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English – Idioms & Phrases – Set 18
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- The test contains 20 questions.
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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 Pull yourself together?
- A. try to understand
- B. go to sleep
- C. calm down
- D. do a good job
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Answer: C. calm down
Pull yourself together means: calm down.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase Give someone the cold shoulder?
- A. ignore someone
- B. pamper someone
- C. do something pointless
- D. give away a secret
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Answer: A. ignore someone
Give someone the cold shoulder means: ignore someone.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase Pull someone’s leg?
- A. get upset with someone
- B. joke with someone
- C. tell someone a secret
- D. trust someone
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Answer: B. joke with someone
Pull someone’s leg means: joke with someone.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase Actions speak louder than words?
- A. what you do is more important than what you say
- B. do something without planning
- C. take up a task that you cannot finish
- D. look for solution in the wrong place
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Answer: A. what you do is more important than what you say
Actions speak louder than words means: what you do is more important than what you say.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase Get out of hand?
- A. to complete a task
- B. get out of control
- C. give up something
- D. get upset
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Answer: B. get out of control
Get out of hand means: get out of control.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase Costs an arm and a leg?
- A. easy to obtain
- B. very expensive
- C. rarely available
- D. nothing to lose
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Answer: B. very expensive
Costs an arm and a leg means: very expensive.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase At daggers drawn?
- A. deceiving somebody
- B. bitterly hostile
- C. friendly with each other
- D. without hope
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Answer: B. bitterly hostile
At daggers drawn means: bitterly hostile.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase To play ducks and drakes?
- A. to use recklessly
- B. to be friendly
- C. to change places
- D. to act cleverly
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Answer: A. to use recklessly
To play ducks and drakes means: to use recklessly.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase to his heart’s content?
- A. as much as he wanted to
- B. only upto his legs
- C. avoiding getting to wet
- D. till he was completely sick
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Answer: A. as much as he wanted to
to his heart’s content means: as much as he wanted to.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase been nipped in the bud?
- A. included somewhere else
- B. encouraged strongly
- C. changed completely
- D. dropped at an early stage
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Answer: D. dropped at an early stage
been nipped in the bud means: dropped at an early stage.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase in the running?
- A. teaching yoga
- B. jogging everyday
- C. giving speeches
- D. contesting the seat.
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Answer: D. contesting the seat.
in the running means: contesting the seat.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase turned a deaf ear?
- A. acknowledged
- B. a ccepted
- C. presented
- D. neglected
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Answer: D. neglected
turned a deaf ear means: neglected.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase Handle with kid gloves?
- A. to show someone your creativity
- B. to treat someone with extreme care
- C. to remove all hurdles to start something
- D. to accomplish something too ambitious
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Answer: B. to treat someone with extreme care
Handle with kid gloves means: to treat someone with extreme care.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase Till the cows come home?
- A. For a long, long time
- B. Till the work is finished
- C. For a large part
- D. In the evening
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Answer: A. For a long, long time
Till the cows come home means: For a long, long time.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase a close shave?
- A. to have no livelihood
- B. to lose all possessions
- C. nothing to eat
- D. a narrow escape
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Answer: D. a narrow escape
a close shave means: a narrow escape.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase in the teeth of tough resistance?
- A. in a short span of time
- B. in collaboration with
- C. in direct opposition to
- D. in a state of uncertainty
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Answer: C. in direct opposition to
in the teeth of tough resistance means: in direct opposition to.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase at sea?
- A. committed
- B. in shock
- C. sure
- D. confused
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Answer: D. confused
at sea means: confused.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase made off?
- A. ran away with
- B. transferred
- C. discovered
- D. squandered
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Answer: A. ran away with
made off means: ran away with.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase had too many irons in the fire?
- A. She was involved in many activities
- B. She was suffering from many ailments
- C. She had made a lot of risky investments
- D. She had too many clothes to iron
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Answer: A. She was involved in many activities
had too many irons in the fire means: She was involved in many activities.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase made a clean breast of?
- A. asked for a fresh shirt
- B. took off his shirt
- C. blamed his companion
- D. confessed his crime
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Answer: D. confessed his crime
made a clean breast of means: confessed his crime.