Match the idioms given in List-I with the meanings in List-II
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List-I Idiom |
List-II Meaning |
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(A) To cool one's heels |
(I) with great difficulty |
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(B) to bury the hatchet |
(II) one's final defeat |
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(C) by the skin of his teeth |
(III) to wait and rest for some time |
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(D) to meet one's Waterloo |
(IV) to forget the enmity |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
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)