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Idioms and Phrases

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

To take somebody for a ride

  1. to provide entertainment

  2. to keep company

  3. to deceive a person

  4. to exploit a person


Correct Option: C

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

To give one a long rope

  1. to speak ill of

  2. to get into trouble

  3. to dismiss

  4. to allow a man to continue his mistakes


Correct Option: D

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

To cool one's heels

  1. to rest for sometime

  2. to give no importance to someone

  3. to remain in a comfortable position

  4. to be kept waiting for sometime


Correct Option: D

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

To take a leap in the dark

  1. to take risk

  2. to hazard oneself

  3. to do a task secretly

  4. to do something without any idea of the result


Correct Option: D

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

A fool's errand

  1. a blunder

  2. an impossible task

  3. a useless task

  4. a meaningless pursuit


Correct Option: C

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

Your things are always at sixes and sevens.

  1. latest

  2. disorderly condition

  3. in order

  4. lost


Correct Option: B

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

I sent him about his business as I could stand his insolence no longer.

  1. broke partnership with him

  2. requested him to bother someone else

  3. dismissed him peremptorily

  4. abused him heartily


Correct Option: C

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

He lost his shirt in the stock market.

  1. lost everything

  2. left the shirt

  3. had some loss

  4. lost reputation


Correct Option: A

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

She rejected his proposal of marriage point' blank.

  1. indirectly

  2. outrightly

  3. abruptly

  4. briefly


Correct Option: B

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

With regard to economic policy, it is advisable for every state to ___.

  1. hide in corners

  2. get corners

  3. find corners

  4. cut corners


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

To cut corners means to save money or effort by finding cheaper or easier ways to do something.

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

If you___________, he is bound to react.

  1. rub him the wrong way

  2. send him the wrong way

  3. beat him the wrong way

  4. encourage him the wrong way


Correct Option: A

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

There was opposition to the new policy of the government by _____.

  1. the rank and file

  2. the ranch and file

  3. the bank and file

  4. the rink and file


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

'Rank and file' means the individuals who constitute the body of an organization, society, or nation as distinguished from the leaders.

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

The Chief Minister had the Inspector-General of Police to fill him in on the behavior of the arrested terrorists.

  1. probe into the cases against

  2. take action against

  3. inform him about

  4. to punish


Correct Option: C

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

John ___________by cracking a joke.

  1. broke the ice

  2. burnt the ice

  3. melt the ice

  4. made the ice


Correct Option: A

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

The company has been handed over to the new masters ___________.

  1. stock, lock and barrel

  2. slick, stock and barrel

  3. lock, stock and barrel

  4. slack, shock and barrel


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The phrase 'lock, stock and barrel' means 'everything'. Here it implies that the company was handed over to the new masters completely.

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