Choose the best explanation for the idiom 'Add fuel to the fire'.
Difficulty: Hard
About this MCQ
This Hard Idioms and Phrases MCQ checks one syllabus fact.
The question is: “Choose the best explanation for the idiom 'Add fuel to the fire'.”
The accepted answer is D. To make a bad situation even worse. Choose the best explanation for the idiom 'Add fuel to the fire' is answered by To make a bad situation even worse option D Option A To avoid talking about something directly does not match the stem it is a near-miss used to catch incomplete recall of To make a bad situation even worse Option B Something that is very easy to do does not match the stem it is a near-miss used to catch incomplete recall of To make a bad situation even worse Remaining alternatives To not take something too literally or seriously fall outside the same rule and should be eliminated once To make a bad situation even worse is identified Idioms and Phrases questions of this.
- A. To avoid talking about something directly
Why not A: “To avoid talking about something directly” is not correct. The accepted answer is D. To make a bad situation even worse. Choose the best explanation for the idiom 'Add fuel to the fire' is answered by To make a bad situation even worse option D Option A To avoid talking about something directly does
- B. Something that is very easy to do
Why not B: “Something that is very easy to do” is not correct. The accepted answer is D. To make a bad situation even worse. Choose the best explanation for the idiom 'Add fuel to the fire' is answered by To make a bad situation even worse option D Option A To avoid talking about something directly does
- C. To not take something too literally or seriously
Why not C: “To not take something too literally or seriously” is not correct. The accepted answer is D. To make a bad situation even worse. Choose the best explanation for the idiom 'Add fuel to the fire' is answered by To make a bad situation even worse option D Option A To avoid talking about something directly does
- D. To make a bad situation even worse ✓
Correct answer
D. To make a bad situation even worse
Explanation
Choose the best explanation for the idiom 'Add fuel to the fire' is answered by To make a bad situation even worse option D Option A To avoid talking about something directly does not match the stem it is a near-miss used to catch incomplete recall of To make a bad situation even worse Option B Something that is very easy to do does not match the stem it is a near-miss used to catch incomplete recall of To make a bad situation even worse Remaining alternatives To not take something too literally or seriously fall outside the same rule and should be eliminated once To make a bad situation even worse is identified Idioms and Phrases questions of this.
Source: Idioms and Phrases Official FPSC-Style Reference Guide
Tags: English, Idioms, FPSC, phrases
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