Match the Idioms given in List-I with their meanings given in List-II:-
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List-I (Idioms) |
List-II (Meanings) |
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(A) apple of someone's eye |
(I) make an unenthusiastic attempt |
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(B) put all your eggs in one basket |
(II) a person greatly loved by someone |
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(C) go through the motions |
(III) to admire greatly and be influenced by someone |
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(D) sit at someone's feet |
(IV) depend entirely on the success of one plan |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:-
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (A)-(II), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(III)
| List-I | List-II | Explanation | Example |
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| (A) apple of someone's eye | (II) a person greatly loved by someone | The person someone loves most and is proudest of is the apple of their eye. | The youngest daughter is the apple of her father's eye. |
| (B) put all your eggs in one basket | (IV) depend entirely on the success of one plan | If the one basket falls, every egg breaks: the idiom means risking everything on a single plan. | Apply to several colleges. Don't put all your eggs in one basket. |
| (C) go through the motions | (I) make an unenthusiastic attempt | To make only the movements of an action is to do something without real interest or effort. | He was bored and just went through the motions at practice. |
| (D) sit at someone's feet | (III) to admire greatly and be influenced by someone | Pupils once sat at the feet of their teacher. The idiom means to learn from and be deeply influenced by someone one admires. | As a young singer, she sat at the feet of a great master. |