Fill in the blanks in the sentences given in List-I with the appropriate idioms given in List-II:-
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List-I (Sentences) |
List-II (Idioms) |
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(A) The police came to the scene _____ to avoid embarrassment. |
(I) from hand to mouth |
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(B) There is still a large population in the country who live ____ and can hardly make ends meet. |
(II) smell a rat |
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(C) Rohit is a bit _____ you have to explain things to him several times. |
(III) in the nick of time |
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(D) Although Ajay clarified his stand, I still ____ in his behaviour. |
(IV) slow on the uptake |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:-
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (A)-(III), (B)-(I), (C)-(IV), (D)-(II)
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(A) in the nick of time → just in time
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(B) from hand to mouth → living with very little money
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(C) slow on the uptake → slow to understand
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(D) smell a rat → suspect something is wrong
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List-I (Sentences) |
List-II (Idioms) |
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(A) The police came to the scene _____ to avoid embarrassment. |
(III) in the nick of time |
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(B) There is still a large population in the country who live ____ and can hardly make ends meet. |
(I) from hand to mouth |
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(C) Rohit is a bit _____ you have to explain things to him several times. |
(IV) slow on the uptake |
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(D) Although Ajay clarified his stand, I still ____ in his behaviour. |
(II) smell a rat |