Question
Fig Leaf (i) His act of philanthropy was merely
a fig leaf designed to hide his corrupt practices. (ii) The recently scheduled back-to-back meetings are like a fig leaf to cover the impending tasks of the project. (iii) You’ll have to use a fig leaf and work hard if you want to impress the board. In each of the following questions, a word has been used in sentences in THREE different ways. Choose the option corresponding to the sentences in which the usage of the word is CORRECT or APPROPRIATE.Solution
In (iii), pull of socks is a better fit as an idiom, which means to work hard. In the other two sentences, hiding an embarrassing fact is required, hence fig leaf is the correct usage.
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