2025 · Q34
Directions: In the following items an idiom or a proverb is given. Select the response that most appropriately describes the meaning of the idiom or proverb and mark your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.
Get under someone's skin
EnglishIdioms and Phrases
- ATo fall intensely in love with someone
- BTo cause intense liking in someone
- CTo understand someone completely
- DTo annoy or irritate someone intensely
Explanation
To "get under someone's skin" is to irritate or annoy them intensely, like an itch one cannot scratch. It does not mean falling in love, causing liking, or understanding someone completely. Option (D) gives the idiom's true sense.