EnglishGrammar: Idioms

Match the idioms in List-I with their meaning in List-II List-I Idiom…

Match the idioms in List-I with their meaning in List-II

List-I Idioms	List-II (Meanings)
(A) to be in hot water	(I) to become angry or upset unexpectedly
(B) to gild the lily	(II) to hide or ignore an issue or problem
(C) to fly off the handle	(III) to over-embellish
(D) to sweep something under the rug	(IV) to be in a difficult or tricky situation

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 2

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

List-I	List-II	Explanation	Example
(A) to be in hot water	(IV) to be in a difficult or tricky situation	Hot water stands for trouble, usually trouble one has caused.	He was in hot water for missing the deadline.
(B) to gild the lily	(III) to over-embellish	To gild the lily is to add needless decoration to something already beautiful.	Adding more lights to the lovely old palace would be gilding the lily.
(C) to fly off the handle	(I) to become angry or upset unexpectedly	To fly off the handle is to lose one's temper suddenly.	He flew off the handle when his phone fell.
(D) to sweep something under the rug	(II) to hide or ignore an issue or problem	To sweep something under the rug is to hide a problem instead of dealing with it.	The company swept the complaints under the rug.

Match the idioms in List-I with their meaning in List-II

List-I Idioms	List-II (Meanings)
(A) to be in hot water	(I) to become angry or upset unexpectedly
(B) to gild the lily	(II) to hide or ignore an issue or problem
(C) to fly off the handle	(III) to over-embellish
(D) to sweep something under the rug	(IV) to be in a difficult or tricky situation

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 2

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

List-I	List-II	Explanation	Example
(A) to be in hot water	(IV) to be in a difficult or tricky situation	Hot water stands for trouble, usually trouble one has caused.	He was in hot water for missing the deadline.
(B) to gild the lily	(III) to over-embellish	To gild the lily is to add needless decoration to something already beautiful.	Adding more lights to the lovely old palace would be gilding the lily.
(C) to fly off the handle	(I) to become angry or upset unexpectedly	To fly off the handle is to lose one's temper suddenly.	He flew off the handle when his phone fell.
(D) to sweep something under the rug	(II) to hide or ignore an issue or problem	To sweep something under the rug is to hide a problem instead of dealing with it.	The company swept the complaints under the rug.