Question
In each of the following questions, three statements
are given with an idiom highlighted in bold. You have to select the answer choice that represents the combination of statements in which the idiom has been correctly used. 1.) Despite the limited budget, they managed to scrape the barrel and organise a memorable event. 2.) By moving to a new country, she burnt her bridges to her old life. 3.) Their research in renewable energy is breaking new ground in sustainable technology.Solution
Solution Scrape the barrel- to use the worst people or things because it is all that is available. Burnt the bridges- did something that makes it impossible to go back to the original state. Breaking new ground- doing something that has never been done before. 1 is correct as it tells us how, despite facing a budget constraint, the people managed to put the worst resources to use and organise a memorable event. 2 is correct, as it tells us how the person made it impossible for herself to return to her previous way of living by moving to a new country. 3 is correct, as it tells us how their research in renewable energy is making unprecedented developments in the field of sustainable technology. Thus, E is the right answer.
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