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What does 'plum job' mean? It's an idiom, isn't it?



 
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What does 'plum job' mean? It's an idiom, isn't it? #1 (permalink) Thu Feb 17, 2005 20:58 pm   What does 'plum job' mean? It's an idiom, isn't it?
 

Test No. incompl/inter-4 "Easy Questions", question 4

He is very lucky to have got himself a ......... job.

(a) pear
(b) banana
(c) lemon
(d) plum

Test No. incompl/inter-4 "Easy Questions", answer 4

He is very lucky to have got himself a plum job.

Correct answer: (d) plum

Your answer was: incorrect
He is very lucky to have got himself a pear job.
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Plum job #2 (permalink) Thu Feb 17, 2005 23:45 pm   Plum job
 

This is a very good job - the sort of job everybody would like to have.
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