Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

English

Chapter

Grammar: Idioms

Question:

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given Idiom:- "To bury the hatchet"

Options:

Burying of hatched eggs

Hatching of an egg

To end hostility and become friendly

A process of burying a dead body

Correct Answer:

To end hostility and become friendly

Explanation:

The most appropriate meaning of the idiom "to bury the hatchet" is to end hostility and become friendly. The idiom comes from the literal meaning of burying a hatchet, which is to put away a weapon and make peace. In the same way, when someone says that they are "burying the hatchet," they are saying that they are ending their quarrel with someone and becoming friends again.

The other options are not as accurate. Burying of hatched eggs means to bury eggs that have hatched. Hatching of an egg means the process of an egg developing into a baby animal. A process of burying a dead body means to put a dead body into the ground. None of these meanings are the same as "ending hostility and becoming friendly."