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Idioms and Phrases

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Directions: Choose the option that best expresses the meaning of the idiom.

To oil the knocker

  1. to instigate a person to do a job

  2. to do a work with increased pace

  3. to tip the office boy

  4. to revive old enmity


Correct Option: C

Directions: Choose the option that best expresses the meaning of the idiom.

Will O' the wisp

  1. anything which deceives

  2. to act in a childish way

  3. to act in a foolish way

  4. to have desires backed by efforts.


Correct Option: A

Directions: Choose the option that best expresses the meaning of the idiom.

To cut the crockle

  1. to humiliate

  2. to annoy someone

  3. to act in a friendly way

  4. to stop talking and start


Correct Option: D

Directions: Choose the option that best expresses the meaning of the idiom which is underlined.

I don't believe Daniel's saying. It is all moonshine.

  1. false story

  2. foolish talk

  3. rumor

  4. imaginary talk


Correct Option: B

Directions: Choose the option that best expresses the meaning of the idiom.

To hold something in learn

  1. to restrain

  2. to disappoint

  3. to dismiss

  4. to discourage


Correct Option: A

Directions: Choose the option that best expresses the meaning of the idiom.

A fair crack of the whip

  1. severe punishment

  2. a good check

  3. an equal chance

  4. failure of administration


Correct Option: C

Directions: Identify the correct idiom or phrase to complete the sentence.

________or you will miss your train.

  1. Shake a leg

  2. Give a leg

  3. Move a leg

  4. Push a leg


Correct Option: A

Directions: Identify the correct idiom or phrase to complete the sentence.

He was practicing to___________.

  1. hit the band

  2. beat the band

  3. blow the band

  4. cuss the band


Correct Option: B

Directions: Choose the option that best expresses the meaning of the idiom which is underlined.

There is some beautiful scenery in our neck of the woods.

  1. forest

  2. village

  3. neighborhood

  4. garden


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

'Neck of the woods' means in a particular area or neighbourhood.

Directions: Choose the option that best expresses the meaning of the idiom which is underlined.

She is not so dust as her husband. He is intolerable.

  1. down to earth

  2. talkative

  3. not so ill-mannered

  4. not so old


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

'Bite the dust' means to be defeated and it fits the context.

Directions: Identify the correct idiom or phrase to complete the sentence.

We need to speed up. The project is already ___________.

  1. face to the wire

  2. straight to the wire

  3. up to the wire

  4. down to the wire


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

"Down to the wire" is the correct idiom as it implies that it is near the end as in a race.

Directions: Choose the option that best expresses the meaning of the idiom which is underlined.

Shoba De is renowned all over as blue stocking.

  1. attractive person

  2. having literary leanings

  3. outspoken person

  4. of royal descent


Correct Option: B

Directions: Identify the correct idiom or phrase to complete the sentence.

The two friends have _______with one another.

  1. a fine line

  2. a fair weather line

  3. a good line

  4. a feather line


Correct Option: A

Directions: Identify the correct idiom or phrase to complete the sentence.

You haven't applied for a government job. Were you_____________?

  1. asleep at the switch

  2. sleeping in the switch

  3. sleeping by the switch

  4. sleeping off the switch


Correct Option: A

Directions: Choose the option that best expresses the meaning of the idiom which is underlined.

His ideas are too liberal for a strait laced person like his father.

  1. a strict disciplinarian

  2. strict adherent of moral values

  3. a person with rigid attitude

  4. simple and straight forward


Correct Option: B
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