Idioms and Phrases Test 4 English 23 June 202219 April 2021 by Avinash Modi Please attempt the test given below. 1. To lose one’s head To lose the balance To become nervous To go mad To become confused and over excited 2. By the skin of one’s teeth Hurriedly Only just In time Hardly 3. To throw down the glove To give a challenge To reject the prize To accept defeat To resort to wrong tactics 4. To be in abeyance In suspense To be in trouble In a fighting mood Dual minded 5. To cast pearls before a swine To offer to a person a thing which he cannot appreciate To spend a lot of money on the unkeep of domestic hogs To waste money over trifles To spend recklessly 6. A chip off the old block Characteristics of one’s ancestors A piece of wood A good bargain An old friend 7. To smell a rat To misunderstand To suspect a trick or deceit To detect bad smell to see hidden meaning 8. To take people by storm To captivate them unexpectedly To put people in utter surprise To exploit people’s agitation 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 comment To keep on insulting To criticise To keep on talkin 11. To catch somebody on the hop To give someone a surprise To catch somebody suddenly To catch somebody off guard To stand in the way of someone 12. To spill the beans To misbehave To talk irrelevant To reveal secret informatio To keep secrets 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 show one’s talents before audience which is incapable of appreciating them To face a humiliating situation To fail in one’s plans because one goes to the wrong people for help 14. To hit below the belt To harm unfairly To hit the correct mark To strike at the exact position To work confidentially 15. To get cold feet To run for life To become discourteous To fall sick To be afraidTo be afraid 16. To take a leap in the dark To do a hazardous thing without any idea of the result To take risk To do a task secretly To hazard one self 17. To give/get the bird To get the impossible To send away To get the awaited To have good luck 18. To be at daggers drawn to be ready to face danger To be bitter enemy To be frightened ) To threaten one 19. To turn up one’s nose at a thing To show indifference To show eagerness to have something To treat it with contemptuous To start to grapple with it 20. To save one’s face To oppose To hide oneself To evade disgrace To say plainly 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 harm someone To make blind ) To deceive 24. To throw dust in one’s eyes To harm someone to show false things To make blind ) To deceive 25. To be rolling in money Wasting a lot of money Very rich Borrowing money liberally Spending more than his income 26. To draw a line to caution someone to be stern to fix a limit to insult someone 27. To break the ice. to break an awkward silence to become cool to blast a quarrel to be very strong 28. A raw deal ) unripe statement unjust treatment contract not finally decided early stage of business 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. . ignore the past revive the past recollect the past resist the past 31. The politician was able to sway the mob with his gift of the gab. natural style of speaking political insight persuasive speech abundance of promise 32. At parties he is always in high spirits. . uncontrollable cheerful drunk talkative 33. He was in the doldrums after the quarrel with the brother. jubilant sad and depressed aggressive assertive 34. One cannot understand the themes in the poetry of Shelley unless one reads between the lines. . discovers hidden meaning read cursorily reads alternative lines read in inattentively 35. He promised to stand by me through thick and thin. ) in bad conditions in all conditions under no condition in good conditions 36. The idiom ‘break the ice’ means- removal the initial hesitation remove the dust clearing the dew insulting someone 37. ‘To smell a rat’ means- to detect bad smell to see hidden meaning to suspect a trick to misunderstand 38. ‘Achilles heel’ means- a fatal weakness a big hill a folk dance the strongest point 39. ‘Salad days’ means- days of one’s old age experience. days of abstaining from viees days full of hatred for all. days of one’s youthful inexperience 40. The idiom ‘At one’s fingertips’ means – to take revenge balancing on fingers readily available knowledge matter of shame 41. ‘To weather the storm‘ means – to feel happy to survive in difficult times to make a fuss over something to be out in bad weather 42. ‘To pull through‘ means – to control to recover to use a lot of energy to pull with strength 43. A fish out of water’ means – in want of a house determined to live face to face with death in a strange situation 44. ‘A wild goose chase’ is – a harsh gesture a violent chase a useless enterprise a pleasurable hunt 45. ‘Make hay while the sunshine’s means – be active during the day use the sunshine for harvesting make maximum use of a given opportunity be merry during the summer 46. ‘To bank upon‘ means – to harness to depend to hope to invest 47. ‘Need of the hour‘ means- the requirement at a given time a dire Necessity the most essential requirement timely remedy 48. The directories of the company put their heads together to solve the problem consulted one another failed to understand ran away listened to each other 49. A wild goose chase a comprehensive search a foolish but pleasant search a foolish and fruitless search a foolish but fruitful search 50. A wolf in sheep’s clothing a sincere man an honest man an honest and sincere man a hypocrite 51. A dead letter no longer liked no longer in force no longer in control no longer dead 52. In a jiffy a little later after a long time very soon later 53. There is a no smoke without fire There is no effect without background There must be a cause for happening There is no effect without a cause There is a no cause without an effect Loading … Hope you liked the test Please share the post now, Rate this post now Related Posts:English test 9 – Idiom and PhrasesEnglish test 5 - Idioms and PhrasesPrivacy Policy for avinashmodi.inEnglish - Unseen Poems Collection for…Idiom and Phrases English Test 3RRB NTPC Cut Off 2022 (Zonewise Cut Off)English - Principle of Teaching - Part 4English - Communicative Language…
