Choose the meaning which best suits the proverb:

Nothing ventured nothing gained

From the given options, select the pair of words which carries the same relationship to the given pair of words:

Man of letters

Match the idioms given in List-I with their meanings given in List-II

List-I (Idiom)	List-II (Meaning)
(A) Eke out	(I) tendency to delay decisions
(B) Fabian policy	(II) in disorder
(C) Hobson's choice	(III) no alternative
(D) At sixes and sevens	(IV) consuming it frugally to make it last longer

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Fill in the blank with the correct idiom from the options given below:

Ravi is ______ on getting the much coveted job.

Match the idioms given in List I with their meanings given in List II :-

List I (Idioms)	List II (Meanings)
(A) In a brown study	(I) An offer of peace
(B) Swan song	(II) Lost in his thoughts
(C) An olive branch	(III) To suffer for one's foolish conduct
(D) To sow the wind and reap the whirlwind	(IV) Last piece of great work

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Match the idioms given in List-I with their meanings given in List-II:

List-I	List-II
(Idioms)	(Meaning)
(A) To cool one's heels	(I) to forget the enmity
(B) To bury the hatchet	(II) to wait and rest for some time
(C) To chew the cud	(III) to make too fine distinctions
(D) To split hairs	(IV) to talk in an aimless manner

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Match the proverbs in List-I with their meanings in List-II

List-I	List-II
(Proverbs)	(Meanings)
(A) Desperate diseases must have desperate remedies	(I) One must never try to harm someone in such a way that it harms themselves.
(B) Fools rush in where angels fear to tread	(II) In a desperate situation, a person grabs at the slightest possibility of assistance, even if it proves futile
(C) Don't cut off your nose to spite your face	(III) Serious situations require serious action
(D) A drowning man will clutch at a straw	(IV) People with little experience often act recklessly.

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