Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underline segment in the given sentence.
During the war, the comedian proved to be a man of music.
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is option 3 i.e. man of straw.
The meaning of the given idioms is:
- Man of music: someone who is skilled in playing music
- Man of Mars: a hypothetical observer of human behaviour and society whose perspective would be entirely detached and objective.
- Man of straw: a person regarded as having no substance or integrity.
- Man of grass: there is no idiom as such.
The most appropriate idiom for the underlined part of the given sentence is Man of straw.