Question : Replace the underlined segment with the most appropriate idiom/phrase from the following options. This is the critical point of the issue. One should always be focused on it.
Option 1: Chip off the old block
Option 2: A black sheep
Option 3: The crux of the matter
Option 4: Don’t cry over spilt milk
Correct Answer: The crux of the matter
Solution : The correct choice is the third option.
Explanation: The most appropriate idiom to replace the underlined segment is "the crux of the matter". This idiom refers to the central or most important point of an issue. This emphasises the importance of paying attention to the core and essential aspects of the issue at hand.
Therefore, the correct answer is the crux of the matter.
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Question : Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom.
In the movie ‘Encanto’, the family thought Bruno was a black sheep.
Option 1: Disgrace for the family
Option 2: Unrelated to the family
Option 3: Danger to the family
Option 4: Unloved by the family
Question : Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom. When grandmother found her granddaughter’s collection like her numismatist daughter’s, she knew her granddaughter is a chip off the old block.
Option 1: Changed
Option 2: A person who is similar in behaviour or actions to his/her parents
Option 3: Damaged
Option 4: Getting obsessed
Question : Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. Crying wolf
Option 1: To be in pain by getting hit by something
Option 2: To frighten someone in your comfort zone
Option 3: To ask for help when you don’t need it
Option 4: To cry over little things that don’t matter
Question : Select the most appropriate idiom for the underlined segment in the given sentence.
Rajeshwar has a vision for capturing beautiful pictures of nature.
Option 1: An eagle eye
Option 2: A high horse
Option 3: Cry wolf
Option 4: A cat nap
Question : Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom. Doctors are raising hue and cry against the RTH bill.
Option 1: Enquire
Option 2: Protest
Option 3: Postpone
Option 4: Abandon
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