For each of the following sentences four alternatives are given. You are required to choose the correct meaning of the idiom or phrase given or underlined in the sentence. It is a moot point whether we should stop work or struggle on.
A). all too clear
B). a fixed belief
C). a burning question
D). a debatable point
a debatable point
moot point: An issue that is subject to, or open for, discussion or debate, to which no satisfactory answer is found.
4. The company has run into a lot of debts.
5. What is the meaning of idiom - Fish in troubles waters
6. He stopped at the bar to wet his whistle .
7. What is the meaning of idiom - To be hand and glove with someone
9. As soon as the police arrived, the bank robbers showed the white flag.
10. The problem has been swept under the carpet , but that is not the solution.