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In the following questions, four alternatives are given for the idiom / phrase and bold italicised in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom / phrase.

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1. By the rule of thumb :
2. At the spur of the moment
3. To mind ones Ps and Qs :
4. To be in abeyance :
5. The sailors nailed their colours to their mast.
6. To drink like a fish :
7. The students found it hard to go at equal speed with the professor.
8. At arm's length
9. To give chapter and verse for a thing :
10. To carry the coal to newcastle :
11. The man changed colours when I questioned him on the allocation of funds.
12. Apple Pie Order
13. The convict claimed innocence and stood his ground in spite of the repeated accusations.
14. To change colour :
15. To talk through ones hat :
16. You will succeed if you follow my advice to the letter .
17. A critic's work is to read between the lines .
18. Swan-song :
19. To bring ones eggs to a bad market :
20. To keeps one's temper
21. Where discipline is concerned I put my foot down .
22. My sincere advice to my maidservant fell on stony ground .
23. To flog a dead horse :
24. To hold somebody to ransom :
25. All agog :
26. We cannot depend on him for this assignment as it needs careful handling and he is like a bull in a…
27. To make clean breast of
28. Spick and span :
29. To hit the nail right on the head
30. To have an axe to grind