Idiom and Phrases

Idiom and Pharases

Quiz

 

1. The *mealy-mouthed* politician succeeded in influencing the voters.
   1.   ill-tempered
   2.   soft-tongued
   3.   cunning
   4.   ambitious
2. Pell-mell
   1.   In hurried disorder
   2.   Gaiety and excitement
   3.   Extremely worried
   4.   None of these
3. To hold a brief for
   1.   To help someone
   2.   To do someone a favour
   3.   To stay on for a brief period
   4.   To defend someone
4. To take a leaf out of somebody's book
   
   
   1.   To take him as a model
   2.   To steal something valuable
   3.   To follow the dictates of someone
   4.   To conform to others standard
5. To strike one's colours
   1.   To fight vigorously
   2.   To work hard
   3.   To surrender
   4.   To make a rude gesture
6. A cock and bull story
   1.   A true story
   2.   A children's story
   3.   A story of animals
   4.   A foolish and concocted story
7. To cut the Gordian knot
   1.   To solve a difficult problem
   2.   To be victorious
   3.   To break ties with someone
   4.   To defeat a powerful person
8. I *sent him about his business* as I could stand his insolence no longer.
   1.   broke the partnership with him
   2.   requested him to bother someone else
   3.   dismissed him peremptorily
   4.   abused him heartily
9. The casting vote of the chairman *clinched the issue*.
   1.   Closed
   2.   Decided
   3.   Finished
   4.   Started
10. Once in a blue moon
    1.   Once in a month
    2.   Bi-weekly
    3.   On rare occasions
    4.   Every now and then
11. To be a good Samaritan
    1.   To be law-abiding
    2.   A wise person
    3.   A religious person
    4.   A genuinely charitable person
12. To have one's heart in one's boots
    1.   To be deeply depressed
    2.   To be frightened
    3.   To get angry
    4.   To keep a secret
13. To wrangle over an ass's shadow
    1.   To act in a foolish way
    2.   To do something funny
    3.   To quarrel over trifles
    4.   To quarrel over the possession of an ass
14. A man of weight
    1.   A fat person
    2.   To truthful and trustworthy man
    3.   A man of importance
    4.   A notorious man
15. To put one on one's mettle
    1.   To rouse one to do one's best
    2.   To ruin somebody
    3.   To discourage a person
    4.   To incite a person to fight
16. To hold somebody to ransom
    1.   To keep captive and demand concession
    2.   To humiliate
    3.   To offer bribe
    4.   To blackmail and extract money
17. To ride hell for Leather
    1.   To ride with furious speed
    2.   To adopt false means to succeed
    3.   To work hard for a small accomplishment
    4.   To earn money by all means
18. To set the thames on fire
    1.   To do something remarkable
    2.   To try to do the impossible
    3.   To burn something to ashes
    4.   To fling ironical remarks
19. To cry wolf
    1.   To grieve over something which cannot be recovered
    2.   To cry from grief inconsolably
    3.   To raise a false alarm
    4.   To announce to one and all
20. To make a shot
    1.   To retaliate
    2.   To hit someone
    3.   To make a guess
    4.   To achieve one's objective
21. To give a rap on the knuckles
    1.   To eulogise
    2.   To chatise
    3.   To condemn
    4.   To rebuke
22. To beat the air
    1.   To make frantic efforts
    2.   To act foolishly
    3.   To make efforts that are useless or vain
    4.   To make every possible effort
23. To go to each other hammer and tongs
    1.   To fight with weapons
    2.   To argue noisily
    3.   To hug each other
    4.   To go crazy about meeting each other
24. To live fast
    1.   To live a life of dissipation
    2.   To accomplish a purpose
    3.   To do a task hurriedly
    4.   To use up one's income as fast as it comes in
25. The aroma from the kitchen *makes my mouth water*.
    1.   makes me sick
    2.   makes me giddy
    3.   makes me vomit
    4.   stimulates my appetite
26. Things are progressing well. Don't do anything *to rock the boat*.
    1.   create difficulties
    2.   conspire against
    3.   upset the balance
    4.   agitate against
27. I am ambitious and never want to *rest on my laurels.*
    1.   be dissatisfied
    2.   be satisfied
    3.   be complacent
    4.   be good
28. The boy *turned a deaf ear* to the pleadings of all his well-wishers.
    1.   listened carefully
    2.   was deadly opposed
    3.   posed indifference
    4.   did not pay any attention
29. His father advised him to be *fair and square* in his dealings lest he should fall into trouble.
    1.   considerate
    2.   upright
    3.   careful
    4.   polite
30. The young heir to his father's huge estate *made ducks and drakes* of his patrimony.
    1.   made best use of
    2.   took stock of
    3.   squandered lavishly
    4.   invested wisely