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प्रश्न
Look at the highlighted expressions in the following sentences from the text and explain their figurative meaning.
- 'I went through it, sir, with a fine-toothed comb and never a Garrideb could I catch.'
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'They are my favourite covert for putting up a bird, and I would never have overlooked a cock pheasant as that.'
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'There is no bolt-hole for you in this country.'
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'When his castle in the air fell down, it burred him beneath the ruins.'
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उत्तर
with a fine-toothed comb: To investigate minutely
putting up a bird:
a cock pheasant:
bolt-hole: A place of escape or refuge
castle in the air: A fantasy
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