IDIOMS/PHRASES
l Reading between the lines of the l I cannot put up with your con- l 17 - year - old Karan could also
letter, she realised that her friend stant complaining any longer. be a dark horse for the medal
was in great trouble. The best option is tolerate in the Olympiad.
The best option is looking for 49. (1) talking through his hat : to The best option is an unfore seen
meanings that are not actually say silly things while you are talk- competitor.
expressed. ing about a subject you do not 57. (2) to run across : to meet some-
42. (2) to give the devil his due : understand body or find something by
said when you admit that some- l He was talking through his hat
chance
one you don’t like or admire does when he described the ship- l I ran across some old friends at
have some good qualities wreck. the Mall.
l I don’t like her views, but still I The best option is to meet by
The best option is talking non-
give the devil her due; she has sense. chance.
always something important to 58. (1) to get one’s own back : to
50. (4) go through fire and water :
say. obtain something again after
face any difficulty
The best option is to give encour- having lost it; have one’s revenge
l They went through fire and wa-
agement even to the enemy. She finally saw a chance to get
ter to ensure the child’s safety. l
43. (4) to eat humble pie : to say her own back.
The best option is undergo any
and show that you are sorry for
risk. The best option is to get one’s
a mistake that you made
51. (2) ran riot : to act without re- revenge.
l The producers of the advertise-
straint or control 59. (2) to steer clear of : to avoid a
ment had to eat humble pie for
l The children ran riot when there person or thing because it may
misrepresenting the facts.
was nobody (elders) at home. cause problems
The best option is to apologise.
The best option is acted without l Dad warned us to steer clear
44. (2) Hobson’s choice : a situation
restraint. of Dr. Gupta and his poor ad-
in which somebody has no choice
52. (2) give in : to admit that you vice.
because if he does not accept what
is offered, he will get nothing have been defeated by some- The best option is avoid.
l We didn’t really want that partic- body/something 60. (4) to beat a retreat : to go away
ular hotel, but it was a case of l The strikers seem determined, or back quickly, especially to
Hobson’s choice. and are not likely to give in. avoid something unpleasant
The best option is no real choice The best option is yield. l The dog beat a retreat to its own
at all. 53. (1) cheek by jowl : side by side, yard.
45. (1) take with a grain of salt : to close together The best option is to run away
hear/ listen/believe with some l The two families lived cheek by in fear.
doubt jowl in one house. 61. (1) to blaze a trail : to be the
l You must take anything she says The best option is very near. first to do/ to discover some-
with a grain of salt. She doesn’t 54. (2) gave the game away : be- thing that others follow
always speak the truth. tray; to make known something l The hospital has blazed a trail
The best option is to listen to that somebody wants to keep in developing new techniques for
something with considerable secret treating infertility.
doubt. l Though they were the oldest of The best option is to lead the
46. (2) reading between the lines : the employees of the company, way as a pioneer.
looking for or discovering a mean- they were giving the game 62. (3) red-letter day : an impor-
ing; something that is not openly away. tant day, or a day that you will
stated The best option is gave out the remember, because of some-
l Reading between the lines of the secret. thing good that happened then.
letter, she realised that her friend 55. (1) turn an honest penny : to l 15th August is a red-letter day
was in great trouble. earn money honestly in the history of India.
The best option is understand-
l I cannot miss the opportunity of The best option is happy and
ing the sense rather than the
turning an honest penny. significant day
actual words.
The best option is make a legit- 63. (3) have the last laugh : to make
47. (2) by fits and starts : impulsive-
imate living. someone who has criticized or
ly and irregularly
56. (1) a dark horse : a person who defeated you, look stupid by
l A sincere student works regular-
does not tell other people much succeeding at something more
ly, not by fits and starts
about his life, and who surpris- important
The best option is irregularly.
es other people by having inter- l They fined her last year but she
48. (4) put up with : to accept some- esting qualities; a person taking
body/something that is annoying, had the last laugh because she
part in a race, etc., who sur- was taken on by her rivals at
unpleasant, etc. without com- prises everyone by winning
plaining once.
SEE–753