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Direction: In the following questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase in bold in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase as your answer.

  1. Shyam Prasad was a chip of the old block.
    1. a being of the old generation
    2. an experienced old man
    3. a common boy of the locality
    4. someone similar in character to one’s father
Correct Option: D

a chip off the old block : a person who is very similar to their mother or father in the way they look or behave.
● She enjoys bossing people around just like her mother used to do she’s a real chip off the old block! The best option is someone similar in character to one’s father.



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