Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the highlighted idiom/phrase.
Despite the trust bestowed on the minister, he turned out to be $a\, snake\, in\, the\, grass$ during the revolution.

  • A
    a secret enemy
  • B
    a treacherous person
  • C
    an unforeseen danger
  • D
    an unexpected misfortune

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Dowry is a $burning\, question$ of the day.

Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the highlighted idiom/phrase: "The recent film 'Secular India' has tried to keep the pot of Muslim women's Bill $boiling$."

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The dacoit murdered the man $in\, cold\, blood$.

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The new $C.M$ $stuck$ $his$ $neck$ $out$ today and promised $10$ $kg$ of free wheat a month for all rural families.

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