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) Chalk and cheese |
(I) faced with a choice between two risky courses of action |
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(B) A chip off the old block |
(II) to get or make something quickly |
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(C) Between the devil and the deep blue sea |
(III) very different |
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(D) Rustle something up |
(IV) someone who is very like one of his parents in personality |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(II)
| List-I | List-II | Explanation | Example |
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| (A) Chalk and cheese | (III) very different | Chalk and cheese may look alike but are nothing alike, so two people who are like chalk and cheese are completely different. | The twins are like chalk and cheese. |
| (B) A chip off the old block | (IV) someone who is very like one of his parents in personality | A chip off the old block is a child who closely resembles a parent in character or habits. | Ravi loves cricket just like his father. He is a chip off the old block. |
| (C) Between the devil and the deep blue sea | (I) faced with a choice between two risky courses of action | To be between the devil and the deep blue sea is to face two choices, both of them bad. | Asked to lie or lose his job, he was between the devil and the deep blue sea. |
| (D) Rustle something up | (II) to get or make something quickly | To rustle something up is to prepare or find it quickly from whatever is at hand, often a meal. | Mother rustled up some sandwiches for the guests. |
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