Choose the idiom that best expresses: to joke with or playfully tease someone.
Difficulty: Medium
About this MCQ
This Medium Idioms and Phrases MCQ checks one syllabus fact.
The question is: “Choose the idiom that best expresses: to joke with or playfully tease someone.”
The accepted answer is A. Pull someone's leg. Choose the idiom that best expresses to joke with or playfully tease someone is answered by Pull someone's leg option A Option B Water under the bridge does not match the stem it is a near-miss used to catch incomplete recall of Pull someone's leg Option C Bite off more than you can chew does not match the stem it is a near-miss used to catch incomplete recall of Pull someone's leg Remaining alternatives Read between the lines fall outside the same rule and should be eliminated once Pull someone's leg is identified Idioms and Phrases questions of this type reward precise definitions rather than approximate associations Idioms and Phrases recall of this distinction is a regular item in FPSC.
- A. Pull someone's leg ✓
- B. Water under the bridge
Why not B: “Water under the bridge” is not correct. The accepted answer is A. Pull someone's leg. Choose the idiom that best expresses to joke with or playfully tease someone is answered by Pull someone's leg option A Option B Water under the bridge does not match the stem it i
- C. Bite off more than you can chew
Why not C: “Bite off more than you can chew” is not correct. The accepted answer is A. Pull someone's leg. Choose the idiom that best expresses to joke with or playfully tease someone is answered by Pull someone's leg option A Option B Water under the bridge does not match the stem it i
- D. Read between the lines
Why not D: “Read between the lines” is not correct. The accepted answer is A. Pull someone's leg. Choose the idiom that best expresses to joke with or playfully tease someone is answered by Pull someone's leg option A Option B Water under the bridge does not match the stem it i
Correct answer
A. Pull someone's leg
Explanation
Choose the idiom that best expresses to joke with or playfully tease someone is answered by Pull someone's leg option A Option B Water under the bridge does not match the stem it is a near-miss used to catch incomplete recall of Pull someone's leg Option C Bite off more than you can chew does not match the stem it is a near-miss used to catch incomplete recall of Pull someone's leg Remaining alternatives Read between the lines fall outside the same rule and should be eliminated once Pull someone's leg is identified Idioms and Phrases questions of this type reward precise definitions rather than approximate associations Idioms and Phrases recall of this distinction is a regular item in FPSC.
Source: Idioms and Phrases Official FPSC/NTS/PPSC-Style Reference Guide
Tags: English, Idioms, FPSC, PPSC, phrases, NTS
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