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) A golden handshake |
(I) ordinary, with nothing special about it |
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(B) In the red |
(II) a subject that upsets someone |
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(C) Run-of-the-mill |
(III) a large sum paid to a person who leaves a job |
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(D) A sore point |
(IV) owing money to the bank |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(II)
| List-I | List-II | Explanation | Example |
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| (A) A golden handshake | (III) a large sum paid to a person who leaves a job | A golden handshake is a big payment that a company gives a worker when he leaves or retires early. | The manager got a golden handshake when he left the company. |
| (B) In the red | (IV) owing money to the bank | In the red means in debt, because one has spent more money than one has. | After the floods, many small shops were in the red. |
| (C) Run-of-the-mill | (I) ordinary, with nothing special about it | Something run-of-the-mill is plain and common, like any other of its kind. | It was a run-of-the-mill film with the usual songs and fights. |
| (D) A sore point | (II) a subject that upsets someone | A sore point is a topic that hurts or annoys someone when it comes up. | His low marks in maths are a sore point with him. |