Match the idioms given in List-I with their meanings given in List-II
| List-I (Idioms) | List-II (Meanings) |
| (A) Hands full | (I) Leave in a difficult situation |
| (B) Hand in glove with | (II) To be busy |
| (C) grease someone's palm | (III) To be closely associated with |
| (D) Leave in the lurch | (IV) To bribe someone |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (A) - (II), (B) - (III), (C) - (IV), (D) - (I)
| List-I | List-II | Explanation | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| A. Hands full | II. To be busy | To have one's hands full is to be fully occupied with work or duties, with no time or room for anything more; both hands are already holding something. | With three small children, she really has her hands full. |
| B. Hand in glove with | III. To be closely associated with | To be working very closely with someone, often in something dishonest; the two fit together as closely as a hand fits its glove. | The clerk was hand in glove with the smugglers. |
| C. grease someone's palm | IV. To bribe someone | To give someone money secretly so that he does something for you; the money "oils" the hand that does the work. | He greased the clerk's palm to get the licence quickly. |
| D. Leave in the lurch | I. Leave in a difficult situation | To abandon someone when he most needs help. "Lurch" was the name of a losing position in an old French board game, "lourche". | His partner left him in the lurch just before the deadline. |
The following words have also been asked in other CUET (UG) English papers:
| Word | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| hand in glove | 14-05 S1 26-05 S1 | – | – | – | – |
| grease someone's palm | – | – | – | 10-06 S3 | – |
| leave in the lurch | – | – | – | 18-06 S1 | – |