EnglishGrammar: Idioms

Match the idioms in List-I with their correct meanings in List-II:- L…

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

List-I (Idioms)	List-II (Meanings)
(A) To be at loggerheads	(I) To talk in an ambiguous manner
(B) To beat about the bush	(II) To give credit to someone for their good qualities after they have done something wrong
(C) To give the devil his due	(III) To prevent a problem by stopping it as soon as it starts
(D) To nip in the bud	(IV) To disagree strongly

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:-

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 4

The correct answer is Option (4) → (A) - (IV), (B) - (I), (C) - (II), (D) - (III)

List-I	List-II	Explanation	Example
(A) To be at loggerheads	(IV) To disagree strongly	People at loggerheads are in strong disagreement, quarrelling over something.	The two neighbours have been at loggerheads over the boundary wall for years.
(B) To beat about the bush	(I) To talk in an ambiguous manner	To beat about the bush is to avoid coming to the point, talking round the subject.	Stop beating about the bush and tell me what happened.
(C) To give the devil his due	(II) To give credit to someone for their good qualities after they have done something wrong	It means to admit the good points of someone you dislike or disapprove of.	He is rude, but to give the devil his due, he never misses a deadline.
(D) To nip in the bud	(III) To prevent a problem by stopping it as soon as it starts	A gardener nips off a bud before it can grow. The idiom means stopping something at its very beginning.	The teacher nipped the quarrel in the bud.

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

List-I (Idioms)	List-II (Meanings)
(A) To be at loggerheads	(I) To talk in an ambiguous manner
(B) To beat about the bush	(II) To give credit to someone for their good qualities after they have done something wrong
(C) To give the devil his due	(III) To prevent a problem by stopping it as soon as it starts
(D) To nip in the bud	(IV) To disagree strongly

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:-

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 4

The correct answer is Option (4) → (A) - (IV), (B) - (I), (C) - (II), (D) - (III)

List-I	List-II	Explanation	Example
(A) To be at loggerheads	(IV) To disagree strongly	People at loggerheads are in strong disagreement, quarrelling over something.	The two neighbours have been at loggerheads over the boundary wall for years.
(B) To beat about the bush	(I) To talk in an ambiguous manner	To beat about the bush is to avoid coming to the point, talking round the subject.	Stop beating about the bush and tell me what happened.
(C) To give the devil his due	(II) To give credit to someone for their good qualities after they have done something wrong	It means to admit the good points of someone you dislike or disapprove of.	He is rude, but to give the devil his due, he never misses a deadline.
(D) To nip in the bud	(III) To prevent a problem by stopping it as soon as it starts	A gardener nips off a bud before it can grow. The idiom means stopping something at its very beginning.	The teacher nipped the quarrel in the bud.