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Sentence Completion - Idioms and Phrases

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Directions: Choose the idiomatic phrase/expression that best completes the given sentence.

I was really _________ by the news of Akshat resigning from the highly coveted post.

  1. knocked into cocked hat

  2. knocked out

  3. knocked into shape

  4. knocked for a loop

  5. knocked through


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Knocked for a loop refers to being shocked or confused by something.

Directions: Choose the idiomatic phrase/expression that best completes the given sentence.

It may seem impossible to _______ the daily expenses that life requires like bills and the cost of groceries.

  1. keep in

  2. Keep up

  3. keep on

  4. keep back

  5. keep company


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The idiom keep up indicates to continue at the same level or pace.

Directions: Choose the idiomatic phrase/expression that best completes the given sentence.

We will ________ our discussion to tomorrow.

  1. carry away

  2. carry along

  3. carry weight

  4. carry over

  5. carry forward


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Carry over refers to deferring something until a particular time.

Directions: Choose the idiomatic phrase/expression that best completes the given sentence.

He ________ himself in matches against Crewe and Chesterfield.

  1. gave way to

  2. gave it to

  3. gave up for

  4. gave a bad account of

  5. gave a bad name to


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

To give a bad account of is to make an unfavourable impression through one’s performance.

Directions: Choose the idiomatic phrase/expression that best completes the given sentence.

The soldiers __________ of formation as soon as the general left.

  1. fell out

  2. fell flat

  3. fell short

  4. fell to

  5. fell afoul


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

To fall out is to leave one's position in a military formation.

Directions: Choose the idiomatic phrase/expression that best completes the given sentence.

We have heard reports that the separatists have hijacked relief workers and kidnapped doctors to ________ only their own people.

  1. look up

  2. look out

  3. look into

  4. look for

  5. look after


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

The phrase to look after someone is to take care of someone or something.

Directions: Choose the idiomatic phrase/expression that best completes the given sentence.

The party workers have accused the new leadership of being _____________ trying to destroy the party from within.

  1. a gift horse

  2. a Trojan horse

  3. a Charley horse

  4. on a high horse

  5. a dark horse


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

It means a trap intended to undermine an enemy.

Directions: Choose the idiomatic phrase/expression that best completes the given sentence.

He was a great philanthropist, yet the work he began did not ________ until after his death.

  1. bear up

  2. bear fruit

  3. bear arms

  4. bear cross

  5. bear out


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

To bear fruit means to yield results.

Directions: Choose the idiomatic phrase/expression that best completes the given sentence.

He had apparently swallowed aluminium phosphide, a chemical used as rat poison, that caused his body to ____________ noxious fumes.

  1. give up

  2. give out

  3. give off

  4. give away

  5. give over


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

To give off is to send forth or emit.

Directions: Choose the idiomatic phrase/expression that best completes the given sentence.

For many people, it is difficult to ___________ from an abusive relationship, even when it is clearly destructive.

  1. break down

  2. break open

  3. break away

  4. break out

  5. break loose


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

To break away is to leave or escape.

Directions: Choose the idiomatic phrase/expression that best completes the given sentence.

The convict ___________ his sentence in solitary confinement.

  1. served out

  2. serve in

  3. serve under

  4. serve around

  5. serve as


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

To serve something out is to carry out one's duty or responsibility for the whole time, all the way to the end.

Directions: Choose the idiomatic phrase/expression that best completes the given sentence.

At the root level, our many different cultures share quite a bit of _______________.

  1. shaky ground

  2. common ground

  3. middle ground

  4. moral grounds

  5. stamping ground


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

To have common ground is to have shared opinions between two people or groups of people who disagree about most other subjects.

Directions: Choose the idiomatic phrase/expression that best completes the given sentence.

The two warring factions ___________ almost as soon as they met each other.

  1. set in

  2. set off

  3. set to

  4. set before

  5. set on


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

To set to is to begin to fight.

Directions: Choose the idiomatic phrase/expression that best completes the given sentence.

Canny people know not just the price, but also the value of things, and they hate the thought of ____________.

  1. paying a compliment

  2. paying respects

  3. paying lip service

  4. paying over the odds

  5. paying heed


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Paying over the odds is to pay more for something than it is really worth.

Directions: Choose the idiomatic phrase/expression that best completes the given sentence.

Reality shows have become a popular medium for people to ____________ in front of the media and the studio audience.

  1. spill over

  2. cry over spilled milk

  3. take a spill

  4. spill the beans

  5. spill their guts


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

Spilling one's guts refers to telling all or to confessing.

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