The researcher tried his best to explain the importance of his new discovery to the panel members but soon realized that he was casting pearls before a swine.

Galileo desired to use his telescope to make more discoveries in the heavens, but his instrument was too small. He made another and larger telescope which magnified eight times, and then another which magnified thirty times, and pointed it at the moon. His heart leaped with joy, for he saw what no human eye had ever before seen - ranges of mountains, deep hollows, and broad plains! He turned his telescope on the planets, and found they appeared with disks like the moon at a quarter full. He turned it on the Milky Way, and beheld innumerable tiny stars. When Galileo saw what no human eye had ever before seen he

Even Sharat tried his best, he could not clear all the examination papers in one attempt.

S_(1) : When his business failed, he began to look for 2 job in an office. S_(6) Unable to bear misfortunes any further, he started toying with the idea of ending his life of burdens and strains. P : To overcome depression he took to drinking and became addicted to it. Q : He soon realized that nothing was more difficult than to find a job. R : Without job he failed to meet the daily requirements of his family which made him highly depressed. S : Quarrel ensued invariably between husband and wife when he returned home. in a state of drunkenness. The proper sequence should be

In question, four alternatives are given, for the Idiom/Phrase printed in bold in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/ Phrase. He had to cool his heels before he could get an appointment with the doctor.