Question 53
Fill in the blank with the most appropriate idiom from the given options.
Ipshita did not go to class because she was _____.
Beating about the bush
Feeling under the weather
Calling a spade a spade
None of these
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Feeling under the weather
Question 53 of 60 in the IIT Madras BS English I (English 1 (ES)) End Term paper sat on 1 Sept 2024, in the May 2024 term (IIT M ES FOUNDATION AN EXAM QEF3 01 Sep 2024). It carries 1 mark.
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