Question : Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
Don't take the wind out of my____________ and tell me I'm going nowhere with my life.
Option 1: boat
Option 2: wings
Option 3: sails
Option 4: sales
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Correct Answer: sails
Solution : The correct choice is the third option.
This helps to complete the idiom "don't take the winds out of my sails", which means to cause someone to lose confidence or energy. This helps to convey the intended meaning of the sentence, which doesn't make the speaker lose confidence by saying that the speaker is going nowhere in life.
Therefore, the complete sentence is: Don't take the wind out of my sails and tell me I'm going nowhere with my life.
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Question : Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. I don't wear the sunglasses at the moment.
Option 1: I didn't wear
Option 2: I wore
Option 3: I was wearing
Option 4: I'm not wearing
Question : Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. They hired her to increase sales, but her strategies failed to ____________.
Option 1: move the needle
Option 2: burn bridges
Option 3: spill the beans
Option 4: get a second wind
'Habitual' may be replaced by '_ '
Option 1: Stagnant
Option 2: Continual
Option 3: Temperate
Option 4: Holistic
Question : Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. He's sitting on the fence.
Option 1: He can't stop trying.
Option 2: He can't do anything seriously.
Option 3: He can't hide himself.
Option 4: He can't take a decision.
Question : Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Don’t put all your eggs in the same basket
Option 1: Don’t invest in loss making propositions
Option 2: Don’t concentrate all your resources in one place
Option 3: Don’t share your wealth with others
Option 4: Don’t buy too many things at one time
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