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English – Idioms & Phrases – Set 4
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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 Down in the mouth?
- A. Very weak
- B. very depressed
- C. very confused
- D. unable to speak
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Answer: B. very depressed
Down in the mouth means: very depressed.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase To smell a rat?
- A. to see a rat
- B. To smell foul
- C. To chase a rat
- D. to be suspicious
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Answer: D. to be suspicious
To smell a rat means: to be suspicious.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase In cold blood?
- A. deliberately
- B. Angrily
- C. excitedly
- D. slowly
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Answer: A. deliberately
In cold blood means: deliberately.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase To give up?
- A. To stop
- B. to start
- C. to learn ‘
- D. to continue
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Answer: A. To stop
To give up means: To stop.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase Put off?
- A. Cancelled
- B. postponed
- C. advanced
- D. announced
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Answer: B. postponed
Put off means: postponed.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase White elephant?
- A. Very huge item
- B. useful material
- C. Very expensive investment
- D. costly but useless possession
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Answer: D. costly but useless possession
White elephant means: costly but useless possession.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase To take someone for a ride?
- A. to give a ride to someone
- B. to disclose a secret
- C. To be idifferent
- D. To deceive someone
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Answer: D. To deceive someone
To take someone for a ride means: To deceive someone.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase To beat the bush?
- A. make use of irrelevant reference
- B. Wander across the words
- C. Speak in a round-aabout manner
- D. speak in a haphazard manner
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Answer: C. Speak in a round-aabout manner
To beat the bush means: Speak in a round-aabout manner.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase To strain every nerve?
- A. to be methodical in work
- B. To make utmost efforts
- C. To be a diligent worker
- D. to feel weak and tired
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Answer: B. To make utmost efforts
To strain every nerve means: To make utmost efforts.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase A forlorn hope?
- A. A plan which has remote chances of success.
- B. hope of a single person
- C. Hope about unforeseeable fortune
- D. Hope of a silly person
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Answer: A. A plan which has remote chances of success.
A forlorn hope means: A plan which has remote chances of success.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase Raw deal?
- A. Unjust treatment
- B. early stage of business
- C. Unripe fruit
- D. contract not finally decided
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Answer: A. Unjust treatment
Raw deal means: Unjust treatment.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase In abeyance?
- A. in no time
- B. in a nutshell
- C. in suspension
- D. In absence
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Answer: C. in suspension
In abeyance means: in suspension.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase To get at?
- A. To reach
- B. to escape
- C. to advance
- D. to proceed
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Answer: A. To reach
To get at means: To reach.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase An axe to grind?
- A. To aggravate the situation
- B. To make a personal profit out of a situation
- C. To catch a fish in disturbed water
- D. To indulge in evil conspiracies
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Answer: B. To make a personal profit out of a situation
An axe to grind means: To make a personal profit out of a situation.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase To bell the cat?
- A. To tie bell to a cat’s neck
- B. To take lead in danger
- C. To make noise
- D. To be alert of the enemy
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Answer: B. To take lead in danger
To bell the cat means: To take lead in danger.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase The alpha and the omega?
- A. Very costly items
- B. Assorted items
- C. A nice act
- D. The beginning and the end
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Answer: D. The beginning and the end
The alpha and the omega means: The beginning and the end.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase Lay bare?
- A. take off all clothes
- B. Expose
- C. exploit
- D. destroy
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Answer: B. Expose
Lay bare means: Expose.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase Stem from?
- A. Kill
- B. induce
- C. originate
- D. ruin
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Answer: C. originate
Stem from means: originate.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase Stir up a hornet’s nest?
- A. Money laid by
- B. create trouble
- C. Neighbourhood
- D. well-mannered people
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Answer: B. create trouble
Stir up a hornet’s nest means: create trouble.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase To get along?
- A. To manage to
- B. to go with
- C. To leave
- D. work helplessly
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Answer: A. To manage to
To get along means: To manage to.