Post Utme Elizade University 2018 English Question 37

Practice objective / multiple choice question 37 from the 2018 Post Utme Elizade University English examination.

Post Utme Elizade University 2018 English Objective / Multiple Choice
Question 37 POST_UTME_ELIZADE_UNIVERSITY • 2018 • ENGLISH • objective
SHARED STIMULUS
The manager tried to avoid talking directly about the issue, so he beat around the bush.

The following sentence contains an idiom. Identify the idiom and explain its meaning.

Answer Options

A. The idiom is 'break a leg,' which means 'good luck.'
B. The idiom is 'cost an arm and a leg,' which means 'be expensive.'
C. The idiom is 'bend over backwards,' which means 'to go out of one's way to help someone.'
Correct Answer D. The idiom is 'beat around the bush,' which means 'to avoid talking directly or clearly about something.'
Correct Answer
D
Correct Option:
The idiom is 'beat around the bush,' which means 'to avoid talking directly or clearly about something.'

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This is Post Utme Elizade University 2018 English Question 37. It is one of the objective questions from the 2018 Post Utme Elizade University English examination.

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