16. To hit the nail right on the head
(a) To do the right thing
(b) To destroy one’s reputation
(c) To announce one’s fixed views
(d) To teach someone a lesson
17. To keeps one’s temper
(a) To become hungry
(b) To be in good mood
(c) To preserve ones energy
(d) To be aloof from
18. To leave someone in the lurch
(a) To come to compromise with someone
(b) Constant source of annoyance to someone
(c) To put someone at ease
(d) To desert someone in his difficulties
19. To make clean breast of
(a) To gain prominence
(b) To praise oneself
(c) To confess without of reserve
(d) To destroy before it blooms
20. To pick holes
(a) To find some reason to quarrel
(b) To destroy something
(c) To criticise someone
(d) To cut some part of an item
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