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  1. 4621SSC2025English LanguageEnglish

    Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom/phrase given in Bold/Underline in the following Questions.

    Rohan: You didn’t come to help me shift my luggage. Sanjay: I’m really sorry, Rohan. I didn’t mean to wash my hands of the matter. A family emergency came up. What does Sanjay mean?

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    Correct option: A — He didn’t want to withdraw his help in a difficult situation.

    Wash one’s hands of the matter - to withdraw one’s involvement or responsibility in a difficult situation.

  2. 4622SSC2025English LanguageEnglish

    Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom/phrase given in Bold/Underline in the following Questions.

    What does the idiom “call someone’s bluff” mean?

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    Correct option: D — To challenge someone to prove their claim

    Call someone’s bluff - To challenge someone to prove their claim. E.g- He said he could finish the work in one hour, so I called his bluff and asked him to do it.

  3. 4623SSC2025English LanguageEnglish

    Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom/phrase given in Bold/Underline in the following Questions.

    Choose the correct meaning of the idiom “To dig one’s own grave”.

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    Correct option: B — To cause trouble for oneself by one’s own actions

    To dig one’s own grave - To cause trouble for oneself by one’s own actions. E.g- By lying to the teacher, he dug his own grave.

  4. 4624SSC2025English LanguageEnglish

    Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom/phrase given in Bold/Underline in the following Questions.

    What does the idiom "Hit the wrong nail" mean?

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    Correct option: A — To accuse or target the wrong person

    Hit the wrong nail - To accuse or target the wrong person. E.g- By blaming Riya for the mistake, they really hit the wrong nail.

  5. 4625SSC2025English LanguageEnglish

    Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom/phrase given in Bold/Underline in the following Questions.

    Choose the correct meaning of the idiom: “A pain in the neck”

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    Correct option: C — Someone or something very irritating

    A pain in the neck - Someone or something very irritating. E.g- The constant noise in the classroom was a real pain in the neck for the teacher.

  6. 4626SSC2025English LanguageEnglish

    Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom/phrase given in Bold/Underline in the following Questions.

    Choose the correct meaning of the idiom: “Beat one’s head against a brick wall”

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    Correct option: B — Waste effort on something impossible

    Beat one’s head against a brick wall - Waste effort on something impossible. E.g- Trying to convince him is like beating your head against a brick wall—he never listens.

  7. 4627SSC2025English LanguageEnglish

    Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom/phrase given in Bold/Underline in the following Questions.

    Choose the correct meaning of the idiom: “Go to the ends of the earth”

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    Correct option: B — Do anything, no matter how difficult

    Go to the ends of the earth – Do anything, no matter how difficult./ E.g- She would go to the ends of the earth to help her best friend.

  8. 4628SSC2025English LanguageEnglish

    Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom/phrase given in Bold/Underline in the following Questions.

    Choose the correct meaning of the given idiom/phrase from the options: “Be in hot water”

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    Correct option: B — To be in trouble or difficulty

    Be in hot water - To be in trouble or difficulty. E.g- He forgot his assignment again and is now in hot water with the teacher.

  9. 4629SSC2025English LanguageEnglish

    Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom/phrase given in Bold/Underline in the following Questions.

    Choose the correct meaning of the idiom: “Off and on”

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    Correct option: B — Irregularly, from time to time

    Off and on - Irregularly, from time to time. E.g- It has been raining off and on since morning.

  10. 4630SSC2025English LanguageEnglish

    Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom/phrase given in Bold/Underline in the following Questions.

    Choose the correct meaning of the idiom highlighted in bold. When the project faced unexpected problems, Rohan suddenly quit the team and left his colleagues in the lurch.

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    Correct option: B — Abandoned them at a difficult time

    In the lurch - to abandon someone at a difficult or critical time.

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