Question
On each occasion, they had agreed to uneasy
power-sharing arrangements with the army, only for the army to subsequently engineer their unceremonious downfall. In the question given below, a word is emboldened. From the options, select a word as your answer that can replace the word in bold to make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct. If no such replacement is required, select option E, ‘No replacement required’ as your answer.Solution
The word ‘agreed’ is correct there. On each occasion, they had agreed to uneasy power-sharing arrangements with the army, only for the army to subsequently engineer their unceremonious downfall.
Mare's nest
Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
To be on the same page
But the point here is we cannot blow hot and cold on crime. It's either we stand up for law and order and justice, or we buckle under the crime wave.
Play it by the ear
Bury the hatchet
I. The two countries decided to bury the hatchet and work towards the welfare of the people.
II. I hope that one day, the...
Last month, the pre-induction trials were put of by two weeks due to bad weather alerts.
An idiom/phrase is given in bold. Following this idiom/phrase are given three sentences, which use the given idiom/phrase. The idiom/phrase may or may ...
Break a leg
- Read the sentence carefully and select the most suitable idiom to fill in the blank.
The manager was criticized for his decision as it was complete... lame duck
