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Select the most suitable expression that can substitute the underlined part of the sentence without any change in its core meaning.
Planning to go for a movie just before the final-year examination is nothing but skating on thin ice.

  1. A
    doing hard work
  2. B
    going to hill stations
  3. C
    enjoying the moment
  4. D
    being in a risky situation

Solution & Step-by-step Explanation

The idiom "skating on thin ice" means to be in a highly dangerous, precarious, or risky situation where things could go wrong very easily. Hence, option D correctly substitutes the phrase.

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Select the most suitable expression that can substitute the underlined part of the sentence without any change in its core meaning.
Planning to go for a movie just before the final-year examination is nothing but skating on thin ice.
A
doing hard work
B
going to hill stations
C
enjoying the moment
D
being in a risky situation

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