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· 1 Months ago

it's D

Question:

Direction: Out of the four alternatives, choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.

A sop to Cerberus 

Options:
A)

To give a bribe 

B)

To speak ill of 

C)

Money for compensation 

D)

Ransom to an enemy

Solution:

Ans: (a) ‘A sop to Cerberus’ means ‘To give a bribe’ especially to quiet a troublesome customer. 

e.g. What is this money, a sop to Cerberus so that I won’t tell the authorities what you’ve done ?

yogita v j

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· 1 Months ago

for ones own benefit, bribe/sop is given , n ransom is given out of compulsion, so a is correct

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