Question : The statement below has been given with bracketed text. Select the option with correct idiom for the bracketed text.
They were really (selecting from the last or worst of the resources left) when they picked you.
Option 1: scraping the bottom of the barrel
Option 2: rolling the stones
Option 3: pulling up snakes
Option 4: going haywire
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Correct Answer: scraping the bottom of the barrel
Solution : The correct answer is the first option.
Explanation: The idiom "scraping the bottom of the barrel" is used to describe a situation where one is using the last or worst of the available resources. It implies that the options or choices are limited, and the best or preferred choices have already been used or exhausted. In the given context, it conveys the idea that the person was chosen when there were no better alternatives.
So, the correct sentence would be: "They were really scraping the bottom of the barrel when they picked you."
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Option 1: a cry wolf
Option 2: a dead duck
Option 3: cold feet
Option 4: a fuel to the fire
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History certainly gives you (something to think about), doesn't it?
Option 1: food for thought
Option 2: cup of Joe
Option 3: golden handshake
Option 4: forty winks
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Option 3: Break a leg
Option 4: Spit it out
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Susie (has such strong resemblance to) Kate Winslet that sometimes people would ask her for her autograph.
Option 1: dead ringer
Option 2: gone bananas
Option 3: jack of all trades
Option 4: pound the pavement
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Option 1: swallowed the bitter truth
Option 2: held our horses
Option 3: have skin in the game
Option 4: got this game in the bag
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