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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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.

I "ran out of" money on my European tour.

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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.

Madhuri might "scream blue murder", but I feel Deepali should get the promotion since she is better qualified for the job.

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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 has built a big business empire by his "sharp practices".

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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 secretary and the treasurer are "hand in glove" with each other.

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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 never liked the idea of keeping his wife "under his thumb" and so he let her do what she liked.

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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.

It is time that professors came down from their "ivory towers" and studied the real needs of the students.

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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.

You have to be "a cool customer" and be patient if you want to get the best buys.

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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 was no opposition to the new policy by the "rank and file" of the Government.

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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 clerk "wiped the nose" of his employer by submitting a false bill and was dismissed from his job.

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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.

"I have a bone to pick" with you in this matter.

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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 new C.M "stuck his neck out" today and promised 10kgs. free wheat a month for all rural families.

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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 recent film Secular India has tried to keep the pot of Muslim women's Bill "boiling".

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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 robber "took to his heels" when the police arrived.

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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.

You cannot "have your cake and eat it too".

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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 rebels "held out" for about a month

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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 new economic policy is "likely to run into rough weather".

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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 old father "brought" home the moral of unity by asking each of his sons to break the bundle of sticks

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