Discussion
What does the underlined idiom in the expression '... that tip was his for the taking' mean ?
Answer: D
The idiom means available for taking.
If something is 'yours for the taking', you can have it simply by deciding to take it; nothing stands in your way. Said of the southern tip of India, it means Ashoka could easily have conquered it had he wished.
'Difficult to get' is the opposite meaning. 'To take at face value' means to accept something as it appears without questioning it, and 'to take for granted' means to assume something without thinking about it or to fail to appreciate it. Neither fits here.
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