EnglishGrammar: Idioms

Match List – I with List – II. List – I (Idiom) List – II (Meaning of…

Match List – I with List – II.

List – I (Idiom)	List – II (Meaning of Idiom)
(A) Bull in a China shop	(I) To accept something disbelievingly
(B) Out of the clear blue sky	(II) To be extremely clumsy
(C) Take something with a pinch of salt	(III) To be very unhappy
(D) Eat your heart out	(IV) Without any warning

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 2

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

List-I	List-II	Explanation	Example
(A) Bull in a China shop	(II) To be extremely clumsy	A bull loose in a shop full of china (fine pottery) breaks everything it touches. The idiom describes a person who is very clumsy or careless where care is needed.	He moved about the small kitchen like a bull in a china shop, knocking over plates.
(B) Out of the clear blue sky	(IV) Without any warning	Something that comes out of a clear blue sky, like thunder on a cloudless day, happens suddenly and without any warning.	The offer of a job came out of the clear blue sky.
(C) Take something with a pinch of salt	(I) To accept something disbelievingly	To take a statement with a pinch of salt is to accept it with doubt, not believing it fully.	Most of his boasting should be taken with a pinch of salt.
(D) Eat your heart out	(III) To be very unhappy	To eat one's heart out is to be very unhappy and suffer in silence, especially from longing, grief or envy.	She ate her heart out after her best friend moved abroad.

Match List – I with List – II.

List – I (Idiom)	List – II (Meaning of Idiom)
(A) Bull in a China shop	(I) To accept something disbelievingly
(B) Out of the clear blue sky	(II) To be extremely clumsy
(C) Take something with a pinch of salt	(III) To be very unhappy
(D) Eat your heart out	(IV) Without any warning

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 2

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

List-I	List-II	Explanation	Example
(A) Bull in a China shop	(II) To be extremely clumsy	A bull loose in a shop full of china (fine pottery) breaks everything it touches. The idiom describes a person who is very clumsy or careless where care is needed.	He moved about the small kitchen like a bull in a china shop, knocking over plates.
(B) Out of the clear blue sky	(IV) Without any warning	Something that comes out of a clear blue sky, like thunder on a cloudless day, happens suddenly and without any warning.	The offer of a job came out of the clear blue sky.
(C) Take something with a pinch of salt	(I) To accept something disbelievingly	To take a statement with a pinch of salt is to accept it with doubt, not believing it fully.	Most of his boasting should be taken with a pinch of salt.
(D) Eat your heart out	(III) To be very unhappy	To eat one's heart out is to be very unhappy and suffer in silence, especially from longing, grief or envy.	She ate her heart out after her best friend moved abroad.