Practice Test Discussion

Directions: Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the given idiom / phrase/ word.

To have an axe to grind

[SBI(PO), 2001]

Pinpoint faults of others

To take revenge

To make unreasonable demands

To have a selfish interest to serve

None of these

Explanation

The following are the meaning and sample sentence for the given idiom/ phrase/ word.

Meaning: To have an axe to grind — To have a selfish interest

Sample sentence: Some new reports may be biased because the reporters have an axe to grind.

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