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    Question

    Fill in the blanks with appropriate phrases.

    After seeing my old house in such bad shape, I

    __________ for weeks.
    A had blue blood Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B had blue collar Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C had blue laws Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D had the blues Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    The phrase ‘have the blues’ means ‘to feel sad’. A- ‘blue blood’ means ‘the fact of someone having been born into a family that belongs to the highest social class’. B- Blue-collar workers do work needing strength or physical skill rather than office work. C- ‘blue laws’ means ‘a law that limits activities that are considered not to be moral for religious reasons, such as shopping or working on Sundays’.

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