Idiom And Phrases

Idiom And Phrases are dispcribed below

‘To kick the bucket’ means to—

a) quarrel

b) die

c) begin

d) neglect

Ans: b

‘The man passed away’ means that he—

a) went away

b) ran away

c) died

d) walked out

Ans: c

To breathe one’s last’ means-

a) to sleep

b) to breathe

c) to suffer

d) to die

Ans: d

‘Pass away’ means-

a) disappear

b) die

c) erase

d) fall

Ans: b

Pandit Ramkanai Das—- at the age of 79.

a) went away

b) passed away

c) left

d) disappeared away

Ans: b

‘The old man kicked the bucket’ means that he—

a) was very angry

b) excited

c) died

d) destroyed the bucket

Ans: c

‘To give up the ghost’ is to—

a)  to die

b) to leave useless pursuit

c) to go by a scientific outlook

d) to make a false appearance

Ans: a

At —- , he loses his temper

a) last

b) morning

c) times

d) any cost

Ans: c

He visits us now and again here.’Now and again’ stands for—

a) every day

b) occasionally

c) many times

d) often

Ans: b

‘Every now and then’ means—

a) occasionally

b) every year

c) every day

d) at long intervals

Ans: a

‘Off and on’ is most similar in meaning to –

a) now and then

b) suddenly

c) all day long

d) Every now and then

Ans:d

‘Out and out ’ means—

a) absolute

b) outside

c) external

d) rural

Ans: a

What is the meaning of the idiom ‘out and about’?

a) inactive

b) active

c) irregular

d) free from anxiety

Ans: b

‘All in all ’means-

a) all powerful

b) powerless

c) only one

d) who has lost power

Ans: a

He comes to me from —

a) head to feet

b) bad to worse

c) time to time

d) time immemorial

Ans: c

At a stone’s throw’ means

a) unit of weight

b) to strike

c) a game

d) at a short distance

Ans: d

‘At a low ebb’ means-

a) Increasing

b) Decreasing

c) Still

d) Increasing and decreasing

Ans: b

Beasts move at — in the forest.

a) least

b) free

c) large

d) all

Ans: c

The correct meaning of the idiom’at large’ is

a) very big

b) freely

c) very long

d) broad

Ans: b

‘At a stretch’ means—

a) irregularly

b) without break

c) decaying

d) long way

Ans: b

The phrase ‘at one go’ means-

a) at the time of the departure

b) at one attempt

c) simultaneously

d) at once

Ans: b

your are not —— a good man

a) as well as

b) as long as

c) at once

d) at all

Ans: d

The thief was caught at—-

a) least

b) large

c) lenght

d) home

Ans: c

The principle is —- in the college

a) all and sudry

b) all in all

c) all the same

d) all at once

Ans: b

‘Acid test’ means-

a) sour test

b) dangerous test

c) real test

d) poisonous test

Ans: c

‘Aware of contrary things’ means-

a) alleviate

b) dissimulationg

c) ambivalent

d) simulation

Ans: c

‘Life is not a bed of roses ’ means-

a) Life is a bed of merry gold

b) Life is a bed of flowers other than rose

c) Life is a painful journey

d) None of the above

Ans: c

His life is at stake. Here ‘ at stake’ means

a) free from danger

b) endengered

c) to be doomed

d) out of danger

Ans: b

His honour is now at—

a) home

b) large

c) danger

d) stake

Ans: d

‘A bolt from the blue’ means-

a) an unexpected gift

b) an unexpected person

c) an unexpected calamity

d) an unexpected place

Ans: c

The bad news struck him like a bolt from the —-

a) sky

b) heavens

c) firmament

d) blue

Ans: d

‘Absolute Zero’ means

a) 0 C temperature

b) -273 C temperature

c) Zero mark in examination

d) The lowest number

Ans: b

‘Apple of discord’ means

a) object of dispute

b) an attractive object

c) an important subject

d) a sweet apple

Ans: a

‘At draggers drawn’ means-

a) very slowly

b) in disorder

c) on the point of friendship

d) at a standstill

Ans: c

The old man works at a snail’s pace’ means—

a) He works smoothly

b) He works carefully

c) He works steadily

d) He works slowly

Ans: d

The winners will be selected at random

a)  by interviewing

b) by testing

c) by chance

d) by competition

Ans: c

The expression ‘after one’s own heart ’ means-

a) to be in low spirit

b) to be in high spirit

c) with complete devotion

d) to one’s own liking

Ans: d

‘Achilles heel’ means-

a) a heel of Achilles

b) the fault of Achilles

c) minor fault

d) the fault which is small but can cause a person’s fall

Ans: d

What does ‘Adobe of god’ means-

a) home of god

b) heaven

c) garden

d) residence

Ans: b

‘Weal and woe’ means-

a) in a body

b) by and by

c) by the by

d) by turns

Ans: d

‘To beg the question ’ means

a) to refer to

b) to raise objections

c) to take for granted

d) to be discussed

Ans: c

‘Bear market’ means-

a) moving

b) rising

c) falling

d) static

Ans: c

‘Bull market’ means-

a) rising

b) moving

c) falling

d) staic

Ans: a

‘Bootleg’ means-

a) smuggle

b) export

c) import

d) distribute

Ans: a

‘Be that as it may’ means-

a) very large

b) mostly

c) everywhere

d) nowhere

Ans: b

The phrase ‘to be in the swim’ means-

a) to swim hard

b) to practice

c) to be a part of

d) to show off

Ans: c

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