Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom To play ducks and drakes ........

English Language (CGL) Idiom & Phrases

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

To play ducks and drakes

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SSC CGL 4 June 2019 Shift-1

to use recklessly

to change places

to be friendly

to act cleverly

- The idiom "to play ducks and drakes" means to use money or resources recklessly or wastefully.

- Option 1: to use recklessly

- This is the correct meaning of the idiom. It implies being careless or extravagant.

- Option 2: to change places

- This option does not relate to the idiom. It involves switching positions or locations, which is not relevant here.

- Option 3: to be friendly

- Being friendly has no connection to the concept of playing ducks and drakes.

- Option 4: to act cleverly

- Acting cleverly is about using intelligence wisely, the opposite of recklessness.

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