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English – Idioms & Phrases – Set 13
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This free practice set from AndamanJobs has 20 questions to be solved in 10 minutes. Every question is listed below with four options. Open Show answer and explanation under a question to see the correct option and why it is correct. Try the timed test above first, then use this list to revise the questions you got wrong.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase Leave no stone unturned?
- A. Try every possible course of action in order to achieve something
- B. Search for the hidden treasure
- C. Do a futile task
- D. Be known for achieving a tremendous feat
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Answer: A. Try every possible course of action in order to achieve something
Leave no stone unturned means: Try every possible course of action in order to achieve something.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase I am fed up with his false promises?
- A. hopeful
- B. disgusted
- C. pleased
- D. Furious
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Answer: B. disgusted
I am fed up with his false promises means: disgusted.
- Choose the option that best fits the idiom or phrase:
Many people in our country like to feather their own nest form the money they raise for social work.- A. Provide comforts in one’s house
- B. Make one’s family comfortable
- C. Achieve something and be proud of it
- D. Enrich oneself by dishonest means
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Answer: D. Enrich oneself by dishonest means
Correct answer: Enrich oneself by dishonest means.
- Choose the option that best fits the idiom or phrase:
Don’t take it seriously. He was simply pulling your leg.- A. trying to comfort someone
- B. speaking in a harsh tone
- C. playing a joke with someone
- D. scolding someone for nothing
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Answer: C. playing a joke with someone
Correct answer: playing a joke with someone.
- Choose the option that best fits the idiom or phrase:
He has set up his business now as he knows the ins and outs of it.- A. importance
- B. usefulness
- C. difficulties
- D. details
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Answer: D. details
Correct answer: details.
- Choose the option that best fits the idiom or phrase:
After getting the news of his promotion, he was in high spirits.- A. joyful
- B. mad
- C. hopeful
- D. drunk
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Answer: A. joyful
Correct answer: joyful.
- Choose the option that best fits the idiom or phrase:
A friend is no friend if he leaves you in the lurch.- A. leave someone in a helpless condition
- B. take advantage of someone
- C. leave for one’s own work
- D. make a fool of someone
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Answer: A. leave someone in a helpless condition
Correct answer: leave someone in a helpless condition.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase Take heart?
- A. to feel grieved
- B. to rebuke
- C. to take courage
- D. to assess the situation
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Answer: C. to take courage
Take heart means: to take courage.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase get a gold star?
- A. to obtain possession of something
- B. to earn a merit point for doing well
- C. to compliment someone
- D. to get killed in war
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Answer: B. to earn a merit point for doing well
get a gold star means: to earn a merit point for doing well.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase Donkey’s years?
- A. a very long time
- B. once in a while
- C. having long ears
- D. instantly
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Answer: A. a very long time
Donkey’s years means: a very long time.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase the icing on the cake?
- A. something that makes one happy
- B. Something that is essential but difficult
- C. something that makes a good situation even better
- D. something that delays action
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Answer: C. something that makes a good situation even better
the icing on the cake means: something that makes a good situation even better.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase The whole nine yards?
- A. An act of kindness
- B. an enjoyable situation
- C. An essential part
- D. the entirety of something
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Answer: D. the entirety of something
The whole nine yards means: the entirety of something.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase hit the nail on the head?
- A. to hit someone on the head
- B. to assess the situation immediately
- C. to handle a difficult situation
- D. to make the precisely correct point
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Answer: D. to make the precisely correct point
hit the nail on the head means: to make the precisely correct point.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase get out of hand?
- A. to be indecisive
- B. to act irresponsibly
- C. to become uncontrollable
- D. to lose courage
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Answer: C. to become uncontrollable
get out of hand means: to become uncontrollable.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase to give the slip?
- A. to keep low
- B. to hide
- C. to escape
- D. to hit someone
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Answer: C. to escape
to give the slip means: to escape.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase In a nutshell?
- A. in short
- B. in serious trouble
- C. in control
- D. in disgrace
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Answer: A. in short
In a nutshell means: in short.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase A fish out of water?
- A. feeling sick
- B. ready to die
- C. in unfamiliar circumstances
- D. in the absence of something
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Answer: C. in unfamiliar circumstances
A fish out of water means: in unfamiliar circumstances.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase a sea change?
- A. a radical change
- B. a fast change
- C. a slow change
- D. a nominal change
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Answer: A. a radical change
a sea change means: a radical change.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase A stone's throw?
- A. an easy task
- B. a faraway place
- C. a short distance
- D. a memorable place
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Answer: C. a short distance
A stone's throw means: a short distance.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase a lot on your plate?
- A. having a large meal
- B. having many responsibilities
- C. having wealth in abundance
- D. having something which causes envy
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Answer: B. having many responsibilities
a lot on your plate means: having many responsibilities.