CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

CLASS 10

FROM THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is the meaning of ‘old fogey’?
A
an old fashioned person
B
a modern person
C
a detective
D
a frog
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -noun. a person who is excessively old-fashioned in attitude, ideas, manners, etc.

Detailed explanation-2: -Noun. old fogey (plural old fogies) (idiomatic) An old and over-conservative person.

Detailed explanation-3: -: a person with old-fashioned ideas. usually used with old.

Detailed explanation-4: -fossil. fuddy-duddy. stick-in-the-mud. old fogy.

Detailed explanation-5: -Or is this just the ranting of old fogies who are angry that young people are so smart, particularly with technology? The world has changed, the times are out of sympathy with them, they are old fogies, old-timers, old gentlemen of 32 and 28.

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