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.

We were __________ when we realised that Naman was going to clean the bathrooms before his mother arrived.

  1. speaking off the cuff

  2. rolling up our sleeves

  3. laughing up our sleeves

  4. wearing our hearts up our sleeves

  5. were laughing out of court
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct answer. To laugh up one's sleeve is to laugh quietly to oneself. We were laughing up our sleeves when we realised that Naman was going to clean the bathrooms before his mother arrived.

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