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Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom/phrase given in Bold/Underline in the following Questions.
Correct option: B — Encourage the growth or action of something
To prime the pump - Encourage the growth or action of something. E.g.- To get more people to join the club, they offered free snacks as a way to prime the pump.
Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom/phrase given in Bold/Underline in the following Questions.
Correct option: C — Bad luck
Bad iron - bad luck. E.g.- Spilling coffee on my white shirt before the presentation was another instance of bad iron.
Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom/phrase given in Bold/Underline in the following Questions.
Correct option: D — Quarrelling with
Falling foul - quarrelling with.
Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom/phrase given in Bold/Underline in the following Questions.
Correct option: D — Involved in a problem
Get into a scrape - Involved in a problem E.g.- Tommy got into a scrape when he borrowed his sister's bike without asking and then accidentally damaged it.
Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom/phrase given in Bold/Underline in the following Questions.
Correct option: D — Behave as if something that has happened is much worse than it really is
Blow something out of (all) proportion - behave as if something that has happened is much worse than it really is. E.g.- She blew the small argument out of proportion by telling everyone in the neighborhood about it.
Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom/phrase given in Bold/Underline in the following Questions.
Correct option: B — To become worse
To go to the dogs - to become worse. E.g.- The company went to the dogs after the new CEO took over.
Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom/phrase given in Bold/Underline in the following Questions.
Correct option: C — Start over
Go back to the drawing board - start over. E.g.- The new design didn't work well, so they had to go back to the drawing board to come up with a better plan.
Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom/phrase given in Bold/Underline in the following Questions.
Correct option: D — up the creek
Up the creek - In trouble
Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom/phrase given in Bold/Underline in the following Questions.
Correct option: C — Jumped the gun
Jumped the gun - to act prematurely or before the appropriate time.
Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom/phrase given in Bold/Underline in the following Questions.
Correct option: A — Provoke trouble
Stir up a hornets' nest - Provoke trouble. E.g.- When the politician made that controversial statement, he unknowingly stirred up a hornets' nest and faced severe criticism from the public and media.
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