Question
The debut disc by this Burlington act is a
straight-ahead return to the kind of woman-made tuneage that was all the game five, six years ago. In each question below, a sentence is given with a part of it printed in bold type. That part contains an idiom/phrasal verb that may be correct or erroneous. Each sentence is followed by phrases (A), (B), (C) and (D). Find out which is the correct idiom that should replace the error in bold, if there is any, and which makes the sentence grammatically meaningful and correct. If the sentence is correct as it is and ‘No improvement required’, mark (E) as the answer.Solution
The idiom ‘all the rage’ means ‘to be very popular at a particular time’. This is correct here. The debut disc by this Burlington act is a straight-ahead return to the kind of woman-made tuneage that was all the rage five, six years ago.
Devil's Advocate
"After months of struggling with the project, the team finally made significant progress and feels they are out of the woods. "
"After trying everything to fix the computer, John was at his wits' end and didn’t know what to do next."
- An idiom/phrase is given in bold. Following this idiom/phrase are given three sentences, which use the given idiom/phrase. The idiom/phrase may or may not ...
- Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
A piece of cake Miss the boat
The given sentence is followed by four phrases/ idioms. Choose the one which can be filled in the blank to make the sentence most meaningful and correc...
Good Samaritan
Their ambitious business venture, which they had poured all their savings into, ended in smoke when they failed to secure the necessary funding.Â
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