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English – Idioms & Phrases – Set 60
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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 To live in clover?
- A. To be surrounded by cares and worries
- B. To live in great comfort and luxury
- C. To live a carefree life
- D. To live in great difficulty
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Answer: B. To live in great comfort and luxury
To live in clover means: To live in great comfort and luxury.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase Pin-money?
- A. Money paid for compensation
- B. Bribery
- C. Allowance made to a lady for her expenses
- D. Alimony
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Answer: C. Allowance made to a lady for her expenses
Pin-money means: Allowance made to a lady for her expenses.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase To run amuck?
- A. To run a race
- B. To feel exhausted
- C. To run about in frenzy
- D. To run to somebody's help
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Answer: C. To run about in frenzy
To run amuck means: To run about in frenzy.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase To keep the wolf away from the door?
- A. To keep off an unwanted and undesirable person
- B. To keep safe
- C. To ward off poverty or hunger
- D. To hold the difficulties and dangers in check
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Answer: C. To ward off poverty or hunger
To keep the wolf away from the door means: To ward off poverty or hunger.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase In double-quick time?
- A. Much time
- B. Very quickly
- C. Steadily
- D. Gradually
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Answer: B. Very quickly
In double-quick time means: Very quickly.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase A bull in a china shop?
- A. A person who becomes too excited where no excitement is warranted
- B. A person who takes a sadistic delight in harming innocent people
- C. A person who is very ugly but loves the beautiful things of life
- D. A person who is rough and clumsy where skill and care are required
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Answer: D. A person who is rough and clumsy where skill and care are required
A bull in a china shop means: A person who is rough and clumsy where skill and care are required.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase Get down to brass tacks?
- A. Start unravelling the mystery
- B. Begin to talk in plain, straight forward terms
- C. Discuss about the important or basic facts of a situation
- D. Begin to discuss secret matters
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Answer: C. Discuss about the important or basic facts of a situation
Get down to brass tacks means: Discuss about the important or basic facts of a situation.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase By fair means or foul?
- A. In any way, honest or dishonest
- B. Without difficulty
- C. Without using common sense
- D. Having been instigated
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Answer: A. In any way, honest or dishonest
By fair means or foul means: In any way, honest or dishonest.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase Grease someone’s palm?
- A. To bribe
- B. To talk softly
- C. Money for compensation
- D. Ransom to an enemy
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Answer: A. To bribe
Grease someone’s palm means: To bribe.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase To cut the cackle?
- A. To annoy someone
- B. To humiliate
- C. To stop talking and start
- D. To act in a friendly way
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Answer: C. To stop talking and start
To cut the cackle means: To stop talking and start.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase To rip up old sores?
- A. To strain one's thoughts to the most
- B. To revive a quarrel which was almost forgotten
- C. To censure someone in strong terms
- D. To preserve oneself from harm
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Answer: B. To revive a quarrel which was almost forgotten
To rip up old sores means: To revive a quarrel which was almost forgotten.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase To play on a fiddle?
- A. To play an important role
- B. To be busy over important matter
- C. To play upon a musical instrument
- D. To be busy over trifles
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Answer: D. To be busy over trifles
To play on a fiddle means: To be busy over trifles.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase To speak daggers?
- A. To get angry
- B. To speak to a person with hostility
- C. To abuse someone
- D. To indulge in voracious talks
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Answer: B. To speak to a person with hostility
To speak daggers means: To speak to a person with hostility.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase To talk shop?
- A. To talk about business or professional affairs
- B. To talk reasonably
- C. To abuse someone
- D. To talk nonsense
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Answer: A. To talk about business or professional affairs
To talk shop means: To talk about business or professional affairs.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase To get the hang of a thing?
- A. To find the cause of something
- B. To retaliate
- C. To know a secret
- D. To understand the technique of something
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Answer: D. To understand the technique of something
To get the hang of a thing means: To understand the technique of something.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase To go to each other hammer and tongs?
- A. To argue noisily
- B. To go crazy about meeting each other
- C. To hug each other
- D. To fight with weapons
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Answer: A. To argue noisily
To go to each other hammer and tongs means: To argue noisily.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase A man of weight?
- A. A notorious man
- B. To truthful and trustworthy man
- C. A man of importance
- D. A fat person
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Answer: C. A man of importance
A man of weight means: A man of importance.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase Pell-mell?
- A. In danger
- B. Extremely worried
- C. In hurried disorder
- D. Gaiety and excitement
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Answer: C. In hurried disorder
Pell-mell means: In hurried disorder.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase To hold a brief for?
- A. To defend someone
- B. To reveal information
- C. To hurry
- D. To stay on for a brief period
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Answer: A. To defend someone
To hold a brief for means: To defend someone.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase To put one on one's mettle?
- A. To discourage a person
- B. To rouse one to do one's best
- C. To incite a person to fight
- D. To ruin somebody
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Answer: B. To rouse one to do one's best
To put one on one's mettle means: To rouse one to do one's best.