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Idioms and Phrases

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Directions: (Q1-6) Identify the correct meaning of the following Idioms and Phrases: 1)

To make clean breast of

a) To gain Prominence 4) To take a leaf out of someone’s book a)


b) To Praise oneself To take him as a model
c) To confess without of reserve b) To steal something valuable
d) To destroy before it blossoms c) To follow the Dictates of someone
d) To conform to other’s standard
2) To do Oneself Justice
a) To dispense justice on your own b) To treat 5) To make no odds
others with due respect c) To make full use of a) Come to a compromise
one’s abilities d) To follow the path of truth b) Quite certain
and justice c) ‘To cause no interest
d) It is not important
3) To leave someone in lurch
a) To come to compromise with someone b) 6) To play second fiddle
Constant source of annoyance to someone c) To put a) To be healthy, cheerful and healthy
someone at ease b) To reduce importance of one’s senior
d) None of these c) To support the role and view of another person d) To
do back seating driving

Directions (Q7 -29) Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.

6) The speaker gave a bird's eye view of the a) Give publicly to


political conditions in the country b) Not sympathize
a) detailed presentation c) Keep away from
b) biased view d) Publicly condemn
c) general view
d) brief view 10) I am leaving India for good.
a) Permanently
7) He is a plain, simple and sincere man. He will b) to good for myself
always call a spade a spade. c) To do good for the country
a) Find meaning or purpose in your action. b) d) To do nobody good.
Avoid controversial situations
c) Be outspoken 11) Last evening I was held up at the meeting. a)
d) Desist from making controversial statement Stopped
b) Delayed
8) Sumit had to look high and low before he c) Kept
could find his scooter key. d) Detained
a) Everywhere
b) Somewhere 12) He has come up during the last five years a)
c) Nowhere Become proud c) Fallen in rank b) Risen in
d) Always status d) Become humble

9) We should give a wide berth to bad 13) Politicians always have an axe to grind in
characters whatever they do or say.
a) To fail to arouse interest a) Guessing is a good game
b) To have no result b) To wonder what is happened
c) To have a selfish reason for saying or doing c) To guess rightly
something d) To have no idea
d) To work for both sides e) None of the above
e) None of the above 19) She is not liked by anyone in the company
because she behaves like a nosy parker,
14) She puts her hand to plough every time she meddling in everyone’s affairs.
takes on a new assignment. a) one who acts against the general rules b)
a) To take up agricultural farming one who looks down upon others c) one who
b) To take a difficult task is wicked by nature
c) To get entangled into unnecessary things d) d) one who takes interest in others
Take interest in technical work
e) None of these
20) I would advise you to do that as well and in
15) Ramesh does not miss out any opportunity to that way you'll kill two birds with one stone.
pick holes with people. a) get things done twice
b) get two things done at the same time c)
a) TO find some reason to quarrel get something done two times
b) To destroy something d) get two things done twice
c) To criticize someone
d) To cut some part of an item 21) The manager assured me that he would not
e) None of the above breathe a word about the matter.
a) not to permit an unceremonious act b) not to
16) You should be thankful to those who leave accept any bribe to reveal a secret c) not to
you in lurch as they help you realize your true make anybody worried about anything
potential. d) not to reveal the secret matter
a) To compromise with self
b) To get irritable 22) I cannot understand why she did that, it
c) To desert someone in difficult times d) really doesn't add up.
To put someone at ease a) doesn't calculate
e) None of the above b) isn't mathematics
c) doesn't make sense
17) He keeps on cracking jokes. Take him with a d) makes the wrong addition
grain of salt.
a) Take him seriously 23) Though he is nice by heart and nature, but
b) Keep silent everybody is often disinclined to associate
c) Appreciate as much as possible freely with him because he is to pap
everybody with hatchet.
d) Do not take him seriously
a) to try to cover up defects
e) None of the above
b) to be indisposed
18) We are still wondering where he is. Your
guess is as good as mine. c) to do favors in an unpleasant manner

Idioms And Phrases_ BCPage 2


d) to conclude anything unsatisfactorily b) Making him see reason
c) Beating about the bush
24) To have a green thumb means d) Wasting time in useless effort
a) One's nails are painted green
b) One is artistic 27) Sometimes, it happens that we have to give the
c) To have a natural Interest In gardening d) One has devil his due.
a green tattoo on the thumb a) To give credit to even a notorious person b)
25) The carrot and stick policy pays dividends in To give credit to an undeserving person c) To
every organization. encourage the devil
a) fair and foul d) To help someone
b) continuous vigilance
c) democratic 28) They made no bones about acknowledging
d) reward and punishment their debt to his genius
a) Did not have any hesitation in
26) We have appealed to him again and again; b) Did not have trust in
there is no use flogging a dead horse now. a) c) Demanded compensation for
Repeating our request d) Had issues in
Idioms And Phrases_ BCPage 3

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