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Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom/phrase given in Bold/Underline in the following Questions.
Correct option: A — Joke with them
Pull someone's leg - Joke with them. E.g. - Riya told me she had won the lottery, but she was just pulling my leg.
Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom/phrase given in Bold/Underline in the following Questions.
Correct option: B — Don't assume success before it happens.
Don't count your chickens before they hatch - Don't assume success before it happens. E.g. - She was sure she’d win the lottery and quit her job, but I told her not to count her chickens before they hatch.
Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom/phrase given in Bold/Underline in the following Questions.
Correct option: C — Costly burden
A white elephant - costly burden. E.g. - The stadium built for the event turned out to be a white elephant.
Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom/phrase given in Bold/Underline in the following Questions.
Correct option: A — Regret a past loss
Cry over spilt milk - Regret a past loss E.g. - Riya missed the bus, but there was no use crying over spilt milk.
Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom/phrase given in Bold/Underline in the following Questions.
Correct option: A — Search thoroughly
To leave no stone unturned - Search thoroughly. E.g. - He left no stone unturned to impress the interview panel.
Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom/phrase given in Bold/Underline in the following Questions.
Correct option: B — Extremely happy
on cloud nine - Extremely happy. E.g. - She was on cloud nine when she heard that she had passed the exam.
Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom/phrase given in Bold/Underline in the following Questions.
Correct option: D — Waste time on a lost cause
Flog a dead horse - Waste time on a lost cause. E.g. - Arguing with her about the past is just flogging a dead horse.
Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom/phrase given in Bold/Underline in the following Questions.
Correct option: C — Accusing wrongly
Barking up the wrong tree - Accusing wrongly. E.g. - If you think I took your book, you are barking up the wrong tree.
Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom/phrase given in Bold/Underline in the following Questions.
Correct option: A — Have no effect
Cut no ice - Have no effect. E.g. - His excuses cut no ice with the teacher.
Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom/phrase given in Bold/Underline in the following Questions.
Correct option: B — To try desperate measures
To grasp at straws - To try desperate measures. E.g. - We searched all the backup tapes, trying to find the missing files, but we knew we were grasping at straws.
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