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      Question

      Our future is very much up for the air as they

      may well come back to us and tell us to sling our hook. In each question below, a sentence is given with a part of it printed in bold type. That part contains an idiom/phrasal verb that may be correct or erroneous. Each sentence is followed by phrases (A), (B), (C) and (D). Find out which is the correct idiom that should replace the error in bold, if there is any, and which makes the sentence grammatically meaningful and correct. If the sentence is correct as it is and ‘No improvement required’, mark (E) as the answer.
      A up in the air Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
      B up as the air Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
      C up for the hair Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
      D up as the heir Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
      E No improvement required Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

      Solution

      The correct idiom is ‘up in the air’. It means ‘uncertain and with an unknown result’. Our future is very much up in the air as they may well come back to us and tell us to sling our hook.

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