2022 · Q83
Directions: Given below are some idioms/phrases followed by four alternative meanings to each. Choose the response (a), (b), (c) or (d) which is the most appropriate expression, and mark your response in the Answer Sheet accordingly.
Double-talk
EnglishIdioms and Phrases
- AInterfering while someone is talking
- Blanguage with no real meaning or has more than one meaning and is intended to hide the truth
- Ctalks between two people
- DTalking repeatedly and annoying people
Explanation
Double-talk is deliberately evasive or ambiguous language used to hide the truth, often with two possible meanings. It is not mere interruption, conversation between two people, or annoying repetition. The truth-hiding ambiguity is the defining feature. The deceptive-ambiguity sense makes the longer definition correct.