Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the highlighted idiom/phrase.
Their business is now $on\, its\, last\, legs.$
Their business is now $on\, its\, last\, legs.$
- AAbout to fructify
- BAbout to perish
- CAbout to produce results
- DAbout to take off
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$He$ was $in$ $high$ $spirits$ when $I$ met him in the restaurant.
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If you give John all your money,you are likely to $burn \, your \, fingers.$
If you give John all your money,you are likely to $burn \, your \, fingers.$
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It is time that professors came down from their $ivory\, towers$ and studied the real needs of the students.
It is time that professors came down from their $ivory\, towers$ and studied the real needs of the students.
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We were in a hurry. The road being zigzag,we had to $cut\ off\ a\ corner$ to reach in time.
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