EnglishGrammar: Idioms

Match the idioms given in List I with the appropriate meanings given…

Match the idioms given in List I with the appropriate meanings given in List-II

List I (Idioms)	List-II (Meanings)
(A) Bird's eye view	(I) search with no hope of success.
(B) A wild goose chase	(II) to stop doing something.
(C) Lay hands on	(III) a general view of something.
(D) To call it a day.	(IV) get possession of

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Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 1

The correct answer is Option (1) → (A) - (III), (B) - (I), (C) - (IV), (D) - (II)

List-I	List-II	Explanation	Example
A. Bird's eye view	III. a general view of something.	A view from high above, as a bird sees the ground; hence a general view of a whole place or subject, without the details.	The hilltop temple gives a bird's eye view of the city.
B. A wild goose chase	I. search with no hope of success.	A foolish, hopeless search for something that cannot be found. The phrase appears in Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet", where it names a kind of horse race in which riders had to follow the leader, like wild geese in flight.	Looking for the lost ring on the beach was a wild goose chase.
C. Lay hands on	IV. get possession of	To find or get hold of something.	He read every book on birds that he could lay hands on.
D. To call it a day.	II. to stop doing something.	To stop working on something, for the rest of the day or for good.	After ten hours in the office, we decided to call it a day.

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Match the idioms given in List I with the appropriate meanings given in List-II

List I (Idioms)	List-II (Meanings)
(A) Bird's eye view	(I) search with no hope of success.
(B) A wild goose chase	(II) to stop doing something.
(C) Lay hands on	(III) a general view of something.
(D) To call it a day.	(IV) get possession of

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 1

The correct answer is Option (1) → (A) - (III), (B) - (I), (C) - (IV), (D) - (II)

List-I	List-II	Explanation	Example
A. Bird's eye view	III. a general view of something.	A view from high above, as a bird sees the ground; hence a general view of a whole place or subject, without the details.	The hilltop temple gives a bird's eye view of the city.
B. A wild goose chase	I. search with no hope of success.	A foolish, hopeless search for something that cannot be found. The phrase appears in Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet", where it names a kind of horse race in which riders had to follow the leader, like wild geese in flight.	Looking for the lost ring on the beach was a wild goose chase.
C. Lay hands on	IV. get possession of	To find or get hold of something.	He read every book on birds that he could lay hands on.
D. To call it a day.	II. to stop doing something.	To stop working on something, for the rest of the day or for good.	After ten hours in the office, we decided to call it a day.

The following words have also been asked in other CUET (UG) English papers: