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To smell a rat means?
- A) to be suspicious
- B) to chase a rat
- C) to see a rat
- D) to smell foul
To move heaven and earth means?
- A) to cause an earthquake
- B) to try everything possible
- C) to pray to all Gods
- D) to travel in a rocket
To take someone for a ride means?
- A) to give a ride to someone
- B) to be indifferent
- C) to deceive someone
- D) to disclose a secret
In cold blood means?
- A) slowly
- B) excitedly
- C) deliberately
- D) angrily
A damp squib means?
- A) rainy weather
- B) a disappointing result
- C) a skirt in a laundry
- D) None of the above
To bite the dust means?
- A) eat voraciously
- B) have nothing to eat
- C) eat roots
- D) None of the above
To take to one’s heels means?
- A) to walk slowly
- B) to hop and jump
- C) to run away
- D) to march forward
To be all at sea means?
- A) a family voyage
- B) in the middle of the ocean
- C) lost and confused
- D) a string of islands
Cold comfort means?
- A) foolish proposal
- B) slight satisfaction
- C) deception
- D) absurdity
A bolt from the blue means?
- A) an unexpected event
- B) an unpleasant event
- C) a delayed event
- D) an inexplicable event
Ram is very calculative and always has an axe to grind.
- A) fails to arouse interest
- B) has a private agenda
- C) works for both sides
- D) has no result
There is no gainsaying the fact that the country is in difficulties.
- A) denying
- B) hiding
- C) forgetting
- D) ignoring
On the issue of marriage, Sarita put her foot down.
- A) walked fast
- B) was firm
- C) got down
- D) stood up
The police looked all over for him but drew a blank.
- A) arrested him
- B) took him to court
- C) did not find him
- D) put him in prison
His investments helped him make a killing in the stock market.
- A) lose money quickly
- B) murder someone quickly
- C) plan a murder quickly
- D) make money quickly
His speech has taken the wind out of my sails.
- A) made me remember my past
- B) made me think for the future
- C) made me depressed
- D) made my words or actions ineffective
There is no point in discussing the new project with him as he always pours cold water on any ideas.
- A) puts off
- B) dislikes
- C) disapproves of
- D) postpones
Regardless of what her parents said, she wanted to let her hair down that night.
- A) really enjoy
- B) wash her hair
- C) comb her hair
- D) work till late
I jumped out of my skin when the explosion happened.
- A) was in panic
- B) was excited
- C) was nervous
- D) was angry
She didn’t realize that the clever salesman was taking her for a ride.
- A) trying to trick her
- B) taking her in a car
- C) pulling her along
- D) forcing her to go with him
From stem to stern means?
- A) all the way from the front of a ship to the back
- B) from the beginning to the end
- C) top of a plant to its roots
- D) loose pleasantness to become strict
Over egg the pudding means?
- A) add unnecessary details to make something seem better or worse
- B) fill the pudding excessively with egg
- C) add details in order to make something more exciting
- D) add important details to the content of a story
Turn over a new leaf means?
- A) change one’s behaviour for the better
- B) read between the pages of a book
- C) do a somersault
- D) do a new job
Take up the hatchet means?
- A) behave formally
- B) pursue a chance
- C) be caught in a trap
- D) prepare for or go to war
At loose ends means?
- A) tie two loose ends of a thread
- B) keep options open
- C) in an uncertain situation
- D) repay debts
With might and main means?
- A) with full risks
- B) with full force
- C) having full confidence
- D) with full blessings
Ruffle somebody’s feathers means?
- A) gamble
- B) escape responsibility
- C) annoy somebody
- D) show contempt for
Cut short means?
- A) delete
- B) praise
- C) interrupt
- D) slice into small pieces
Bad blood means?
- A) war
- B) ill feeling
- C) threatening attitude
- D) in an infected state of being
A laughing stock means?
- A) an object of laughter
- B) a storehouse of joke
- C) an object of desire
- D) a stock of high value
He and his neighbour are always at loggerheads
- A) agree on everything
- B) disagreeing on everything
- C) aloof from each other
- D) abusing each other
I am going to stay at home because I am feeling under the weather today.
- A) unhappy
- B) depressed
- C) irritated
- D) sick
Even in the middle of the fire, he kept a level head.
- A) was impulsive
- B) was sensible
- C) was crazy
- D) was self-centered
The winning team decided to go for the jugular in the last quarter of the match.
- A) forfeit the match
- B) give easy opportunities to the opposite team
- C) give reserve players a chance
- D) attack all out
Everybody thought Asha and Ashok were a happy couple, but it was all just make-believe.
- A) hatred
- B) treachery
- C) reality
- D) pretense
To go for broke
- A) Losing all money in an effort to revive a failing business
- B) Failure in relationship or partnership
- C) To start again after failing in a business.
- D) To risk everything in an all-out effort
Blood is thicker than water
- A) Family relationships and loyalties are the strongest and most important ones
- B) All crimes are not equal so punishment for murder is not same as that of theft
- C) Deceit from a family member hurts more than being cheated by strangers
- D) Relations are more important than merit
To sleep with the fishes
- A) To sleep peacefully
- B) To make absurd excuses
- C) To be dead
- D) Always be in a dream world
The squeaky wheel gets the grease
- A) The person who complains the most is hated the most
- B) One unfortunate child always keeps getting punished
- C) The favorite child or student gets the most attention
- D) The most noticeable problems are the ones most likely to get attention
He was punished for “taking French leave”.
- A) leaving without intimation
- B) giving a lame excuse
- C) resigning without giving notice
- D) being absent without permission
He worked hard to “feather his nest”.
- A) decorate his home
- B) be the envy of others
- C) provide for his own needs
- D) trap birds
He advised her to give “a wide berth” to malicious people.
- A) give a larger bed to
- B) share her seat with
- C) to stay away from
- D) pay more attention to
Sunil’s “dog in a manger” attitude did not help to settle the matter.
- A) selfless
- B) selfish
- C) warm
- D) cold
If the speaker continues with his boring speech, the audience will probably vote “with their feet”.
- A) show their disapproval
- B) stop him from speaking
- C) choose him as leader
- D) kick him out
Shyam Prasad was “a chip of the old block”.
- A) an experienced old man
- B) a common boy of the locality
- C) someone similar in character to one’s father
- D) a being of the old generation
My father is undoubted “an arm-chair critic”.
- A) someone who gives advice based on practice, not theory
- B) someone who gives advice based on experience
- C) someone who never gives advice
- D) someone who gives advice based on theory not practice
Tripti gave her report quoting “chapter and verse”.
- A) taught like a teacher
- B) referred to religious books
- C) provided minute details
- D) spoke like a preacher
I “threw up my cards” for want of funds.
- A) looked out for help
- B) gave up my plan
- C) gambled all my money
- D) put my whole income at stake
Russel Peters really “brought the house down” with his spectacular performance at the Club yesterday.
- A) amused the audience greatly
- B) pulled down a
- C) defamed a family building
- D) passed a bill unanimously
Directions: In each of the questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase. To spill the beans
- A) to be untidy
- B) to reveal a secret
- C) to conceal a fact
- D) to reveal partial truth
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