Question
Before the recession, Ireland was on the pig's back ,
but the situation has changed drastically. In the sentence given below, an idiom/phrasal verb has been highlighted in bold. Given below it are five options, out of which you need to find the one which has the same meaning as the idiom/phrasal verb used in the sentence and can successfully replace the idiom/phrasal verb without changing the meaning of the sentence.Solution
A person who is on the pig's back is in a state of luck and everything is going well for them.
Get cold feet
1 - Flash in the pan
2 - Sauce in the pan
3 - Flesh in the pan
4 - Dish in the pan
5 - None of theseIn the given question, a phrase/ idiom has been given and there are three ways in which the word has been used, in similar or different forms. You need...
"All politicians blame each other and tell themselves good; it's like pot calling the kettle black ."
lame duck
Pull yourself together
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