UG-CLAT entrance exam Question Bank Solutions for English Language

Select the correct meaning of the italicized idiom and phrase out of the four choices given.

His friends failed to see why he should ride the high horse just because he had won an election.

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Tabula rasa

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Carte blanche

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Raison d’etre

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El Dorado

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Corpus delicti

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Vis-a-vis

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To blaze a trail

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A snake in the grass

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Have too many irons in the fire

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A fair weather friend

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A Panacea

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To make clean breast of

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A man of straw

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A wild-goose chase

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Put on the market

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To meet someone halfway

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Ex officio

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Ultra Vires

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Quid pro quo