Question
It's irritating that he could rain on my plate by
stealing the record before me. 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 correct expression is ‘rain on my parade’. The expression ‘rain on somebody’s parade’ means ‘to do something that spoils someone's plans’. It's irritating that he could rain on my parade by stealing the record before me.
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