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

	LIST-I (Idioms)		LIST-II (Meanings)
A.	Build castles in the air	I.	The art of speaking
B.	To have the gift of the gab	II.	To keep starvation at bay
C.	Keep the wolf from the door	III.	To make visionary schemes
D.	Lead up the garden path	IV.	To cheat

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Choose the correct meaning of the idiom: A dark horse from the given options:

Choose the option that best describes the meaning of the underlined phrase from the options given below:-

Though it was his maiden speech, he brought down the house with his dry humour.

Choose the appropriate meaning from the options given for the following idiom:

To be at the end for one's tether.

Choose the correct idiom to fill in the blank:

Despite losing the match, he told himself to ______ and try again next time.

Choose the alternative that best expresses the meaning of the underlined idiom:

He nailed his colours to the mast by writing a newspaper article attacking government policy.

Select the correct idiom to fill in the blank in the following sentence: We were talking ______ I was talking about the exams, and you thought I meant the course as a whole.