curry favour : to try to get somebody to like or support you by praising or helping. Here, seek favourable attention is the right option. Look at the sentence :
● He’s always trying to carry favour with the boss.

Correct Option: B

curry favour : to try to get somebody to like or support you by praising or helping. Here, seek favourable attention is the right option. Look at the sentence :
● He’s always trying to carry favour with the boss.

face the music : to accept and deal with criticism or punishment for something you have done. Here, be punished is the right option. Look at the sentence :
● The others all ran off, leaving me to face the music.

Correct Option: C

face the music : to accept and deal with criticism or punishment for something you have done. Here, be punished is the right option. Look at the sentence :
● The others all ran off, leaving me to face the music.

straw in the wind : a small sign of what might happen in the near future. Here, an indication of what might happen is the right option. Look at the sentence :
● There were straws in the wind that suggested a strike was likely.

Correct Option: D

straw in the wind : a small sign of what might happen in the near future. Here, an indication of what might happen is the right option. Look at the sentence :
● There were straws in the wind that suggested a strike was likely.

in the blues : feelings of sadness and depression. Here, cheerless and depressed is the right option. Look at the sentence :
● She went in the blues after the failure in the exam.

Correct Option: A

in the blues : feelings of sadness and depression. Here, cheerless and depressed is the right option. Look at the sentence :
● She went in the blues after the failure in the exam.

catch a tartar : to deal with someone or something that proves unexpectedly troublesome or powerful. Here, to deal with a person who is more than one’s match is the right option. Look at the sentnece :
● It looks like we caught a Tartar when we tried to muscle their store out of the area.

Correct Option: D

catch a tartar : to deal with someone or something that proves unexpectedly troublesome or powerful. Here, to deal with a person who is more than one’s match is the right option. Look at the sentnece :
● It looks like we caught a Tartar when we tried to muscle their store out of the area.