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

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

List-I Idioms	List-II Meaning
(A) bandy words	(I) to wrangle or to argue
(B) fish in troubled waters	(II) to support or defend
(C) meet one’s Waterloo	(III) to take advantage of the troubles of others
(D) take up the cudgels	(IV) to face final defeat

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:-

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 3

The correct answer is Option (3) → (A) - (I), (B) - (III), (C) - (IV), (D) - (II)

List-I	List-II	Explanation	Example
(A) bandy words	(I) to wrangle or to argue	To bandy words is to exchange angry words, to quarrel.	I refused to bandy words with the rude shopkeeper.
(B) fish in troubled waters	(III) to take advantage of the troubles of others	To fish in troubled waters is to gain from a confused or difficult situation, as a fisherman makes a catch in stirred-up water.	Black marketeers fish in troubled waters during every shortage.
(C) meet one’s Waterloo	(IV) to face final defeat	To meet one’s Waterloo is to suffer a final, decisive defeat, as Napoleon did at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.	The unbeaten champion finally met his Waterloo in the final.
(D) take up the cudgels	(II) to support or defend	To take up the cudgels for someone is to fight hard in support or defence of a person or a cause (a cudgel is a thick stick).	The lawyer took up the cudgels for the evicted families.

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

List-I Idioms	List-II Meaning
(A) bandy words	(I) to wrangle or to argue
(B) fish in troubled waters	(II) to support or defend
(C) meet one’s Waterloo	(III) to take advantage of the troubles of others
(D) take up the cudgels	(IV) to face final defeat

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:-

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 3

The correct answer is Option (3) → (A) - (I), (B) - (III), (C) - (IV), (D) - (II)

List-I	List-II	Explanation	Example
(A) bandy words	(I) to wrangle or to argue	To bandy words is to exchange angry words, to quarrel.	I refused to bandy words with the rude shopkeeper.
(B) fish in troubled waters	(III) to take advantage of the troubles of others	To fish in troubled waters is to gain from a confused or difficult situation, as a fisherman makes a catch in stirred-up water.	Black marketeers fish in troubled waters during every shortage.
(C) meet one’s Waterloo	(IV) to face final defeat	To meet one’s Waterloo is to suffer a final, decisive defeat, as Napoleon did at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.	The unbeaten champion finally met his Waterloo in the final.
(D) take up the cudgels	(II) to support or defend	To take up the cudgels for someone is to fight hard in support or defence of a person or a cause (a cudgel is a thick stick).	The lawyer took up the cudgels for the evicted families.

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