421.
Bear out
Answer: C
It means to confirm.
To bear something out is to support or corroborate it - the evidence bears out his story.
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Idioms and Phrases Questions and Answers
Direction for [ Question No: 421 To 426 ] :
Some proverbs/idioms are given below together with their meanings. Choose the correct meaning of proverb/idiom.
422.
To hold water
Answer: D
It means to stand up to examination.
An argument that holds water is sound and free of flaws, like a vessel with no leak.
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423.
Feather one's own nest
Answer: A
It means to make money by unfair means.
To feather one's own nest is to enrich oneself at others' expense, especially while holding a position of trust.
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424.
To give oneself airs
Answer: D
It means affected manners.
To give oneself airs is to behave with an assumed superiority.
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425.
Make up for
Answer: A
It means to compensate for.
To make up for something is to compensate for a loss or a fault.
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426.
A bottleneck
Answer: C
It means anything that causes delay.
A bottleneck is a point of congestion that holds up everything behind it, from the narrow neck of a bottle through which the contents must pass.
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427.
At sixes and sevens
Answer: C
It means in disorder.
At sixes and sevens means in confusion. It appears to come from a dice game, and from a medieval dispute between two London guilds over which should be sixth and which seventh in procession.
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428.
Broken Reed
Answer: B
It means support that failed.
A broken reed is a person or thing that fails one at need, from Isaiah's image of leaning on a bruised reed that pierces the hand.
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429.
On that score
Answer: A
It means for that reason.
On that score means on that account, score here being the tally or reckoning - the same word as settling one's score.
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430.
Spill the beans
Answer: B
It means to give away information.
To spill the beans is to reveal a secret, probably from an ancient voting method in which beans were dropped into a jar and an upset would show the result too soon.
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