Question : Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom. When grandmother found her granddaughter’s collection like her numismatist daughter’s, she knew her granddaughter is a chip off the old block.
Option 1: Changed
Option 2: A person who is similar in behaviour or actions to his/her parents
Option 3: Damaged
Option 4: Getting obsessed
Correct Answer: A person who is similar in behaviour or actions to his/her parents
Solution : The correct choice is the second option.
The underlined idiom a chip off the old block refers to a person, typically a child or descendant, who strongly resembles one of their parents or grandparents in terms of personality, abilities, or behaviour. It implies that the individual has inherited similar traits from a family member, which is quite similar to what is given in the second option.
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Question : Select the correct option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If no substitution is required, select ‘No substitution’. Her smile is similar to her mother.
Option 1: No substitution
Option 2: her mother’s
Option 3: mother
Option 4: the mother
Question : Replace the underlined segment with the most appropriate idiom/phrase from the following options. This is the critical point of the issue. One should always be focused on it.
Option 1: Chip off the old block
Option 2: A black sheep
Option 3: The crux of the matter
Option 4: Don’t cry over spilt milk
Question : Choose the idiom that can best substitute the underlined part of the given sentence. Shelley ignored her father’s wish to study arts and instead took admission in commerce.
Option 1: Blew over
Option 2: Big fish
Option 3: Bid defiance to
Option 4: Beyond the pale
Question : Select the most appropriate idiom for the underlined segment in the given sentence. I took a quick trip to my cousin’s house before going on vacation to Africa.
Option 1: Break the journey
Option 2: Paid a flying visit
Option 3: Lived out of a suitcase
Option 4: Float one’s boat
Question : Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom.
The mother-in-law deliberately rained on the new bride’s parade when she asked her to change the dress of her choice.
Option 1: Force traditions upon someone
Option 2: Make someone tearful out of viciousness
Option 3: To spoil a moment
Option 4: Save one from embarrassment
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