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(CHSL Tier – I 2020)
1. To play with fire
a) To act in a dangerous and risky way
b) To hold a revenge against someone
c) To fight fires like a fireman
d) To pour oil on a burning fire
Anil_Jadon_English Ans. (a)

2. To cut corners
a) Cut something easily without spoiling it
b) Cut something into pieces
c) Be able to do a job effortlessly
d) Not do a thing well in order to save money or effort
Anil_Jadon_English Ans. (d)

3. Cooks the books
a) To falsify financial records
b) To be a good writer
c) To write books on cooking
d) To be a good editor

4. Poke one’s nose
a) Not be careful about one’s health
b) Interfere or meddle
c) Do unhygienic things
d) Tease or irritate
Anil_Jadon_English Ans. (b)

5. A fire in someone’s belly (CHSL Tier – I 2020)
a) One who is energetic and enthusiastic about something

b) One who is rich and powerful and exploits the poor
c) One who comes from a middle class background
d) One who continues to work without wanting a reward

6. A blessing in disguise
a) Something good that isn’t recognized at first
b) Someone who comes disguised
c) A person who blesses others quietly
d) An event that is unknown

7. Needle is a haystack
a) Someone having vast opportunities
b) Someone in trouble
c) Something impossible to find
d) Something very trivial
Anil_Jadon_English Ans. (c)

8. Rank and file
a) The manager of a personnel department
b) Ordinary workers in a company
c) Financial activities in a firm
d) A very well – organised company

9. My brother has decided to settle in London for good.

a) Forever (CHSL Tier – I 2020)
b) Briefly
c) For a better income
d) For a promotion

10. Burn the midnight oil
a) Burn things using oil
b) Work many nights at a stretch
c) Create problems in the night
d) Work late into the night

11. To come around
a) To meet someone by chance
b) To spend a lot of time with someone
c) To go round and round
d) To become conscious again

12. Break the ice
a) Make a beginning or start something
b) Cool the room for everyone
c) Arrange for a skating show
d) Make things available for a party

13. A lean patch
a) Cloth that is beginning to tear
b) A part of hair that is thin
c) Friendship that has ended
d) A period of poor performance

14. Off and on
a) Again and again
b) Every day
c) Sometimes but not regularly
d) Not soon

15. Hang on every word
a) Speak very slowly
b) Listen very carefully
c) Stop after hearing one word
d) Stammer while speaking

16. To fish in troubled waters
a) To take advantage of a difficult situation
b) To try to find a big catch in the deep sea
c) To try to do something that is very difficult
d) To catch fish in stormy weather in the sea

17. At a stone’s throw
a) Beat someone with a stone
b) Throw a stone at someone
c) At a very short distance
d) Like throwing a stone

18. A dime a dozen
a) Common and so of little value
b) In great demand as not easily available
c) Available only in bulk mil
d) Not available everywhere

19. A red letter day
a) A day of fun and enjoyment
b) A day of horror
c) The worst day
d) A memorable day

20. Full of beans
a) Happy and energetic
b) Sad and dull
c) Being foolish
d) Have crazy ideas

21. Their marriage wasn’t working but they kept up

appearances. (CHSL Tier – I 2020)
a) Maintained an expression of well being
b) Maintained peace and harmony
c) Kept throwing parties
d) Revealed the truth

22. Method to one’s madness
a) Being very neat and particular about details
b) Seeming disorderly yet having a structure.
c) Always behaving like a mad person
d) Not following rules and conventions

23. Get out of land
a) To get irritated
b) To become difficult to control
c) To be able to complete a task
d) To be anxious

24. Not one’s cup of tea
a) Not absolutely true
b) Not according to one’s interest
c) Beyond one’s comprehension
d) Of no concern for someone

25. To cross one’s mind
a) To forget something
b) To put a thought away from one’s mind
c) To move from one idea to another
d) To think of something

26. Whenever I meet him he pulls a long face.

a) Looks cheerful
b) Looks angry
c) Looks indifferent
d) Looks gloomy

27. I have warned him now and then not to take to

drinking.
a) frequently
b) repeatedly
c) occasionally
d) consistently
28. Their attitude towards each other only tended to

create bad blood between the brothers.
a) distrust
b) angry feeling
c) misunderstanding
d) jealousy
29. People usually take promises made on the eve of

elections with a grain of salt.
a) With total disbelief
b) Whole heartedly
c) With some reservation
d) Seriously
30. Let’s listen to him, he seems to be having

something up his sleeve.
a) A secret plan
b) A grand idea
c) Something important
d) A profitable plan
31. To set the people by ears:

a) To punish heavily
b) To insult and disgrace people
c) To box the people
d) To excite people to a quarrel

32. To be lost in the clouds:

a) To be perplexed
b) To find oneself in very uncomfortable position
c) To be concealed from the view
d) To fly deep in the clouds

33. To be vacant in upper storey:

a) To be feeble minded
b) To indulge in meaningless imaginative flights
c) To have the upper portion of the house untenanted
d) Not keeping anything in the upper storey of the house

34. To beat the air:

a) To act foolishly
b) To move vigorously
c) To move sluggishly
d) To make efforts that are useless or vain

35. To fight to the bitter end:

a) To fight to the last point of enemy position
b) To die fighting
c) To carry on a contest careless of consequences
d) To fight with poison tipped edges

36. To give up the ghost:

a) To make false appearance
b) To terrify others by acting in a suspicious manners
c) To die
d) To leave useless pursuits

37. To show the white feathers:

a) To be fashionable
b) To assume royal airs
c) To show signs of cowardice
d) To capitulate

38. To smell a rat:

a) To smell had smell
b) To suspect a trick or deceit
c) Misunderstand
d) To see hidden meaning

39. To wash one’s dirty linen in public:

a) To quarrel in the open
b) To do some ugly work in public
c) To discuss dirty and scandalous matters of
personal nature in the presence of strangers
d) To wash one’s clothes in the open
40. To wrangle over an ass’s shadow:

a) Quarrel over trifles
b) To quarrel like fools
c) To fight unnecessary battles
d) To do unnecessary work

41. Will ‘O’ the wisp:

a) To act in a childish way
b) Acting in a foolish way
c) To have desires unbacked by effort
d) Anything which eludes or deceives

42. A snake in the grass:

a) A secret or hidden enemy
b) Not reliable person
c) Very ferocious snake
d) Unrecognizable danger

43. To look down one’s nose at:

a) To show angel”
b) To backbite
c) To insult in the presence of others.
d) To regard with half – hidden displeasure or concept

44. Hobson’s choice:

a) Excellent choice
b) No choice at all because there is only thing to take or do
c) Choice to live or die
d) Bigman’s choice

45. To have a chip on one’s shoulder:

a) To have dead – cut wound on the shoulder
b) To be deserving of praise
c) To have a defiant air
d) To be boastful

46. To meet one’s Waterloo:

a) To die fighting
b) To die an ignoble death
c) To meet one’s final defeat
d) To meet a strong adversary

47. To flog a dead horse:

a) To do a vain thing
b) To try to take work from a weak horse
c) To beat a horse that is dead
d) To revive interest in a subject which is out of date

48. To be lost in the clouds:

a) To be concealed from the view
b) To find one – self in a very uncomfortable position
c) To be perplexed
d) To fly deep in the clouds

49. To fish in troubled waters:

a) To indulge in evil conspiracies
b) To aggravate the situation
c) To make a profit out of a disturbance
d) To catch fish in disturbed waters

50. To take the wind out of another's’ sails:

a) To defeat the motives of another
b) To cause harm to another
c) To anticipate another and to gain advantage over him
d) To manoeuvre to mislead another on the high seas

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51. To wrangle over an ass’s shadow:

a) To do something funny
b) To quarrel over the pretty things
c) To waste time on pretty things
d) To quarrel over trifles

52. To fly of the handle:

a) To dislocate
b) To be indifferent
c) To lose one’s temper
d) To be air borne

53. To bring one’s eggs (hogs) to a bad market.

a) To fail in one’s plans because one goes to the wrong people for help
b) To bring one’s commodities to a market where there is no demand
for them
c) To show one’s talents before an audience which is incapable of
appreciating them
d) To face a humiliating situation
54. To fight tooth and nail:

a) Making every possible effort to win
b) To fight cowardly
c) To fight bravely
d) To fight a losing battle

55. To let the grass grow under one’s feet:

a) To miss the opportunity
b) To let things go on in their natural way
c) To be indolent and let others take advantage of
one’s indolence
d) To idle away the time; to delay the linger
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56. Pig in a poke

(CHSL – TIER - I, 10/03/23 (2nd Shift)
1. Something that is bought without examining properly

2. A brave man amongst all the cowards
3. To bring something to an end
4. To obstruct someone’s work
Anil_Jadon_English ANS. (1)

57. Slack off

1. To make most effort

2. To ease pressure on something
3. To understand a hidden meaning
4. To be very rude

58. Over and above

(CHSL – TIER - I, 10/03/23 (3rd Shift)
1. In addition to
2. Above all
3. To sum up the conversation
4. Highest rank

59. Ace in the hole

1. To suffer an injury on the lower body.

2. To create noisy disturbances so that competitors are unable
to work.
3. To attempt to do the impossible.
4. A major advantage that one keeps hidden until an ideal time.

60. For old time’s sake

(CHSL – TIER - I, 10/03/23 (4th Shift)
1. Deliberately stop someone

2. To be friends with an old person
3. To consider the options
4. Because of sentimental memories of the past

61. Dead ringer

1. Detailed information
2. In writing
3. An exact duplicate
4. Game of race

62. Water under the bridge

(CHSL – TIER - I, 13/03/23 (1st Shift)
1. Anything from the past that isn't significant or important

anymore.
2. A paranormal sense that allows you to communicate with the
dead.
3. To be very sick.
4. Someone else who takes the blame.

63. To keep an eye on

1. To be able to understand everything

2. To watch over closely
3. To see someone in a bad light
4. To keep distance from

64. All and sundry

1. Advantages and disadvantages

2. Everyone without distinction
3. Holidays
4. Full moon

65. Green light

1. To always compare
2. To permit something to proceed
3. To misunderstand
4. To be lost and confused

66. Slap on the wrist

1. Misunderstand each other

2. Criticize someone strongly and angrily
3. A mild punishment
4. Wild with excitement

67. A shot in the dark

1. Randomly doing something, the outcome of which is

unknown
2. A blind man's cane
3. Shooting in the night
4. Looking at the stars

68. A bull market

1. A fertile field
2. Market where prices are rising
3. To boast
4. A market where cattle is traded

69. To shake in one’s shoes

1. To be afraid
2. To leave no remark
3. An unpleasant scenario
4. To fail to understand

70. To meet one’s water loo

1. To realize one’s mistake

2. To be badly defeated in a contest
3. To meet one’s look alike
4. To face the reality

71. To bridge the gap

1. To push people apart

2. To mend a broken bridge
3. To slander someone
4. To reduce differences and reconcile

72. In black and white

1. In brief
2. In suspense
3. In writing
4. In trouble

73. Bite the dust

1. To lose a fight
2. To die
3. To grieve over
4. To hate

74. Pedal to the metal

1. To enjoy yourself by going out.

2. Avoid responsibility by giving it to someone else.
3. To go full speed, especially while driving a vehicle.
4. Very excessive.

75. Blessing in disguise

1. A good deed rewards as a blessing

2. Something that happens very rarely
3. Bad thing that turns out to be good
4. A good thing introduced into your life as a blessing

76. High and dry

1. Perplexed
2. Abandoned
3. Failed
4. Occasionally

77. The whole ball of wax

1. Meagre
2. Complete disaster
3. Everything
4. Sagacious

78. Dead lock

1. A state in which progress is impossible

2. To be anxious
3. To attract
4. To lose an important asset

79. Method to my madness

1. Strange or crazy actions that appear meaningless but in the end

are done for a good reason.
2. To state a fact so that there are no doubts or objections.
3. Someone who is unpredictable and can cause damage if not kept
in check.
4. To get someone drunk.

80. To make one’s mark

1. To attain success
2. To prove a point
3. To be indifferent
4. To make no effort

81. To lay someone by the heels

1. To confine somebody in prison

2. To force someone for something
3. To gain support
4. To praise someone

82. Sea change

1. Major transformation
2. Hatred
3. To pursue
4. Jealousy

83. Wear your heart on your sleeve

1. To suspect a trick
2. To go through a heart break
3. To understand
4. To openly display one's emotions

84. Give cold shoulder

1. Be guiltless
2. Ignore, avoid or be unfriendly towards someone
3. Think only of one thing
4. Start doing something before the appropriate time

85. To twiddle one’s thumbs

1. To waste one’s resources

2. To show no mercy
3. To be idle
4. To play safe

86. Armed to the teeth

1. Different attacking techniques

2. Safeguard oneself in every possible way
3. To have no weapon to fight
4. Fully armed, having many weapons

87. To sleep like a dog

1. To be less mindful
2. To make noise while sleeping
3. To be insomniac
4. To sleep soundly

88. Apropos of nothing

1. Any difficult situation or obstacle

2. Almost everything and anything has been included
3. Having no relevance to any previous discussion or
situation
4. To be enraged

89. A bolt from the blue

1. An unexpected event
2. To get hold of someone
3. A sudden run
4. An electric shock

90. Lion’s mouth

1. Very talkative
2. A large share
3. Having no sense
4. A dangerous situation

91. At daggers drawn with

1. To accept someone
2. At the lowest estimate
3. To help someone in time of need
4. To be bitterly hostile towards each other

92. Neck of the woods

1. Valley
2. Highways
3. Neighbourhood
4. Barren land

93. Get into hot water

1. To get into trouble

2. A private end to serve
3. To get a costly gift
4. To reach nowhere

94. Appeal to Caesar

1. To expect good from a wrong person

2. Appeal to the highest possible authority
3. An authority given to a foolish person
4. To live in a false reality

95. All bark and no bite

1. Not being able to understand anything

2. Someone who sticks to his words
3. Full of talk, but low on action
4. Actions are stronger than mere words

96. A bite at the cherry

1. An attempt or opportunity to do something

2. A wrong move
3. A dog bite
4. To have a leverage over someone

97. To make a mountain of a mole hill

1. To make unnecessary comments

2. To achieve big success
3. To violate the rules
4. To give great importance to trifles

98. Save your breath

1. To be resentful
2. To work hard
3. To make an effort that will be futile
4. To hold one’s anger

99. Backseat driver

1. To conclude proceedings.
2. A person who offers unsolicited advice.
3. Attempt to get control over someone.
4. To miss an appointed meeting.

100. The whys and wherefores

1. References
2. Circumstances
3. Reasons
4. Requirements

101. As hard as nails

1. To feel no pain
2. Physically or mentally tough
3. To be stubborn
4. Hard working

102. Burn your bridges

1. To be puzzled
2. To eliminate the possibility of return or retreat
3. To disclose a secret
4. To have a fight

103. To lose one’s head

1. To lose the track of time

2. To lose one’s self-control
3. To have bad memory
4. To reach nowhere

104. A beast of burden

1. An animal that carries luggage

2. A person who works hardly
3. A liability
4. A violent man

105. Cast someone adrift

1. Call someone repeatedly

2. To blame someone for one’s mistakes
3. To leave someone without any support or purpose
4. To change plan suddenly

106. New kid on the block

1. Don't hurt anyone that helps you.

2. Nonsense or meaningless speech.
3. Savings set aside for future use.
4. Someone new to the group or area

107. To take the veil

1. To help someone
2. To show interest
3. To become a nun
4. To take a responsibility

108. To the manner born

1. To do something as though it is coming naturally

2. To give a ride to someone
3. To be sophisticated
4. To have high manners

109. Be my guest
1. Come with me
2. Be with me
3. Please do it
4. Stop, don't go ahead

110. Buy a lemon

1. To lose foundation
2. To buy something that is of much less value.
3. To give importance to little things
4. To work through the day and shop in the evening

111. To miss the bus

1. Escape by a thin margin

2. A problem in a situation
3. Short lived glory
4. To lose an opportunity

112. To have a nodding acquaintance

1. Know somebody/something slightly

2. To neglect all the parameters
3. To have nothing in common
4. To have a great experience

113. In the flesh

1. To get a tattoo
2. In bodily form
3. To be near death
4. To talk

114. Have people rolling in the aisles

1. Make an audience laugh uncontrollably

2. To have a dispute with someone
3. Willing to do something immediately
4. To use false promises to pull people on one’s side

115. Piece of cake

1. Something which is very simple

2. Invitation for birthday
3. Intuition for something dangerous
4. Extremely difficult

116. To breast the tape

1. To bring joy
2. To win a race
3. To create problems
4. To shut someone’s mouth

117. To jump out of one’s skin

1. To show one’s real side

2. To argue with someone
3. To be extremely surprised
4. To feel immense pain

118. Good grief

1. To try everything possible

2. To be very systematic
3. An expression of surprise or frustration
4. To dig a hole

119. Penny wise and pound foolish

1. An intelligent person who behaves foolishly

2. Careless with large amounts, but not small
3. Dissipating money without caring about consequences
4. To act like a fool

120. To play with fire

1. Show disappointment
2. Feel sick
3. To take foolish risk
4. To abuse

121. The young boy was born with a silver spoon in his
mouth.
1. born with a spoon that was not of gold

2. born to not so rich parents
3. born to riches and luxury
4. born with a spoon stuck in his mouth
Anil_Jadon_English ANS. (3) (CGL, 06/12/22 (4th Shift)

122. Nobody in the conference seemed to believe the

cock and bull story about such a major movie star.
1. Factual story
2. Interesting story
3. Secretive story
4. Wildly exaggerated or falsified story
(CGL, 07/12/22 (1st Shift)

123. The game is now in full swing.
1. very active
2. playing on the swings
3. very passive
4. very uninteresting
Anil_Jadon_English ANS. (1) (CGL, 07/12/22 (1st Shift)

124. The MD of the company let the cat out of the bag by
telling her secretary, who got the much coveted promotion.
1. secretly confide
2. openly confess
3. To allow a secret to be known, usually without intending to
4. Creating a false story
Anil_Jadon_English ANS. (3) (CGL, 07/12/22 (2nd Shift)

125. Take something at face value
1. Not laugh or change your expression even though you want to laugh
2. Accept something as it looks without thinking about whether it
might, in fact, not be
quite what it appears
3. Show that you do not like something by making an unpleasant
expression
4. According to the appearance of something
(CGL, 07/12/22 (2nd Shift)

126. Turn over a new leaf

1. To stop finally
2. To plant a tree
3. To take a break
4. To begin again
Anil_Jadon_English ANS. (4) (CGL, 07/12/22 (3rd Shift)

127. A fair-weather friend can never be trusted in the

times of exigency.
1. A close friend
2. A pen friend
3. A selfish friend
4. An old acquaintance

128. Cudgel one’s brain
1. Thinking about a debate

2. Not to think
3. To think hard
4. To overthink
(CGL, 08/12/22 (1st Shift)

129. Play it by ear

1. To improve
2. To listen carefully
3. To do something without special preparation
4. To plan
(CGL, 08/12/22 (2nd Shift)

130. I bought some extra copies from the stationery

shop. These may come in handy during exams.
1. Be sold
2. Bring luck
3. Cause trouble
4. Be useful

131. On cloud nine

1. Dreaming
2. Flying
3. Very happy
4. Floating

132. Someone’s heart is in the right place
1. Share secret worries with someone else
2. Someone is good even if they sometimes behave in a wrong
manner
3. Change your opinion or the way you feel
4. Suddenly feel so excited or frightened that your heart
beats faster
(CGL, 08/12/22 (3rd Shift)

133. Down the tubes

1. Minting money
2. Being informal
3. Going to swim
4. Failing completely
(CGL, 08/12/22 (4rd Shift)

134. I begged him to reconsider my application, but he put his
foot down.
1. agreed to reconsider
2. refused to yield
3. did not run
4. stamped his foot down
Anil_Jadon_English ANS. (2) (CGL, 09/12/22 (1st Shift)

135. Fair-weather friends

1. A person who is friends with you every day
2. A person who is friends with you during the night
3. A person who is friends with you in difficult times
4. A person whose friendship cannot be relied on in times

136 Select the sentence that uses the idiom correctly.

1. Walking bare feet on grass gave him cold feet.
2. Ranita was not selected for the job as she got cold feet.
3. After too much cycling Arun got cold feet.
4. One can swim easily with cold feet.

137. The new intern is a greenhorn and thus his

superiors take advantage of him.
1. Overenthusiastic
2. Inexperienced
3. Sick
4. Jealous

138. After several years of cheating on his PhD work, the

candidate finally had to face the music and lose the opportunity.
1. Accept ignorance
2. To accept unpleasant consequences
3. Choose another alternative that is uninteresting
4. Be exposed
(CGL, 09/12/22 (4th Shift)

139. Lose your marbles

1. To handle stress
2. To be patient
3. To go insane
4. To lower down anger
(CGL, 09/12/22 (4th Shift)

140. He's sitting on the fence

1. He can't hide himself
2. He can't stop trying
3. He can't take a decision
4. He can't do anything seriously
(CGL, 12/12/22 (1st Shift)

141. The anxious duke was found strolling in the

garden to and fro.
1. Upward and downward
2. From west to east
3. Forward and backward
4. From north to south

142. The sailor tells great tales of adventure that

you should take with a grain of salt.
1. Great patriotism
2. Not take too seriously
3. Be afraid to refrain from
4. Great admiration
(CGL, 12/12/22 (2nd Shift)
143. After the government interventions, the enrolment and

retention of female students have increased by leaps and
bounds.
1. Swiftly
2. Systematically
3. Gradually
4. Intermittently

144. Eat humble pie

1. To live a life of humility
2. To live in penury
3. To enjoy life to the fullest
4. To apologise humbly
(CGL, 12/12/22 (3rd Shift)

145. Let us know what you think in black and

white.
1. in black and white paint

2. in writing
3. Verbally
4. in darkness and light

146. Red tape
1. Catch someone at the moment they are doing something wrong
2. Official rules and bureaucracy that make it difficult to do
something
3. Something unimportant that takes attention away from the main
subject
4. Have a negative amount in your bank balance

147. Steer clear of

1. Show someone how to do a job or activity
2. Be mentally and physically exhausted
3. Be very easy
4. Avoid someone or something because it is dangerous for you
(CGL, 13/12/22 (1st Shift)

148. Hold water

1. Appear to be of no value
2. A diluted argument
3. Appear to be valid or reasonable
4. Stop emphasizing a point

149. The intern aspired to understand the ins and

outs of the operating systems of the institution.
1. Elaborate theories
2. Detailed description
3. Stern regulations
4. Prior conditions

150. My mother said, “Make consistent progress

for success.”
1. do’s and don’ts

2. make a habit
3. slow and steady
4. in and outs
(CGL, 13/12/22 (3rd Shift)
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5. A fire in someone’s belly (CHSL Tier – I 2020)

a) One who is energetic and enthusiastic about something

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9. My brother has decided to settle in London for good.

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21. Their marriage wasn’t working but they kept up

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26. Whenever I meet him he pulls a long face.

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27. I have warned him now and then not to take to

28. Their attitude towards each other only tended to

29. People usually take promises made on the eve of

30. Let’s listen to him, he seems to be having

31. To set the people by ears:

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32. To be lost in the clouds:

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33. To be vacant in upper storey:

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34. To beat the air:

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35. To fight to the bitter end:

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36. To give up the ghost:

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37. To show the white feathers:

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38. To smell a rat:

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39. To wash one’s dirty linen in public:

40. To wrangle over an ass’s shadow:

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