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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. He made away with ten thousand rupees in the course of three months.
2. To give chapter and verse for a thing :
3. My sincere advice to my maidservant fell on stony ground.
4. At the spur of the moment
5. He is on the wrong side of seventy.
6. To give a false colouring :
7. Above board
8. To hit the nail right on the head
9. The man changed colours when I questioned him on the allocation of funds.
10. To drive home .
11. To worship the rising sun :
12. To set the people by ears :
13. To take a leaf out of somebodys book :
14. To live fast :
15. To pour oil in troubled water :
16. He made my day by telling me how important I was to him.
17. To ride hell for Leather :
18. Where discipline is concerned I put my foot down .
19. To take the bull by the horns :
20. To have brush with :
21. It is difficult to have a sensible discussion with her as she flies off at a tangent.
22. The students found it hard to go at equal speed with the professor.
23. An apple of discord
24. For some people, writing verse is as duck takes to water .
25. To pick holes
26. green thumb
27. I tried to feel his pulse on the issue, but in vain.
28. To drive home
29. To keeps one's temper
30. We must work with all our might and main, otherwise we cannot succeed.