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English – Idioms & Phrases – Set 23
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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 Keep abreast of?
- A. Keep up the good work
- B. Keep ahead of
- C. Keep oneself updated
- D. Keep a watch on
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Answer: C. Keep oneself updated
Keep abreast of means: Keep oneself updated.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase Give a piece of one's mind?
- A. To donate something valuable
- B. To rebuke someone strongly
- C. To advise someone
- D. To share one's ideas
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Answer: B. To rebuke someone strongly
Give a piece of one's mind means: To rebuke someone strongly.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase Come to the point?
- A. To meet at a designated place
- B. To speak plainly about the real issue
- C. To unravel a mystery
- D. To get reconciled to something
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Answer: B. To speak plainly about the real issue
Come to the point means: To speak plainly about the real issue.
- Choose the option that best fits the idiom or phrase:
The people were scared because the burglar was "at large".- A. very dangerous
- B. behind bars
- C. very famous
- D. not caught
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Answer: D. not caught
Correct answer: not caught.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase Cut and dried?
- A. Dead and gone
- B. Very old
- C. Already decided
- D. Badly hurt
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Answer: C. Already decided
Cut and dried means: Already decided.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase Make off with?
- A. To transfer
- B. To run away
- C. To understand
- D. To discover
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Answer: B. To run away
Make off with means: To run away.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase Kill two birds with one stone?
- A. To be an expert shooter
- B. To plan two murders simultaneously
- C. To try something impossible
- D. To achieve two results with a single effort
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Answer: D. To achieve two results with a single effort
Kill two birds with one stone means: To achieve two results with a single effort.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase The acid test?
- A. Throwing acid on someone’s face
- B. An unpleasant or offensive test
- C. A critical situation or crisis
- D. A fact, event or situation that proves something
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Answer: D. A fact, event or situation that proves something
The acid test means: A fact, event or situation that proves something.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase Blind alley?
- A. A person who comes to meet occasionally
- B. A state of deep thought
- C. A situation in which no further progress can be made
- D. Taking first step after somebody’s approach
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Answer: C. A situation in which no further progress can be made
Blind alley means: A situation in which no further progress can be made.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase To take a back seat?
- A. To be less successful in one’s efforts
- B. To go through a short but unpleasant period of time
- C. To become less important or to give up control over things
- D. To lecture or criticise the person who is actually in control of something
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Answer: C. To become less important or to give up control over things
To take a back seat means: To become less important or to give up control over things.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase A wild goose chase?
- A. Timely search
- B. Fruitful search
- C. Useless search
- D. Wrong decision
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Answer: C. Useless search
A wild goose chase means: Useless search.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase A moot point?
- A. Unknown
- B. Disputed
- C. Agreeable
- D. Unclear
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Answer: B. Disputed
A moot point means: Disputed.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase Will-o-the wisp?
- A. Accept or leave the offer.
- B. Something that is impossible to get or achieve.
- C. To spend recklessly.
- D. To keep off an unwanted and undesirable person.
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Answer: B. Something that is impossible to get or achieve.
Will-o-the wisp means: Something that is impossible to get or achieve.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase To go through fire and water?
- A. To experience many dangers in order to achieve something
- B. To scold someone
- C. To act without restraints
- D. Something which hurts
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Answer: A. To experience many dangers in order to achieve something
To go through fire and water means: To experience many dangers in order to achieve something.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase To put a spoke in one's wheel?
- A. To be advantageous at the time of difficulty
- B. To blame the other party
- C. To maintain under all circumstances
- D. To put a difficulty in the way of progress
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Answer: D. To put a difficulty in the way of progress
To put a spoke in one's wheel means: To put a difficulty in the way of progress.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase At loggerheads?
- A. To face tough competition
- B. To be in do or die situation
- C. To suffer
- D. In conflict with someone
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Answer: D. In conflict with someone
At loggerheads means: In conflict with someone.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase Adam's ale?
- A. Gift
- B. Belongings
- C. Food
- D. Water
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Answer: D. Water
Adam's ale means: Water.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase At one's wits end?
- A. A man of ability
- B. Undecided controversy
- C. At the last moment
- D. To get puzzled
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Answer: D. To get puzzled
At one's wits end means: To get puzzled.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase To make amends?
- A. To make flimsy excuses
- B. To make new friends
- C. To feel guilty for something you have not done
- D. To compensate
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Answer: D. To compensate
To make amends means: To compensate.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase Go for a song?
- A. Sold cheaply
- B. Happy go lucky attitude
- C. One's favourite music
- D. Something which is prohibitively expensive
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Answer: A. Sold cheaply
Go for a song means: Sold cheaply.