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    Question

    In each question below, a sentence is given with a part of it printed in bold type. That part contains an idiom/phrasal verb that may be correct or erroneous. Each sentence is followed by phrases (A), (B), (C) and (D). Find out which is the correct idiom that should replace the error in bold, if there is any, and which makes the sentence grammatically meaningful and correct. If the sentence is correct as it is and ‘No improvement required’, mark (E) as the answer.

    Since then, these companies have become big business, with no government having the courage to tip their wings .

    A clap their wings Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B tap their wings Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C try their wings Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D clip their wings Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E No improvement required Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    The idiom ‘clip somebody’s wings’ means ‘to limit someone's freedom’. Since then, these companies have become big business, with no government having the courage to clip their wings .

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