General Instructions
- The clock is set at the server. The countdown timer at the top of the screen shows the time remaining. When it reaches zero the test ends by itself — you do not have to submit.
- The Question Palette shows the status of every question using these symbols:
- You have not visited the question yet.
- You have not answered the question.
- You have answered the question.
- You have NOT answered, but have marked it for review.
- You have answered and also marked it for review.
- To answer a question: choose one of the four options, then press Save & Next. To change an answer, select a different option and save again. To remove it, press Clear.
- Your answer is saved only when you press Save & Next or Mark for Review & Next. If you jump to another question from the palette without saving, the answer to the question you were on is not kept. This is how the real exam behaves.
- Sections appear on the bar above the question. You may move between sections at any time, and after the last question of a section you are taken to the first question of the next one.
- Only questions that are saved, or marked for review after answering, are evaluated.
English – Idioms & Phrases – Set 69
Read the following instructions carefully
- The test contains 20 questions.
- Each question has 4 options, of which only one is correct.
- You have to finish the test in 10 minutes.
- You are awarded 1 mark for each correct answer, and 0.25 marks are deducted for each wrong answer.
- There is no negative marking for questions you do not attempt.
- You may pause the test at any time and resume where you left off.
- Your marks, the correct answers and an explanation for every question are shown as soon as you submit.
- You can take this test as many times as you like. A fresh set is drawn each time you reload the page.
Test paused
The clock has stopped. Your answers are safe.
Question Paper
Your paper has been submitted
Your answers are saved on our server. Marks are not shown here — results are published on our Telegram channel on .
Review this set's questions and answers (opens after you submit the test)
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 Call it a day?
- A. Stop thinking in daytime
- B. Call it as a bad day
- C. Stop working on something
- D. Call it as a good and productive day
Show answer and explanation
Answer: C. Stop working on something
Call it a day means: Stop working on something.
- Choose the option that best fits the idiom or phrase:
I had a close shave this morning – my car was hit badly by a bull.- A. To request someone to stay calm and not get annoyed
- B. In a position where one might receive severe criticism
- C. A narrow escape
- D. To be carrying a wild look
Show answer and explanation
Answer: C. A narrow escape
Correct answer: A narrow escape.
- Choose the option that best fits the idiom or phrase:
Blue blood is not necessarily a guarantee of one’s public decorum.- A. A person belonging to a high family
- B. A person belonging to a poor family
- C. A person belonging to an honest family
- D. A person belonging to a middle-class family
Show answer and explanation
Answer: A. A person belonging to a high family
Correct answer: A person belonging to a high family.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase To make matters worse?
- A. No matter can become worse
- B. Matters can be worse
- C. Make the situation worse
- D. Sometimes situation can become worse
Show answer and explanation
Answer: C. Make the situation worse
To make matters worse means: Make the situation worse.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase Heart and soul?
- A. With complete honesty
- B. Feeling sympathy for someone
- C. Front to front
- D. With all the effort you can put
Show answer and explanation
Answer: D. With all the effort you can put
Heart and soul means: With all the effort you can put.
- Choose the option that best fits the idiom or phrase:
With two toddlers to handle and no house help at her disposal, Shilpa can never put her house in apple-pie order.- A. Smell-proof
- B. Completely arranged
- C. Completely messy
- D. Ready for guests
Show answer and explanation
Answer: B. Completely arranged
Correct answer: Completely arranged.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase Be on the breadline?
- A. Be very poor
- B. Having plenty of money
- C. Earn a lot of money very easily
- D. Find a successful way of making money
Show answer and explanation
Answer: A. Be very poor
Be on the breadline means: Be very poor.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase Crying wolf?
- A. To cry over little things that don’t matter
- B. To frighten someone in your comfort zone
- C. To ask for help when you don’t need it
- D. To be in pain by getting hit by something
Show answer and explanation
Answer: C. To ask for help when you don’t need it
Crying wolf means: To ask for help when you don’t need it.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase Belly laugh?
- A. Mocking someone
- B. To be subjected to mockery and ridicule
- C. Laughing with inhibition
- D. A loud and unrestrained laugh
Show answer and explanation
Answer: D. A loud and unrestrained laugh
Belly laugh means: A loud and unrestrained laugh.
- Choose the option that best fits the idiom or phrase:
When grandmother found her granddaughter’s collection like her numismatist daughter’s, she knew her granddaughter is a chip off the old block.- A. Damaged
- B. A person who is similar in behaviour or actions to his/her parents
- C. Getting obsessed
- D. Changed
Show answer and explanation
Answer: B. A person who is similar in behaviour or actions to his/her parents
Correct answer: A person who is similar in behaviour or actions to his/her parents.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase A mare’s nest?
- A. Simple and interesting work
- B. Area of law
- C. Complicated situation
- D. Deep crisis
Show answer and explanation
Answer: C. Complicated situation
A mare’s nest means: Complicated situation.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase Beside oneself?
- A. In the secret
- B. Under all conditions
- C. To stand for one’s own fault
- D. Almost out of one’s senses
Show answer and explanation
Answer: D. Almost out of one’s senses
Beside oneself means: Almost out of one’s senses.
- Choose the option that best fits the idiom or phrase:
It was a very important meeting, but I stayed cool as ice because I knew our product was the best.- A. cool as a cake
- B. cool as a cucumber
- C. cool as a carrot
- D. cool as a cabbage
Show answer and explanation
Answer: B. cool as a cucumber
Correct answer: cool as a cucumber.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase To give someone the cold shoulder?
- A. To ignore someone
- B. To listen to someone with empathy
- C. To carry the burden of everyone
- D. To be carried on someone’s back
Show answer and explanation
Answer: A. To ignore someone
To give someone the cold shoulder means: To ignore someone.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase True colours?
- A. Black and white
- B. Bright colours
- C. Real character
- D. Light colours
Show answer and explanation
Answer: C. Real character
True colours means: Real character.
- Choose the option that best fits the idiom or phrase:
He burnt his fingers by getting into others’ problems.- A. To get rid off
- B. To get rewarded
- C. To burn ones fingers
- D. To get into trouble
Show answer and explanation
Answer: D. To get into trouble
Correct answer: To get into trouble.
- Choose the option that best fits the idiom or phrase:
It is his first interview, so he has a nervous feeling.- A. Icing on the cake
- B. Tug at his heartstrings
- C. Butterflies in his stomach
- D. A slap on the wrist
Show answer and explanation
Answer: C. Butterflies in his stomach
Correct answer: Butterflies in his stomach.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase Salt of the earth?
- A. A very good and honest person
- B. Choose one at random
- C. Do anything possible
- D. Discovered after a lot of searching
Show answer and explanation
Answer: A. A very good and honest person
Salt of the earth means: A very good and honest person.
- Choose the option that best fits the idiom or phrase:
Rameshwar has a vision for capturing beautiful pictures of nature.- A. A cat nap
- B. An eagle eye
- C. A high horse
- D. Cry wolf
Show answer and explanation
Answer: B. An eagle eye
Correct answer: An eagle eye.
- Choose the option that best fits the idiom or phrase:
The mother-in-law deliberately rained on the new bride’s parade when she asked her to change the dress of her choice.- A. Make someone tearful out of viciousness
- B. Save one from embarrassment
- C. Force traditions upon someone
- D. To spoil a moment
Show answer and explanation
Answer: D. To spoil a moment
Correct answer: To spoil a moment.