If someone has a face like thunder, they look very angry. When my mother gets really annoyed, she has a face like thunder.

This expression refers to a project or scheme which has been abandoned or is certain to fail. After the change of government, the city centre project is a dead duck.

This is the correct option. If someone is (as) full as a tick, they have eaten or drunk too much. At the party, the group of boys ate and drank until they were full as a tick.

This is the correct option. To say that you are all ears means that you are listening very attentively. These days, the youngsters are all ears to whatever is happening around them.

This is the correct option. If something is in safe hands, it is being looked after by a reliable person or organization, and is therefore at no risk. After going through many play schools, I decided on this one. After all, I want my child to be in safe hands.

This is the correct option. If one is on his last legs, one is in a very weak condition or about to die. The monetary help arrived too late. He was already on his last legs.

This is the correct option. If something you do is second nature to you, it is something that you do easily or automatically. Farming is second nature to Hari. He grew up at a farm, as his father was a farmer.

This is the correct option. If you find a solution to a serious problem, and ensure the success of something that was expected to fail, you save the day. 

This is the correct option. If one sees the light at the end of the tunnel, one sees signs of hope for the future after a long period of difficulty. After a long period of recession, people see the light at the end of tunnel. New government brings new hopes!

This is the correct option. If something is just the ticket, it is exactly right, or just what someone needs. I am not hungry. A glass of milk would be just the ticket.

This is the correct option. If one jumps out of his skin, he is extremely surprised or shocked.  Rahul nearly jumped out of his skin when he saw a snake in his room. He is still very scared of snakes.

If you pay over the odds, you pay too much or you pay more for something than it is really worth. To add that antique car in his collection, he is willing to pay over the odds.

This is the correct option. When someone plays possum, they pretend to be dead or asleep in order to avoid something they don't want to do. Suman knows how to play possom. She is not sleeping, but pretending so that she can avoid her tuition classes.

This is the correct option. If one pick someone's brains, he asks questions about a particular subject in order to obtain advice or information. We should sit together. I would like to pick your brains about the meeting tomorrow.

This is the correct option. The person who calls the shots is the one who makes all the important decisions and is in control of the situation. As the managing director of the company, he is calling the shots.