Idioms and Phrases Test 4 English

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1. To lose one’s head

To go mad

To become nervous

To become confused and over excited

To lose the balance

2. By the skin of one’s teeth

In time

Hurriedly

Only just

Hardly

3. To throw down the glove

To accept defeat

To reject the prize

To give a challenge

To resort to wrong tactics

4. To be in abeyance

In suspense

Dual minded

To be in trouble

In a fighting mood

5. To cast pearls before a swine

To spend a lot of money on the unkeep of domestic hogs

To waste money over trifles

To offer to a person a thing which he cannot appreciate

To spend recklessly

6. A chip off the old block

A good bargain

An old friend

Characteristics of one’s ancestors

A piece of wood

7. To smell a rat

To suspect a trick or deceit

To detect bad smell

To misunderstand

to see hidden meaning

8. To take people by storm

To bring out something sensational attracting people’s attention

To exploit people’s agitation

To put people in utter surprise

To captivate them unexpectedly

9. To throw up the sponge

To maintain grit and enthusiasm until the end

To offer a challenge

To become utterly disappointed

To surrender or give up a contest

10. Harp on

To keep on talkin

To criticise

To comment

To keep on insulting

11. To catch somebody on the hop

To catch somebody suddenly

To stand in the way of someone

To catch somebody off guard

To give someone a surprise

12. To spill the beans

To misbehave

To reveal secret informatio

To keep secrets

To talk irrelevant

13. To bring one’s eggs to a bad market

To face a humiliating situation

To fail in one’s plans because one goes to the wrong people for help

To bring one’s commodities to a market where there is not is no demand for them

To show one’s talents before audience which is incapable of appreciating them

14. To hit below the belt

To strike at the exact position

To harm unfairly

To work confidentially

To hit the correct mark

15. To get cold feet

To be afraidTo be afraid

To run for life

To fall sick

To become discourteous

16. To take a leap in the dark

To take risk

To do a hazardous thing without any idea of the result

To do a task secretly

To hazard one self

17. To give/get the bird

To send away

To get the impossible

To get the awaited

To have good luck

18. To be at daggers drawn

) To threaten one

to be ready to face danger

To be frightened

To be bitter enemy

19. To turn up one’s nose at a thing

To show indifference

To treat it with contemptuous

To start to grapple with it

To show eagerness to have something

20. To save one’s face

To say plainly

To evade disgrace

To hide oneself

To oppose

21. To wash one’s dirty linen in public

To do some ugly work in public

To criticise one’s nature in public

To quarrel inthe open

To discuss dirty and scandalous matters of personal nature in the presense of
strangers

22. A lady’s man

A woman-tailor

A man working as per a lady’s directions

A timid husband

A lover of woman company

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 show false things

) To deceive

To make blind

To harm someone

25. To be rolling in money

Spending more than his income

Borrowing money liberally

Very rich

Wasting a lot of money

26. To draw a line

to fix a limit

to insult someone

to caution someone

to be stern

27. To break the ice.

to blast a quarrel

to become cool

to be very strong

to break an awkward silence

28. A raw deal

unjust treatment

) unripe statement

contract not finally decided

early stage of business

29. Spick and span

honest and true

neat and clean

lean and thin

hale and hearty

30. It will be wise on your part to let bygones be bygones. .

ignore the past

recollect the past

resist the past

revive the past

31. The politician was able to sway the mob with his gift of the gab.

abundance of promise

political insight

natural style of speaking

persuasive speech

32. At parties he is always in high spirits. .

cheerful

uncontrollable

talkative

drunk

33. He was in the doldrums after the quarrel with the brother.

sad and depressed

jubilant

aggressive

assertive

34. One cannot understand the themes in the poetry of Shelley unless one reads between the
lines. .

read in inattentively

reads alternative lines

read cursorily

discovers hidden meaning

35. He promised to stand by me through thick and thin.

) in bad conditions

under no condition

in all conditions

in good conditions

36. The idiom ‘break the ice’ means-

remove the dust

insulting someone

removal the initial hesitation

clearing the dew

37. ‘To smell a rat’ means-

to detect bad smell

to see hidden meaning

to misunderstand

to suspect a trick

38. ‘Achilles heel’ means-

a folk dance

the strongest point

a fatal weakness

a big hill

39. ‘Salad days’ means-

days full of hatred for all.

days of one’s youthful inexperience

days of abstaining from viees

days of one’s old age experience.

40. The idiom ‘At one’s fingertips’ means
–

balancing on fingers

matter of shame

readily available knowledge

to take revenge

41. ‘To weather the storm‘ means
–

to be out in bad weather

to make a fuss over something

to survive in difficult times

to feel happy

42. ‘To pull through‘ means
–

to pull with strength

to use a lot of energy

to recover

to control

43. A fish out of water’ means
–

in want of a house

in a strange situation

determined to live

face to face with death

44. ‘A wild goose chase’ is
–

a violent chase

a useless enterprise

a harsh gesture

a pleasurable hunt

45. ‘Make hay while the sunshine’s means
–

be merry during the summer

use the sunshine for harvesting

be active during the day

make maximum use of a given opportunity

46. ‘To bank upon‘ means
–

to harness

to hope

to depend

to invest

47. ‘Need of the hour‘ means-

a dire Necessity

timely remedy

the most essential requirement

the requirement at a given time

48. The directories of the company put their heads together to solve the problem

listened to each other

consulted one another

ran away

failed to understand

49. A wild goose chase

a foolish but fruitful search

a foolish but pleasant search

a comprehensive search

a foolish and fruitless search

50. A wolf in sheep’s clothing

a hypocrite

a sincere man

an honest man

an honest and sincere man

51. A dead letter

no longer in force

no longer dead

no longer in control

no longer liked

52. In a jiffy

after a long time

very soon

a little later

later

53. There is a no smoke without fire

There is no effect without a cause

There is a no cause without an effect

There is no effect without background

There must be a cause for happening

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