Question
As with people, some monkeys are lazy, (1)/ like those
who sleep all day in the zoo, (2)/ and some were industrious. (3)/ No error (4) In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select No Error.Solution
The sentence is in the present tense. So, ‘were’ should be replaced with ‘are’.
Cut the mustard
"She knew she was biting off more than she could chew when she accepted the new project."
If you want to be a politician, you'll do much better if you were born with the gift of gab .
Miss the boat
She goes to her mother's house off and on .
A storm in a teacup
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Fair-weather friend
Select the correct meaning of the given idiom.
On the spur of the momentÂ
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