Question
Downhill sports can easily cost you an apple
of your eye without even seeing a mountain. Directions: In each question below, a sentence is given with a part of it printed in bold type. That part may contain a grammatical error. Each sentence is followed by phrases (A), (B), (C) and (D). Find out which phrase should replace the phrase 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 (E) as the answer.Solution
The phrase ‘apple of somebody’s eye’ means ‘the person who someone loves most and is very proud of’. This is incorrect here. This is not correct here. The correct idiom is ‘an arm and a leg’. It means ‘a lot of money’. Downhill sports can easily cost you an arm and a leg without even seeing a mountain.
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