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English – Idioms & Phrases – Set 59
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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 Bite the dust?
- A. in agreement
- B. angry
- C. To be killed
- D. indebted
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Answer: C. To be killed
Bite the dust means: To be killed.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase Run amok?
- A. To behave without control in a wild way
- B. Energetic
- C. feel disgusted
- D. become annoyed
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Answer: A. To behave without control in a wild way
Run amok means: To behave without control in a wild way.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase Figure out?
- A. Imagine
- B. Understand
- C. Depend
- D. Give birth
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Answer: B. Understand
Figure out means: Understand.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase By the skin of one's teeth?
- A. Hardly
- B. Hurriedly
- C. Only just
- D. In time
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Answer: C. Only just
By the skin of one's teeth means: Only just.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase To cross swords?
- A. To fight
- B. To kill
- C. To rob
- D. To defend
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Answer: A. To fight
To cross swords means: To fight.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase To have an easy time of it?
- A. To take the world lightly
- B. To squander away resources
- C. To have no problems and difficulties
- D. To indulge in frivolities
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Answer: C. To have no problems and difficulties
To have an easy time of it means: To have no problems and difficulties.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase To stand to one's guns?
- A. To persevere when hardships press
- B. To maintain dignified and unbending attitude
- C. To keep the guns close to oneself even amid danger
- D. To maintain one's position
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Answer: D. To maintain one's position
To stand to one's guns means: To maintain one's position.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase To give/get the bird?
- A. To send away/dismissed
- B. To get the impossible
- C. To get the awaited
- D. To have good luck
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Answer: A. To send away/dismissed
To give/get the bird means: To send away/dismissed.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase To get into a scrape?
- A. To find oneself in an awkward predicament
- B. To be trapped in a conspiracy
- C. To get into a muddle
- D. To get into irritating circumstances
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Answer: A. To find oneself in an awkward predicament
To get into a scrape means: To find oneself in an awkward predicament.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase To have brush with?
- A. To have a slight encounter
- B. To have good and pleasing terms
- C. To be impressed
- D. To start painting
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Answer: A. To have a slight encounter
To have brush with means: To have a slight encounter.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase To haul over the coals?
- A. To put hand in a wrong task
- B. To throw into the fire
- C. To put to task
- D. To say the wrong words
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Answer: C. To put to task
To haul over the coals means: To put to task.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase To turn the other cheek?
- A. To respond to violence with violence
- B. To be indifferent to peace overtures
- C. To sulk and suffer
- D. To respond to violence with non-violence
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Answer: D. To respond to violence with non-violence
To turn the other cheek means: To respond to violence with non-violence.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase To keep the ball rolling?
- A. To work constantly
- B. To make the best use of
- C. To earn more and more
- D. To keep the activity going
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Answer: D. To keep the activity going
To keep the ball rolling means: To keep the activity going.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase To pull one's socks up?
- A. To try hard
- B. To prepare
- C. To depart
- D. To get ready
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Answer: A. To try hard
To pull one's socks up means: To try hard.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase To drink like a fish?
- A. To drink in the company of others
- B. To drink alone
- C. To be a drunkard
- D. To drink little
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Answer: C. To be a drunkard
To drink like a fish means: To be a drunkard.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase Foam in the mouth?
- A. To be furious
- B. To reveal the secret
- C. To be in the extreme hatred
- D. Bitten by a snake
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Answer: A. To be furious
Foam in the mouth means: To be furious.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase To make umbrage?
- A. To be pleased
- B. To be satisfied
- C. To be offended
- D. To feel depressed
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Answer: C. To be offended
To make umbrage means: To be offended.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase Hush money?
- A. Easy money
- B. Bribe paid to secure silence
- C. Money overdue
- D. Money earned by wrong means
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Answer: B. Bribe paid to secure silence
Hush money means: Bribe paid to secure silence.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase To disabuse one's mind?
- A. To conceal something
- B. To banish from one's mind a thought
- C. To remove a misapprehension
- D. To proceed cautiously so as to avoid risks and dangers
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Answer: C. To remove a misapprehension
To disabuse one's mind means: To remove a misapprehension.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase To pay one back in the same coin?
- A. To provoke a person to quarrel
- B. To retaliate
- C. To give a word of encouragement or praise to another
- D. To offer another polite attention
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Answer: B. To retaliate
To pay one back in the same coin means: To retaliate.