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