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In the following questions four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase printed in bold. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase and mark it as your answer.

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elephant

A Something very useful

B Something useless and expensive

C Something royal

D Something in expensive

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