List of top English Questions on Idioms asked in AILET LLM

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We are unsure of what the Management’s reaction will be,so we’ll just have to play by the ear.

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The Boss tends to exaggerate so we take what he says with a pinch of salt.

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You have just avoided relegation by the skin of your teeth.

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I am just biding my time, planning and looking for a property that’s perfect for my family.

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The team’s business went belly-up during the long recession.

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The new marketing campaign is not a patch on our classic old ads.

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The instructors at the camp were well-equipped to handle first time trekkers who could go green around the gills.

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Harry Kumar was named the best new director of 2010 but his career was a flash in the pan.

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After the heart attack, Suresh’s decision to go cold turkey with smoking backfired

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Without doubt, it is the leadership whom we naturally call on the carpet first for anything untowards that happens.

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The Municipal Council wants residents to pony up for overstaying their lease period

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Asking your grandmother to sell her ancestral home is like beating a dead horse