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SSC SSC CHSL TIER-I Solved Paper Held on 08.01.2017

  • question_answer
    In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best ex- presses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
    A slap on the wrist

    A)  A mild punishment

    B)  Punishing the wrong person

    C)  To hit someone where it hurts the most

    D)  To threaten someone

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

     A slap on the wrist = a mild reprimand or punishment.
    Look at the sentence:
    The few perpetrators prosecuted only got a slap on the wrist.


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