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      Question

      Put simply, they have hot and cold too much to be

      treated as serious title contenders. 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.
      A cover hot and cold Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
      B show hot and cold Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
      C blow hot and cold Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
      D make hot and cold Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
      E No correction required Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

      Solution

      The idiom ‘blow hot and cold’ means ‘to sometimes like or be interested in something or someone and sometimes not, so people are confused about how you really feel’. Put simply, they blow hot and cold too much to be treated as serious title contenders.

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