Multiple choice

Directions: Given below is a sentence with a blank. Fill in the blank with the most appropriate idiom/phrase from the options given below.

The journalist is __________ about the effects of the disinvestment schemes of the government and does not know what he is talking about.

  1. tossing his hat into the ring

  2. wearing more than one hat

  3. going about with his hat in hand

  4. taking his hat off

  5. talking through his hat
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
E Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct answer. To talk through one's hat is to say something without knowing or understanding the facts. The journalist is talking through his hat about the effects of the disinvestment schemes of the government and does not know what he is talking about.

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