EnglishGrammar: Idioms

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

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

List-I Idiom	List-II Meaning
(A) To cool one's heels	(I) with great difficulty
(B) to bury the hatchet	(II) one's final defeat
(C) by the skin of his teeth	(III) to wait and rest for some time
(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)

List-I	List-II	Explanation	Example
(A) To cool one's heels	(III) to wait and rest for some time	To cool one's heels is to be kept waiting, usually for a long time, as if resting one's feet.	We cooled our heels in the lobby for an hour before the meeting.
(B) to bury the hatchet	(IV) to forget the enmity	A hatchet is a small axe. Burying it means ending a quarrel and making peace.	The two neighbours finally buried the hatchet after years of fighting.
(C) by the skin of his teeth	(I) with great difficulty	To do something by the skin of one's teeth is to manage it only just, with great difficulty, almost failing.	He passed the exam by the skin of his teeth.
(D) to meet one's Waterloo	(II) one's final defeat	Napoleon was finally defeated at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. To meet one's Waterloo is to suffer a final, decisive defeat.	The champion met his Waterloo against a young player in the final.

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

List-I Idiom	List-II Meaning
(A) To cool one's heels	(I) with great difficulty
(B) to bury the hatchet	(II) one's final defeat
(C) by the skin of his teeth	(III) to wait and rest for some time
(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)

List-I	List-II	Explanation	Example
(A) To cool one's heels	(III) to wait and rest for some time	To cool one's heels is to be kept waiting, usually for a long time, as if resting one's feet.	We cooled our heels in the lobby for an hour before the meeting.
(B) to bury the hatchet	(IV) to forget the enmity	A hatchet is a small axe. Burying it means ending a quarrel and making peace.	The two neighbours finally buried the hatchet after years of fighting.
(C) by the skin of his teeth	(I) with great difficulty	To do something by the skin of one's teeth is to manage it only just, with great difficulty, almost failing.	He passed the exam by the skin of his teeth.
(D) to meet one's Waterloo	(II) one's final defeat	Napoleon was finally defeated at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. To meet one's Waterloo is to suffer a final, decisive defeat.	The champion met his Waterloo against a young player in the final.