Idioms error

SPOTTING ERRORS IN IDIOMS

Exercises - Wrong IDIOMS

Here are a few Idioms likely to be misused.
1. The girl was cut of in the bloom of her life.
ans : The girl was cut off during the bloom her life.
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2. Who is carrying your business?
ans : Who is carrying on your business?.
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3. He has fallen in bad company.
ans : He has fallen with bad company.
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4. Two and two make four.
ans : Two and two makes four.
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5. She looks on his mother.
ans : She looks after his mother.
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6. She is calling him a bad name.
ans : She is calling him by bad names.
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7. Plague carried many men.
ans : Plague carried off many men.
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8. The plan has not yet got of the ground.
ans : The plan has not yet got off the ground.
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9. The king put the prisoner in death.
ans : The king put the prisoner to death.
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10. Please carry to the next page.
ans : Please carry over to the next page.
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Learning Competency

Examples of back formation
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2.Gyre (gyroscope)
3.Edit (editor)