

 confused

 (IV)

 rub one the wrong way 

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Options:

(A)-(III), (B)-(I), (C)-(IV), (D)-(II)

(A)-(IV), (B)-(III), (C)-(II), (D)-(I)

(A)-(I), (B)-(II), (C)-(III), (D)-(IV)

(A)-(II), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(III)

Correct Answer:

(A)-(II), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(III)

Explanation:

The answer is OPTION 4 -(A)-(II), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(III)

A stalking horse: pretence./ an attempt to make something that is not the case appear true. E.g. I think the development is a stalking horse for the exploitation of the surrounding countryside.

to annoy someone without intending to: As soon as they met they started to rub each other up the wrong way.

Palmy days means marked by prosperity The phrase refers to a time full of happiness and prosperity, happy days. His business is flourishing by leaps and bounds; he is enjoying palmy days of his life.

To be lost in clouds refers to feeling puzzled or confused by something.