Idioms and Phrases Test 4 English 23 June 202219 April 2021 by moditechnical@gmail.com Please attempt the test given below. 1. To lose one’s head To become nervous To go mad To lose the balance To become confused and over excited 2. By the skin of one’s teeth Hardly In time Hurriedly Only just 3. To throw down the glove To give a challenge To accept defeat To resort to wrong tactics To reject the prize 4. To be in abeyance Dual minded To be in trouble In a fighting mood In suspense 5. To cast pearls before a swine To waste money over trifles To spend recklessly To offer to a person a thing which he cannot appreciate To spend a lot of money on the unkeep of domestic hogs 6. A chip off the old block A good bargain A piece of wood An old friend Characteristics of one’s ancestors 7. To smell a rat to see hidden meaning To detect bad smell To suspect a trick or deceit To misunderstand 8. To take people by storm To captivate them unexpectedly To exploit people’s agitation To put people in utter surprise To bring out something sensational attracting people’s attention 9. To throw up the sponge To maintain grit and enthusiasm until the end To become utterly disappointed To offer a challenge To surrender or give up a contest 10. Harp on To keep on insulting To criticise To keep on talkin To comment 11. To catch somebody on the hop To give someone a surprise To stand in the way of someone To catch somebody suddenly To catch somebody off guard 12. To spill the beans To misbehave To keep secrets To reveal secret informatio To talk irrelevant 13. To bring one’s eggs to a bad market To bring one’s commodities to a market where there is not is no demand for them To fail in one’s plans because one goes to the wrong people for help To show one’s talents before audience which is incapable of appreciating them To face a humiliating situation 14. To hit below the belt To work confidentially To harm unfairly To strike at the exact position To hit the correct mark 15. To get cold feet To be afraidTo be afraid To become discourteous To run for life To fall sick 16. To take a leap in the dark To do a hazardous thing without any idea of the result To do a task secretly To take risk To hazard one self 17. To give/get the bird To send away To have good luck To get the impossible To get the awaited 18. To be at daggers drawn to be ready to face danger ) To threaten one To be bitter enemy To be frightened 19. To turn up one’s nose at a thing To treat it with contemptuous To start to grapple with it To show eagerness to have something To show indifference 20. To save one’s face To say plainly To oppose To evade disgrace To hide oneself 21. To wash one’s dirty linen in public To criticise one’s nature in public To quarrel inthe open To do some ugly work in public To discuss dirty and scandalous matters of personal nature in the presense of strangers 22. A lady’s man A lover of woman company A man working as per a lady’s directions A timid husband A woman-tailor 23. To throw dust in one’s eyes to show false things ) To deceive To harm someone To make blind 24. To throw dust in one’s eyes To make blind to show false things To harm someone ) To deceive 25. To be rolling in money Spending more than his income Wasting a lot of money Very rich Borrowing money liberally 26. To draw a line to fix a limit to insult someone to caution someone to be stern 27. To break the ice. to be very strong to become cool to break an awkward silence to blast a quarrel 28. A raw deal ) unripe statement early stage of business contract not finally decided unjust treatment 29. Spick and span neat and clean honest and true hale and hearty lean and thin 30. It will be wise on your part to let bygones be bygones. . resist the past recollect the past ignore the past revive the past 31. The politician was able to sway the mob with his gift of the gab. political insight natural style of speaking abundance of promise persuasive speech 32. At parties he is always in high spirits. . talkative cheerful uncontrollable drunk 33. He was in the doldrums after the quarrel with the brother. assertive jubilant sad and depressed aggressive 34. One cannot understand the themes in the poetry of Shelley unless one reads between the lines. . discovers hidden meaning read in inattentively read cursorily reads alternative lines 35. He promised to stand by me through thick and thin. in good conditions in all conditions ) in bad conditions under no condition 36. The idiom ‘break the ice’ means- removal the initial hesitation remove the dust insulting someone clearing the dew 37. ‘To smell a rat’ means- to misunderstand to detect bad smell to see hidden meaning to suspect a trick 38. ‘Achilles heel’ means- a big hill the strongest point a fatal weakness a folk dance 39. ‘Salad days’ means- days full of hatred for all. days of one’s old age experience. days of one’s youthful inexperience days of abstaining from viees 40. The idiom ‘At one’s fingertips’ means – readily available knowledge to take revenge balancing on fingers matter of shame 41. ‘To weather the storm‘ means – to make a fuss over something to be out in bad weather to feel happy to survive in difficult times 42. ‘To pull through‘ means – to use a lot of energy to recover to control to pull with strength 43. A fish out of water’ means – determined to live in a strange situation face to face with death in want of a house 44. ‘A wild goose chase’ is – a useless enterprise a harsh gesture a pleasurable hunt a violent chase 45. ‘Make hay while the sunshine’s means – make maximum use of a given opportunity be active during the day be merry during the summer use the sunshine for harvesting 46. ‘To bank upon‘ means – to invest to harness to depend to hope 47. ‘Need of the hour‘ means- a dire Necessity the requirement at a given time timely remedy the most essential requirement 48. The directories of the company put their heads together to solve the problem failed to understand listened to each other consulted one another ran away 49. A wild goose chase a foolish and fruitless search a foolish but fruitful search a comprehensive search a foolish but pleasant search 50. A wolf in sheep’s clothing an honest man a sincere man a hypocrite an honest and sincere man 51. A dead letter no longer dead no longer in control no longer in force no longer liked 52. In a jiffy later after a long time a little later very soon 53. There is a no smoke without fire There is a no cause without an effect There is no effect without background There must be a cause for happening There is no effect without a cause Loading … Hope you liked the test Please share the post now, Rate this post now