EnglishGrammar: Idioms

Match the idioms in List-I with their meanings given in List-IILIST-I…

Match the idioms in List-I with their meanings given in List-II

LIST-I		LIST-II
A.	At daggers drawn	I.	To go through a dangerous experience
B.	Die is cast	II.	In a state of bitter enmity
C.	Dead as a dodo	III.	An irrevocable step has been taken
D.	To run the gauntlet	IV.	Obsolete

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 2

The correct answer is Option (2) → A-II, B-III, C-IV, D-I

List-I	List-II	Explanation	Example
A. At daggers drawn	II. In a state of bitter enmity	People "at daggers drawn" are like fighters whose daggers are already out: openly hostile and ready to quarrel.	Since the dispute over land, the two brothers have been at daggers drawn.
B. Die is cast	III. An irrevocable step has been taken	From the Latin "alea iacta est", words said to have been spoken by Julius Caesar when he crossed the river Rubicon to march on Rome (a "die" is one of a pair of dice): a decision has been made and cannot be undone.	Once he had sent in his resignation, the die was cast.
C. Dead as a dodo	IV. Obsolete	The dodo, a flightless bird of Mauritius, died out in the 17th century; something "dead as a dodo" is completely out of date or no longer exists.	The typewriter is now as dead as a dodo.
D. To run the gauntlet	I. To go through a dangerous experience	From an old punishment in which a person had to run between two rows of men who struck him: to face danger, attack or severe criticism.	The minister had to run the gauntlet of angry reporters.

Match the idioms in List-I with their meanings given in List-II

LIST-I		LIST-II
A.	At daggers drawn	I.	To go through a dangerous experience
B.	Die is cast	II.	In a state of bitter enmity
C.	Dead as a dodo	III.	An irrevocable step has been taken
D.	To run the gauntlet	IV.	Obsolete

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 2

The correct answer is Option (2) → A-II, B-III, C-IV, D-I

List-I	List-II	Explanation	Example
A. At daggers drawn	II. In a state of bitter enmity	People "at daggers drawn" are like fighters whose daggers are already out: openly hostile and ready to quarrel.	Since the dispute over land, the two brothers have been at daggers drawn.
B. Die is cast	III. An irrevocable step has been taken	From the Latin "alea iacta est", words said to have been spoken by Julius Caesar when he crossed the river Rubicon to march on Rome (a "die" is one of a pair of dice): a decision has been made and cannot be undone.	Once he had sent in his resignation, the die was cast.
C. Dead as a dodo	IV. Obsolete	The dodo, a flightless bird of Mauritius, died out in the 17th century; something "dead as a dodo" is completely out of date or no longer exists.	The typewriter is now as dead as a dodo.
D. To run the gauntlet	I. To go through a dangerous experience	From an old punishment in which a person had to run between two rows of men who struck him: to face danger, attack or severe criticism.	The minister had to run the gauntlet of angry reporters.