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