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Give one a long rope

  • to give a big helping hand
  • to let someone commit mistakes
  • to support a person
  • to make issues of small matters

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Example : Never give your children a long rope.

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1. Pay lip service

  • false appriciation
  • pretend to regard
  • true relation
  • false commitment

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Example : Most of politicians pay lip service to the plight of poor.

2. Bury the hatchet

  • to break peace
  • joint operation of killing
  • to make peace
  • none of above

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Example : His family members should bury the hatched to make peace in his home.

3. Wild-goose chase

  • collective effort
  • hard work
  • very profitable
  • unprofitable

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

Example : All the efforts of NGO's to root out the curse of dowry system is still a wild-goose chase in certain areas.

4. Pyrrhic victory

  • Great victory
  • Victory with a policy
  • Much awaited victory
  • Victory at a high cost

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

Greek victory over Trojans proved to be pyrrhic victory.

5. Give a wide berth

  • to welcome
  • to applaud
  • to motivate
  • to avoid

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

Example : We should give a wide berth to selfish people.

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