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    Question

    Directions: Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. Mark the part with the error as your answer. If there is no error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

    His wife was (A)/away and (B)/the house was (C)/at the

    drop of a hat (D). No error (E)
    A A Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B B Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C C Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D D Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E E Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    If you do something at the drop of a hat, you do it immediately without stopping to think about it. This is incorrect. The correct idiom here is ‘at sixes and sevens’. It means ‘in a confused, badly organized, or difficult situation’. His wife was away and the house was at sixes and sevens .

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