Verbal Ability - Idioms and Phrases - Discussion
Discussion Forum : Idioms and Phrases - Section 2 (Q.No. 25)
Directions to Solve
In the following questions four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase italicised and underlined in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of idiom/phrase.
25.
Leaders should not only make speeches they should also be prepared to to bell the cat.
Discussion:
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Pratha said:
10 years ago
To bell the cat means to perform a very dangerous or very difficult task. It is taken metaphorically from a fable about a mouse who proposes to put a bell on a cat, so as to be able to hear the cat coming.
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