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Discussion Forum : Selecting Words - Section 1 (Q.No. 98)
Selecting Words
Directions to Solve

Pick out the most effective word(s) from the given words to fill in the blank to make the sentence meaningfully complete.

98.
When varun left the cocktail party he was as ...... as a judge.
sober
drunk
brave
wise
Answer: Option
Explanation:
No answer description is available. Let's discuss.
Discussion:
10 comments Page 1 of 1.
Shubham said:   1 decade ago
Why not sober? anyone can explain to me please.
Amoll said:   1 decade ago
@Shubham- Sober means just "not drunk" and wise means a person able to take proper decision with his past experience at proper time That's why it is mentioned "as a judge".
Amit Bhandari said:   1 decade ago
Not affected by alcohol; not drunk.

Synonyms: not drunk, not intoxicated, clear-headed, as sober as a judge.

Why not sober?
Abha said:   1 decade ago
It can be sober too.

Please explain why not sober?
Joseph Thomas said:   1 decade ago
The answer has to be 'sober'.

Reason:

1. The usage is 'sober as a Judge' and nothing else.

2. Varun had been to a cocktail party, where most of the people drink (alcohol), and it is difficult to be sober under the circumstances.
Bindu said:   10 years ago
Why @Joseph @Amit?

A judge can also be drunk. But he must be wise. So in the question varun is compared with judge. I think now you will get my point.
Denise said:   10 years ago
No, it is 'sober as a judge'. No argument.
Raksha said:   8 years ago
I agree @Amoll.
Ankit said:   7 years ago
It is an idiom.

"as sober as judge".
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Saqlain said:   4 years ago
It should be Sober.
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