IDIOM AND PHRASES
Question : In each of the questions, four alte4rmnatives are given for the idiom/phrases. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase and click the button corresponding to it.
1. Cheek by jowl
a. Very close together
b. Arguing
c. Teasing one another
d. Avoiding one another
Ans./ a
2. Blow one’s own trumpet
a. Play some music
b. surprise oneself
c. praise oneself
d. Condone oneself
Ans. c
3. Make both ends meet
a. live within means
b. achieve a solution
c. live among people
d. End of the road
Ans. A
4. To break the ice
a. Make people angry
b. Make people laugh
c. Make people excited
d. make people relaxed and comfortable
An. D
5. In a nutshell
a. In translation
b. A decorative language
c. A well-packed parcel
d. Briefly and concisely
Ans. D
6. Strain every nerve
a. Try all tricks
b. work very hard
c. beg before others
d. spend a large amount
Ans. B
7/. Leaps and bounds
a. Slowly
b. Rapidly
c. Jumping
d. Stationary
Ans. B
8. Wild goose chase
a. An admirable enterprise
b. An honest effort
c. A foolish, unprofitable adventure
d. A powerful effort
Ans. C
9. Smell a rat
a. Detect bad smell
b. Suspect a trick or deceit
c. Misunderstand
d. see hidden meaning
Ans. B
10. A man of letters
a. Letter –writer
b. proof –reader
c. postman
d/ scholar
Ans. D
11. under a cloud
a. Sheltered from the sun
b. under suspicion
c. out in the open
d. Get wet
Ans. B
12./ Get the sack
a. Look for a sack
b. find a sack
c. get a call back
d. be dismissed
Ans. D
13. Le44ave no stone unturned
a. Try every possible way
b. Behave smartly
c. Constructing
d. wasting no time
Ans/ a
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