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Idioms and Phrases

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Number of Questions: 25
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Directions: Choose the most similar word(s) from the options given below.

In the twinkling of an eye

  1. Immediately

  2. To confuse fully

  3. Pay attention

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A

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Out of the frying pan into the fire

  1. Fruitless search

  2. A nuisance

  3. From bad position to worse

  4. None of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

It is said when you ​move from a ​bad or ​difficult ​situation to a one that is ​worse.

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A shark

  1. Very slow

  2. To go to ruin

  3. Unable to see

  4. An astute business man


Correct Option: D

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Blue blood

  1. Immediately

  2. Confused

  3. Pay attention

  4. Aristocratic origin


Correct Option: D

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Chicken hearted

  1. Lacking in courage

  2. Confuse fully

  3. Rarely

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A

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To eat humble pie

  1. To boast about oneself

  2. To yield under humiliating circumstances

  3. To confess fully

  4. To write down


Correct Option: B

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To make an ass of oneself

  1. To exult in triumph

  2. A deceitful person

  3. To act stupidly

  4. None of these


Correct Option: C

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A turncoat

  1. An ease of quarrel

  2. The main stay

  3. One who changes his opinion

  4. None of these


Correct Option: C

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A feather in one's cap

  1. Immediately

  2. Delay

  3. Very slow

  4. An achievement to be proud of


Correct Option: D

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Black Sheep

  1. Immediately

  2. To confess fully

  3. Prodigal

  4. The mainstay


Correct Option: C

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A wild goose chase

  1. To be near death

  2. Assist

  3. To be blunt

  4. Fruitless search


Correct Option: D

Directions: Choose the most similar word(s) from the options given below. By hook or crook

  1. Unable to see

  2. Spiritless

  3. By fair or foul means

  4. Assist


Correct Option: C

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To have a thing on one's finger tips

  1. To know a thing thoroughly

  2. To confess fully

  3. Pay attention

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A

Directions: Choose the most similar word(s) from the options given below. A thorn in one's side

  1. A nuisance

  2. To write down

  3. Rarely

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A

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Birds of a feather flock together

  1. Immediately

  2. An evil mannered

  3. Person of like tastes seek one another's society

  4. Lacking in courage


Correct Option: C

Directions: Choose the most similar word(s) from the options given below. A bone of contention

  1. Evil-mannered

  2. Delay

  3. Very slow

  4. An issue of quarrel


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

It refers to something that two or more ​people ​argue about ​strongly over a ​long ​period of ​time.

Directions: Choose the most similar word(s) from the options given below. To hold one's tongue

  1. To be silent

  2. The mainstay

  3. To write down

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A

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With the tail between the legs

  1. Unable to see

  2. Spiritless

  3. Pay attention

  4. Unfairly


Correct Option: B

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Red tape

  1. Unfairly

  2. Delay

  3. Sincere

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Red tape means due to regulations and policies there is delay in getting the work done.

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To crow over

  1. Immediately

  2. To exult in triumph

  3. An ease of quarrel

  4. Fruit less search


Correct Option: B

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To go to the dogs

  1. To ruin

  2. Unable to see

  3. Pay attention

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A

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A snake in the grass

  1. A deceitful person

  2. To desert a person

  3. The mainstay

  4. Spiritless


Correct Option: A

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To back up someone

  1. To write down

  2. To support someone

  3. To desert a person

  4. A nuisance


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Correct Answer: to support someone

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Hitting below the belt

  1. Very slow

  2. To go to ruin

  3. Unfairly

  4. A dishonest business msn


Correct Option: C

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The backbone

  1. An evil mannered person

  2. To impose upon

  3. The mainstay

  4. To write down


Correct Option: C
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