Question
In each of the following questions, an idiom/phrase
has been used in three different sentences. Choose the option corresponding to the sentence(s) in which the idiom/phrase is used grammatically and contextually correct. BURY THE HATCHET I. After a decade of cutthroat corporate espionage and public litigation, the two tech titans finally decided to bury the hatchet by signing a historic cross-licensing patent agreement. II. Realizing that their ongoing domestic dispute was destroying the family business, the estranged brothers agreed to meet at a neutral venue to bury the hatchet once and for all. III. The structural engineers warned that if the construction crew did not deep-freeze the loose topsoil, the shifting bedrock would completely bury the hatchet of the skyscraper’s foundation.Solution
Meaning: “Bury the hatchet” is an idiom that means to make peace, end a long-standing quarrel, or settle a bitter conflict. Sentence I & II: Correct. Both sentences utilize the idiom flawlessly in its figurative sense—ending a long corporate legal war (I) and settling a bitter family feud (II). Sentence III: Incorrect. This sentence describes a literal, physical burying or collapsing of architectural foundations. Using a figurative idiom about making peace is completely nonsensical here.
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