Match the idioms in List-I with their meanings in List-II:
| List-I (Idioms) | List-II (Meanings) |
| (A) a little bird told me | (I) in close intimacy |
| (B) warts and all | (II) making no attempts to hide defect |
| (C) Aunt Sally | (III) a scapegoat or an easy target to blame |
| (D) cheek by jowl | (IV) something conveyed by a secret source |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → (A) - (IV), (B) - (II), (C) - (III), (D) - (I)
| List-I | List-II | Explanation | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| (A) a little bird told me | (IV) something conveyed by a secret source | Said when one does not want to reveal who gave the information. | A little bird told me that you have won the scholarship. |
| (B) warts and all | (II) making no attempts to hide defect | Showing or accepting someone or something completely, faults included. | The biography presents the leader warts and all. |
| (C) Aunt Sally | (III) a scapegoat or an easy target to blame | From an old fairground game in which people threw balls at a figure of a woman's head: a person or idea that is attacked or blamed by everyone. | The new tax became an Aunt Sally for every critic of the government. |
| (D) cheek by jowl | (I) in close intimacy | (Jowl = the lower jaw.) Very close together, side by side. | Old shops and new malls stand cheek by jowl in the market. |