Multiple choice

Directions: Which of the phrases (1), (2), (3) and (4) given below the sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold in the sentence to make it grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is given and ‘No correction is required’, mark (5) as the answer.

After the long illness, he was all fingers and thumbs.

  1. all a bag of bones

  2. all skinny and skeletal

  3. all lanky and bony

  4. all skin and bones

  5. No correction required
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D Correct answer
Explanation

The phrase "all skin and bones" refers to becoming very thin. After an illness, a person becomes weak and thin. So, this is the correct option. The phrase "all fingers and thumbs" means to be awkward with your hands and keep making mistakes. Other options are not correct phrases.  

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