EnglishGrammar: Idioms

Match the idioms given in List I with their meanings from List II Lis…

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

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 1

The correct answer is Option (1) → A - III, B - I, C - II, D - IV

List-I	List-II	Explanation	Example
(A) Put the cards on the table	(III) Conceal nothing	To put one's cards on the table is to be completely open about one's plans or feelings, as a card player who shows his hand hides nothing.	Let me put my cards on the table: I want this job.
(B) Cut and dried	(I) Clear and definite	Cut and dried means already decided and settled, with no room for doubt or change.	The rules for the contest are cut and dried.
(C) Wring you hands	(II) Regret about a bad situation	To wring one's hands is to show great worry or sorrow about a bad situation without doing anything to change it.	It is no use wringing your hands over the lost match.
(D) Steal a march	(IV) Gain an advantage	To steal a march on someone is to gain an advantage over him by acting first, often quietly.	The company stole a march on its rivals by launching its phone early.

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

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 1

The correct answer is Option (1) → A - III, B - I, C - II, D - IV

List-I	List-II	Explanation	Example
(A) Put the cards on the table	(III) Conceal nothing	To put one's cards on the table is to be completely open about one's plans or feelings, as a card player who shows his hand hides nothing.	Let me put my cards on the table: I want this job.
(B) Cut and dried	(I) Clear and definite	Cut and dried means already decided and settled, with no room for doubt or change.	The rules for the contest are cut and dried.
(C) Wring you hands	(II) Regret about a bad situation	To wring one's hands is to show great worry or sorrow about a bad situation without doing anything to change it.	It is no use wringing your hands over the lost match.
(D) Steal a march	(IV) Gain an advantage	To steal a march on someone is to gain an advantage over him by acting first, often quietly.	The company stole a march on its rivals by launching its phone early.