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Read the following pairs: Idiom/Phrase Meaning Have one foot in the grave To be in the last stage of life Get your feet wet Establish yourself securely in an establishment Follow suit Correctly conform to another's action Select the pair(s) wherein the meaning is correctly stated.

Options

  1. AI only
  2. BIII only
  3. CI and III
  4. DII and III

Correct answer

C. I and III

Step-by-step solution

The idiom 'Have one foot in the grave' means to be near death or in the last stage of life. Thus, pair I is correctly matched. The idiom 'Get your feet wet' means to begin participating in a new activity or to experience something for the first time. The given meaning 'Establish yourself securely in an establishment' is incorrect. Thus, pair II is incorrectly matched. The idiom 'Follow suit' means to do the same thing as someone else has just done, or to conform to another's action. Thus, pair III is correctly matc

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