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English – Idioms & Phrases – Set 24
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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 Make an ass out of?
- A. Work very hard like a donkey
- B. Make a mistake
- C. Cause someone or oneself to look foolish or stupid
- D. Be smart but act dumb
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Answer: C. Cause someone or oneself to look foolish or stupid
Make an ass out of means: Cause someone or oneself to look foolish or stupid.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase Mealy-mouthed?
- A. Afraid to speak frankly
- B. Soft-spoken
- C. Enthusiastic
- D. Ill-tempered
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Answer: A. Afraid to speak frankly
Mealy-mouthed means: Afraid to speak frankly.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase By fits and starts?
- A. Occasionally
- B. Irregularly
- C. Finally
- D. Totally
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Answer: B. Irregularly
By fits and starts means: Irregularly.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase Chicken-hearted?
- A. Composed
- B. Bold
- C. Short tempered
- D. Coward
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Answer: D. Coward
Chicken-hearted means: Coward.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase Red letter day?
- A. Starting day
- B. Ending day
- C. Holiday
- D. Significant day
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Answer: D. Significant day
Red letter day means: Significant day.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase To have a finger in every pie?
- A. To make fun of everybody
- B. To leave every job unfinished
- C. To Fight with everybody
- D. To be involved in a large and varied number of activities or enterprises
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Answer: D. To be involved in a large and varied number of activities or enterprises
To have a finger in every pie means: To be involved in a large and varied number of activities or enterprises.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase To make up one's mind?
- A. To overcome intense grief
- B. To make a decision; decide
- C. To be prepared for unfavourable outcomes
- D. To psyche oneself into believing that the task at hand is not impossible
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Answer: B. To make a decision; decide
To make up one's mind means: To make a decision; decide.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase To draw the longbow?
- A. To nullify
- B. To exaggerate
- C. To underrate
- D. To demarcate
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Answer: B. To exaggerate
To draw the longbow means: To exaggerate.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase All agog?
- A. Contentment
- B. Unsystematically
- C. Amazed
- D. Avoid
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Answer: C. Amazed
All agog means: Amazed.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase Live from hand to mouth?
- A. Filthy rich people
- B. Living in miserable conditions.
- C. To have enough money to live on and nothing extra
- D. To be dependent on others
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Answer: C. To have enough money to live on and nothing extra
Live from hand to mouth means: To have enough money to live on and nothing extra.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase To face the music?
- A. To bear the consequences
- B. To enjoy a musical concert
- C. To disparage someone
- D. To be hard of hearing
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Answer: A. To bear the consequences
To face the music means: To bear the consequences.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase To steal a march?
- A. To outshine
- B. To act in a foolish way
- C. To break something
- D. To see a hidden meaning
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Answer: A. To outshine
To steal a march means: To outshine.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase In a jiffy?
- A. In an appropriate manner
- B. Something that is done very quickly
- C. To fall in love
- D. Fail to win appreciation
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Answer: B. Something that is done very quickly
In a jiffy means: Something that is done very quickly.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase Herculean task?
- A. Important task
- B. Motivating
- C. Very difficult task
- D. Optional to do
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Answer: C. Very difficult task
Herculean task means: Very difficult task.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase Ended in a fiasco?
- A. Twisted around
- B. Changed one completely
- C. A successful event
- D. A complete failure
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Answer: D. A complete failure
Ended in a fiasco means: A complete failure.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase Sow wild oats?
- A. To waste time by doing foolish things
- B. To take revenge
- C. To make space to red
- D. To make someone fool
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Answer: A. To waste time by doing foolish things
Sow wild oats means: To waste time by doing foolish things.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase To accept the gauntlet?
- A. To accept what is written in fate
- B. To be able to grasp the hidden meaning
- C. To accept defeat
- D. To accept challenge
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Answer: D. To accept challenge
To accept the gauntlet means: To accept challenge.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase Pillar to post?
- A. Main support of an object
- B. To be reluctant
- C. To incite others
- D. One place to another
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Answer: D. One place to another
Pillar to post means: One place to another.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase Hobson's choice?
- A. No real choice at all
- B. To make a careful choice
- C. To seek all favourable alternatives to choose from
- D. To choose first in row
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Answer: A. No real choice at all
Hobson's choice means: No real choice at all.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase To Have bitten off more than you can chew?
- A. To have tried to do something which is too difficult
- B. To behave disrespectfully towards elders and then repent the act
- C. To have missed a golden opportunity and after that willing to put twice the effort to recover the loss
- D. To eat voraciously and then fall sick
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Answer: A. To have tried to do something which is too difficult
To Have bitten off more than you can chew means: To have tried to do something which is too difficult.