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In the Question Below, a Related Phrase is Followed by a Group of Words. Select the Group of Words that Best Expresses a Relationship Similar to the One Expressed in the Original Phrase.

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In the question below, a related phrase is followed by a group of words. Select the group of words that best expresses a relationship similar to the one expressed in the original phrase.

Die in harness 

Options

  • die while riding

  • die at the height of one’s success 

  • die with help

  • die when the work has been completed

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Solution

die at the height of one’s success 

Explanation:

die at the height of one’s success This is an idiom which means ‘to die before one has hung up one’s boots or called it a day or retired,’ i.e., to die when one is still very much in the reckoning, is active and working.

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