Directions: In the questions given below, four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase underlined in the sentence. Click on the option given under each question which you think best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
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1. Ram is very calculative and always has an axe to grind.
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2. The police looked all over for him but drew a blank.
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3. On the issue of marriage, Sarita put her foot down.
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4. His investments helped him make a killing in the stock market.
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5. There is no gainsaying the fact that the country is in difficulties.
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6. Children complain about their parents’ gifts. They should learn not to look a gift horse in the mouth.
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7. Acquiring a job is a cakewalk for a student who has good academic performance coupled with good attitude.
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8. Let sleeping dogs lie.
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9. To get admission in present day educational institutions, all children should be born with a silver spoon in the mouth.
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10. A man of straw means
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