In the following questions, four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase printed in bold. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase as your answer.
There is no point in discussing the new project with him as he always pours cold water on any new ideas.
In the following questions, a part of the sentence is printed in bold. Below are given alternativs to the bold part at (a), (b) and (c) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is (d).