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Choose the option which best describes the meaning of the given phrase/idiom.
To set the Thames on fire

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Important Questions on Idioms and Phrases

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Haryana Staff Selection Commission Recruitment Exam - English>Chapter 4 - Idioms and Phrases>Practice Exercise>Q 25
Choose the option which best describes the meaning of the given phrase/idiom.
Sitting on the fence
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Haryana Staff Selection Commission Recruitment Exam - English>Chapter 4 - Idioms and Phrases>Practice Exercise>Q 26
Choose the option which best describes the meaning of the given phrase/idiom.
To read between the lines
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Haryana Staff Selection Commission Recruitment Exam - English>Chapter 4 - Idioms and Phrases>Practice Exercise>Q 27
Choose the option which best describes the meaning of the given phrase/idiom.
To flog a dead horse
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Haryana Staff Selection Commission Recruitment Exam - English>Chapter 4 - Idioms and Phrases>Practice Exercise>Q 28
Directions: In the following question, a phrase/idiom has been given. From the given options, select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom/phrase.
To let the grass grow under one's feet
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Haryana Staff Selection Commission Recruitment Exam - English>Chapter 4 - Idioms and Phrases>Practice Exercise>Q 29
Choose the option which best describes the meaning of the given phrase/idiom.
The Alpha and omega
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Haryana Police Constable
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Haryana Staff Selection Commission Recruitment Exam - English>Chapter 4 - Idioms and Phrases>Practice Exercise>Q 30
Choose the option which best describes the meaning of the given phrase/idiom.
Will-o-the-wisp
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Haryana Police Constable
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Haryana Staff Selection Commission Recruitment Exam - English>Chapter 4 - Idioms and Phrases>Practice Exercise>Q 31
Choose the option that states the correct meaning of the underlined phrase/idiom.
Sticking to your guns at this point is a bad decision.
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Haryana Staff Selection Commission Recruitment Exam - English>Chapter 4 - Idioms and Phrases>Practice Exercise>Q 32
Choose the option that states the correct meaning of the underlined phrase/idiom.
He's always been the black sheep of the family.