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Multiple Choice Questions

Hit the road ........

English Language and Interpesonal Skills (HAS) Idiom & Phrases

Directions: In each of the questions given below, a phrase/idiom is given in bold followed by five sentences with some part of it as bold. You have to identify the sentence in which the bold part can be replaced by the given bold phrase/idiom to make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct.

Hit the road

The project has been delayed as they have hit a snag.

You have been doing a lot of hard work lately, it’s time you hit the sack

Being late for the class, the teacher told me to hold my horses.

Afghanistan holds all the aces against Bangladesh this time.

Vikram has the upper hand being an experienced cueist.

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Explanation:

Hit the road: It means to leave.
Ex: As soon as the whistle blew, the coach told the players to hit the road.
Hit the snag: It means to face a sudden problem.
It has been used correctly in option A.
Hit the sack: It means to go to sleep.
It has been used correctly in option B.
Hold your horses: It means to be patient.
Option C is grammatically correct but contextually and logically incorrect. Hit the road would be a perfect replacement in this case.
Hold all the aces: It means high probability to win.
It has been used correctly in option D.
Have the upper hand: It means to have a better chance of winning.
It has been used correctly in option E.