Match the Idioms given in List I with their meanings given in List II
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List-I Idioms |
List-II Meanings |
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(A) Build castles in the air |
(I) To assume success too soon |
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(B) Count your chickens before they are hatched |
(II) To be very careful in a sensitive situation |
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(C) Walk on eggshells |
(III) To go against popular opinion |
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(D) Swim against the tide |
(IV) To have unrealistic dreams |
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (A)-(IV), (B)-(I), (C)-(II), (D)-(III)
| List-I | List-II | Explanation | Example |
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| (A) Build castles in the air | (IV) To have unrealistic dreams | A castle cannot stand in the air, so to build castles in the air is to make plans or have dreams that can never come true. | Instead of studying, he keeps building castles in the air about becoming rich overnight. |
| (B) Count your chickens before they are hatched | (I) To assume success too soon | Not every egg hatches, so to count your chickens before they are hatched is to be sure of a good result before it has actually happened. | The results are not out yet, so don't count your chickens before they are hatched. |
| (C) Walk on eggshells | (II) To be very careful in a sensitive situation | One must step very lightly not to crack eggshells, so to walk on eggshells is to speak and act very carefully so as not to upset someone. | Everyone was walking on eggshells around the angry boss. |
| (D) Swim against the tide | (III) To go against popular opinion | Swimming against the tide is hard because the water pushes the other way, so to swim against the tide is to do or believe the opposite of what most people do or believe. | She swam against the tide by choosing art when all her friends chose engineering. |