Question
Angry residents are up in arms over a proposal
to site a giant mobile phone mast near their homes. In each question below, a sentence is given with an idiom/phrase printed in bold type. That part may contain a grammatical error. Each sentence is followed by four alternatives. Find out which option should replace the phrase/idiom given in bold to correct the error, if there is any, and to make the sentence grammatically meaningful and correct. If the sentence is correct as it is and ‘No correction is required’, mark 5) as the answer.Solution
The idiom ‘up in arms’ means ‘angry or upset’. Angry residents are up in arms over a proposal to site a giant mobile phone mast near their homes.
A perfect storm
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The whole nine yards
Select the most appropriate meaning of the bold idiom.
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full of beans
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