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In the following questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase underlined in the sentense. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the IdiomPhrase.

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1. A bull in a china shop :
2. To have an axe to grind.
3. A critic's work is to read between the lines .
4. A man of straw
5. My sincere advice to my maidservant fell on stony ground.
6. played havoc
7. The students of that group have assured their project guide that they will all work against the clock…
8. Lions share
9. Despite his initial arrogance he had to eat humble pie .
10. To snap ones fingers :
11. He is on the wrong side of seventy .
12. To be in abeyance :
13. He made my day by telling me how important I was to him.
14. a tight corner
15. A black sheep
16. She wanted to go hitch-hiking but her mother put her foot down and now she's going by bus.
17. I tried to feel his pulse on the issue, but in vain.
18. To end in smoke
19. To split hours :
20. To cry wolf .
21. To take the wind out of anothers sails :
22. With great difficulty, he was able to carve out a niche for himself.
23. He has all his ducks in a row; he is complacent.
24. To give a rap on the knuckles :
25. The convict claimed innocence and stood his ground in spite of the repeated accusations.
26. To talk through ones hat :
27. To strike ones colours :
28. To wrangle over an asss shadow :
29. To cry wolf.
30. does not hold water