Q. Four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase in quotation marks in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of idiom/phrase.

Dowry is a "burning question" of the day.

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Q. Four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase in quotation marks in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of idiom/phrase.

Leaders should not only make speeches they should also be prepared to "to bell the cat".

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Q. Four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase in quotation marks in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of idiom/phrase.

The popularity of the yesterday's superstar is "on the wane".

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Q. Four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase in quotation marks in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of idiom/phrase.

He is leaving the country "for a good".

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Q. Four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase in quotation marks in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of idiom/phrase.

Having sold off his factory, he is "now a gentleman at large".

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Q. Four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase in quotation marks in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of idiom/phrase.

Though he has lot of money, yet all his plans are "built upon sand".

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Q. Four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase in quotation marks in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of idiom/phrase.

His plan was so complicated that it "floored" his listeners.

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Q. Four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase in quotation marks in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of idiom/phrase.

There has been "bad blood" between the two communities even before shouting.

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Q. Four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase in quotation marks in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of idiom/phrase.

The curious neighbours were disappointed as the young couple's quarrel was just a "storm in a tea cup".

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Q. Four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase in quotation marks in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of idiom/phrase.

Mohan always "keeps himself to himself".

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Q. Four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase in quotation marks in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of idiom/phrase.

While the ladies continued their "small talk" in the drawing room, I felt bored.

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Q. Four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase in quotation marks in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of idiom/phrase.

My car "broke down" on way to the railway station.

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Q. Four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase in quotation marks in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of idiom/phrase.

My father "strained every nerve" to enable me to get settled in life.

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Q. Four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase in quotation marks in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of idiom/phrase.

He went to his friend's house in the evening "as was his wont".

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Q. Four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase in quotation marks in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of idiom/phrase.

Why do you wish to "tread on the toes"?

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Q. Four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase in quotation marks in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of idiom/phrase.

He intends "setting up" as a lawyer in the adjoining district.

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Q. Four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase in quotation marks in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of idiom/phrase.

The autographed bat from the famous cricketer Sunil Gavaskar is "worth a jew's eye".

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Q. Four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase in quotation marks in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of idiom/phrase.

The speaker gave a "bird's eye view" of the political conditions in the country.

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Q. Four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase in quotation marks in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of idiom/phrase.

He resigned the post "of his own accord".

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Q. Four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase in quotation marks in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of idiom/phrase.

As a politician he is used to being "in the limelight" all the time.

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