Find out the correct meaning of Idioms and Phrases from the four alternatives
Q-1 To be ill at ease
Q-1 To be ill at ease
(a) Uncomfortable
(b) To apologize
(c) By means another
(c) By means another
(d) None of these
Ans. (a) Uncomfortable
Q-2 To make both ends meet
(a) Not deserving
(b) Punish
(c) in fashion
(c) in fashion
(d) to pass a critical stage
Ans. (b) To apologize
Q-3 To be in the good books
(a) In a mood
(b) to be unwell
(c) to be in favour with a person
(c) to be in favour with a person
(d) None of these
Ans. (c) to be in favour with a person
Q-4 To gain ground
(a) to succeed slowly and steadily
(b) more expenditure
(c) by the way
(c) by the way
(d) to be equal to
Ans. (a) to succeed slowly and steadily
Q-5 To burry the hatchet
(a) squander
(b) to make peace
(c) to value
(c) to value
(d) to avoid
Ans. (b) to make peace
Q-6 To cross one’s mind
(a) to ignore
(b) not deserving
(c) to occur to oneself
(c) to occur to oneself
(d) None of these
Ans. (c) to occur to oneself
Q-7 To do it off hand
(a) To discourage
(b) to be hopeful in need
(c) Perplexed
(c) Perplexed
(d) without preparation
Ans. (d) without preparation
Q-8 Black and Blue
(a) bitter relations
(b) to beat mercilessly
(c) to pacify the matter
(c) to pacify the matter
(d) in a mood
Ans. (b) to beat mercilessly
Ans. (b) to beat mercilessly
Q-9 To follow suit
(a) Active
(b) Confused
(c) to act in a like manner
(c) to act in a like manner
(d) None of these
Ans. (c) to act in a like manner
Q-10 To leave a friend in the lurch
(a) to laugh secretly
(b) to leave a friend in difficulty
(c) to avoid
(c) to avoid
(d) None of these
Ans. (b) to leave a friend in difficulty
Q-11 To make the most of
(a) to utilize time
(b) Abscond to keep unchained
(c) Confused
(c) Confused
(d) None of these
Ans. (a) to utilize time
Q-12 To rise to the occasion
(a) shortage
(b) to act as the occasion
(c) Fail to keep position
(c) Fail to keep position
(d) None of these
Ans. (b) to act as the occasion
Q-13 To turn over a new leaf
(a) In a dilemma
(b) To be unwell
(c) to be entirely changed
(c) to be entirely changed
(d) None
Q-14 To be under a cloud
(a) to be under suspicion
(b) Squander
(c) to occur to oneself
(c) to occur to oneself
(d) to understand
Ans. (c) to be entirely changed
Q-15 To let the cat out of the bag
(a) to agree
(b) to disclose
(c) to value
(c) to value
(d) None of these
Ans. (b) to disclose
Q-16 Fabian Policy
(a) Policy of delaying decisions
(b) to weaken the power
(c) Support one another
(d) None of these
Ans. (a) Policy of delaying decisions
Q-17 Uphill task
(a) last creation
(b) difficult task
(c) to pacify the matter
(c) to pacify the matter
(d) in a mood
Ans. (b) difficult task
Q-18 A ship of the old block
(a) to ignore
(b) to make peace
(c) resembling
(c) resembling
(d) None
Ans. (c) resembling
Q-19 To be at a stone’s throw
(a) very close
(b) to weaken the power
(c) to occur oneself
(c) to occur oneself
(d) None of these
Ans. (a) very close
Q-20 In the blues
(a) in dumps
(b) to confess
(c) exaggerate
(c) exaggerate
(d) None of these
Ans.(a) in dumps
Q-21 Out of the wood
(a) by force of
(b) out of danger
(c) Certain
(c) Certain
(d) None
Ans. (b) out of danger
Q-22 Writing on the wall
(a) To discourage
(b) to be hopeful in need
(c) signal
(c) signal
(d) None
Ans. (c) signal
Q-23 To play truant
(a) yield
(b) to be absent from duty without permission
(c) false hope
(c) false hope
(d) None of these
Ans. (b) to be absent from duty without permission
Q-24 To hit the nail on the head
(a) to do the right thing at the right time
(b) repent
(c) to defy
(c) to defy
(d) to show contempt
(a) to do the right thing at the right time
Q-25 Above board
(a) honest and straight forward
(b) false hope
(c) official day
(c) official day
(d) prosperous
Ans. (a) honest and straight forward
