alleryStart learning →Why can the meaning of a phrasal verb not be guessed from its parts?
AIt is always a slang word
BIt has no particle attached
CMeaning is non-compositional
DIt is rarely used in speech
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Meaning is non-compositional
The meaning is non-compositional and thus unpredictable from the individual words.
Keep practising Idioms
Browse all Idioms questions for SSC CGL, or explore more English topics.
Related questions
Variety is the spice of life means that change does what?Beauty is only skin deep means appearance tells us little about what?A fool and his money are soon parted suggests that what is true?All is well that ends well means what?Spare the rod and spoil the child suggests what?United we stand, divided we fall stresses what?Two wrongs do not make a right teaches that what is true?Absence makes the heart grow fonder suggests what?