Directions (for the next 05 items that follow): Given below are some idioms/phrases followed by four alternatives to each. Select the most appropriate alternative which provides the correct meaning of the idiom/phrase and mark your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.
'Pour oil on troubled waters'
To say or do something to stop an argument or calm down a situation
'Pour oil on troubled waters' means to intervene in a tense or difficult situation with calming, conciliatory words or actions in order to settle a dispute or ease tension between parties. Hence, option (d), 'To say or do something to stop an argument or calm down a situation', gives the correct meaning of the idiom.
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