EnglishGrammar: Idioms

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

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

List-I (Idioms)	List-II (Meanings)
(A) get into the swing of things	(I) follow the wrong course of action
(B) bark up the wrong tree	(II) to fit into the rhythm of things
(C) build something on sand	(III) expose someone's deceitful or illegal schemes
(D) blow the whistle on someone	(IV) to try to establish something without enough support

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:-

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 2

The correct answer is Option (2) → (A)-(II), (B)-(I), (C)-(IV), (D)-(III)

List-I	List-II	Explanation	Example
(A) get into the swing of things	(II) to fit into the rhythm of things	To get into the swing of things is to become used to a new activity or routine and keep pace with it.	After a week at the new school, she got into the swing of things.
(B) bark up the wrong tree	(I) follow the wrong course of action	A hunting dog barks at the wrong tree when the animal is elsewhere. The idiom means looking in the wrong place or acting on a wrong belief.	If you think I took your pen, you are barking up the wrong tree.
(C) build something on sand	(IV) to try to establish something without enough support	A house built on sand has no firm foundation and will not last.	A business with no savings behind it is built on sand.
(D) blow the whistle on someone	(III) expose someone's deceitful or illegal schemes	To blow the whistle on someone is to report their wrongdoing to the authorities or the public.	A clerk blew the whistle on the officers taking bribes.

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

List-I (Idioms)	List-II (Meanings)
(A) get into the swing of things	(I) follow the wrong course of action
(B) bark up the wrong tree	(II) to fit into the rhythm of things
(C) build something on sand	(III) expose someone's deceitful or illegal schemes
(D) blow the whistle on someone	(IV) to try to establish something without enough support

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:-

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 2

The correct answer is Option (2) → (A)-(II), (B)-(I), (C)-(IV), (D)-(III)

List-I	List-II	Explanation	Example
(A) get into the swing of things	(II) to fit into the rhythm of things	To get into the swing of things is to become used to a new activity or routine and keep pace with it.	After a week at the new school, she got into the swing of things.
(B) bark up the wrong tree	(I) follow the wrong course of action	A hunting dog barks at the wrong tree when the animal is elsewhere. The idiom means looking in the wrong place or acting on a wrong belief.	If you think I took your pen, you are barking up the wrong tree.
(C) build something on sand	(IV) to try to establish something without enough support	A house built on sand has no firm foundation and will not last.	A business with no savings behind it is built on sand.
(D) blow the whistle on someone	(III) expose someone's deceitful or illegal schemes	To blow the whistle on someone is to report their wrongdoing to the authorities or the public.	A clerk blew the whistle on the officers taking bribes.