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

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(II)

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

(A) To cool one's heels

• (III) to wait and rest for some time (this idiom means to be kept waiting)

(B) to bury the hatchet

• (IV) to forget the enmity (this idiom means to make peace or reconcile)

(C) by the skin of his teeth

• (I) with great difficulty (this idiom means to barely succeed or escape)

(D) to meet one's Waterloo

• (II) one's final defeat (this idiom means to face a decisive defeat)