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'Cost an arm and a leg' meansRead the answer and worked solution →'Let the cat out of the bag' meansRead the answer and worked solution →'When pigs fly' meansRead the answer and worked solution →'Kill two birds with one stone' meansRead the answer and worked solution →'Throw in the towel' meansRead the answer and worked solution →'Cry over spilt milk' meansRead the answer and worked solution →'In hot water' meansRead the answer and worked solution →'Pull someone's leg' meansRead the answer and worked solution →'Beat around the bush' meansRead the answer and worked solution →'Bend over backwards' meansRead the answer and worked solution →'Cut to the chase' meansRead the answer and worked solution →'Hit the nail on the head' meansRead the answer and worked solution →Match active sentence with its passive formRead the answer and worked solution →Fill the correct passive formRead the answer and worked solution →Match each rule to what it governsRead the answer and worked solution →True or false: commas and clausesRead the answer and worked solution →Complete the rule on participial phrasesRead the answer and worked solution →Tap every principle of composition Strunk givesRead the answer and worked solution →Which principle does this illustrate?Read the answer and worked solution →Reading the rules backRead the answer and worked solution →Complete the paragraph rulesRead the answer and worked solution →True or false: compositionRead the answer and worked solution →Order the steps: tighten a sentenceRead the answer and worked solution →Assertion and reasonRead the answer and worked solution →Two are true, one is notRead the answer and worked solution →Three of these are wrong. Find the one that holds.Read the answer and worked solution →Rule of usage, or principle of composition?Read the answer and worked solution →Flip and pair: rule with its pointRead the answer and worked solution →Spot the one that does not belongRead the answer and worked solution →True or false: punctuation rulesRead the answer and worked solution →

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'Cost an arm and a leg' means

  1. Be very expensive
  2. Lose limbs in an accident
  3. Be very cheap
  4. Be free of cost
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Correct answer: A. Be very expensive

1. Hyperbolic idiom for high price. 2. Limbs are figurative. 3. Cheap is the opposite. 4. Hence option A. _Source: jkchrome.com SSC Idioms and Phrases PDF (Mistral OCR), section on common idioms_

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'Let the cat out of the bag' means

  1. Free a captured stray cat
  2. Reveal a secret unknowingly
  3. Buy a pet cat from store
  4. Throw an old bag away
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Correct answer: B. Reveal a secret unknowingly

1. Idiom for revealing a secret. 2. Letting the cat out = spilling info. 3. Synonymous with 'spill the beans'. 4. Hence option A. _Source: jkchrome.com SSC Idioms and Phrases PDF (Mistral OCR), section on common idioms_

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'When pigs fly' means

  1. Something pleasant
  2. Something that happens often
  3. Something that will never happen
  4. Something painful
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Correct answer: C. Something that will never happen

1. Pigs cannot fly. 2. Idiom mocks an impossible event. 3. Means 'will never happen'. 4. Hence option A. _Source: jkchrome.com SSC Idioms and Phrases PDF (Mistral OCR), section on common idioms_

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