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English – Idioms & Phrases – Set 94
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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 Lose heart?
- A. To be suspicious of your success
- B. To believe in your success
- C. To get success by believing in yourself
- D. To stop believing that you can succeed
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Answer: D. To stop believing that you can succeed
Lose heart means: To stop believing that you can succeed.
- Choose the option that best fits the idiom or phrase:
The two brothers ___________ when their father died.- A. got the sack
- B. fell out
- C. fell down
- D. look down upon
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Answer: B. fell out
Correct answer: fell out.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase Stick to one’s guns?
- A. To become unfaithful to
- B. To become a rebel
- C. To remain faithful to
- D. To shoot at
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Answer: C. To remain faithful to
Stick to one’s guns means: To remain faithful to.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase Have a bee in your bonnet?
- A. Be preoccupied or obsessed with something
- B. Unable to stay at a place for long
- C. To keep worrying about yourself
- D. Having a cruel intention or grudge against someone
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Answer: A. Be preoccupied or obsessed with something
Have a bee in your bonnet means: Be preoccupied or obsessed with something.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase Around the clock?
- A. Something that is time bound
- B. Something that is done at night
- C. Something that is done within one hour
- D. Something that goes on day and night
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Answer: D. Something that goes on day and night
Around the clock means: Something that goes on day and night.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase Best thing since sliced bread?
- A. Something to be cautious about
- B. Rated well amongst cooks
- C. Extremely good, interesting
- D. Breaking news
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Answer: C. Extremely good, interesting
Best thing since sliced bread means: Extremely good, interesting.
- Choose the option that best fits the idiom or phrase:
Choose the option that best describes the meaning of the idioms and phrases underlined in he given sentence. You can best identify the fair weather friends at the ime of adversity.- A. Friend only at the time of prosperity
- B. Friends who come in good weather conditions
- C. Friends who bring good rain
- D. Best friends
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Answer: A. Friend only at the time of prosperity
Correct answer: Friend only at the time of prosperity.
- Choose the option that best fits the idiom or phrase:
can’t begin to talk on this situation right now; I am still wrapping my head around it.- A. Comparing two things that can’t be compared
- B. Understanding something complicated
- C. Revealing a secret nobody knows
- D. Ignoring something completely
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Answer: B. Understanding something complicated
Correct answer: Understanding something complicated.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase A bolt from the blue?
- A. A sudden and unexpected event
- B. A spontaneous but expected event
- C. Raining heavily
- D. Thunder and rain in a strom
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Answer: A. A sudden and unexpected event
A bolt from the blue means: A sudden and unexpected event.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase Walk a tightrope?
- A. To be tensed about something
- B. To walk on a narrow road
- C. To try and balance yourself
- D. To act carefully in a difficult situation
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Answer: D. To act carefully in a difficult situation
Walk a tightrope means: To act carefully in a difficult situation.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase Bag and baggage 2?
- A. Fair and honest
- B. At the service
- C. With all goods
- D. By force
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Answer: C. With all goods
Bag and baggage 2 means: With all goods.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase Spill the beans?
- A. The act of loving beans
- B. To help someone extraordinarily
- C. Cook the beans carefully
- D. To leak a secret
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Answer: D. To leak a secret
Spill the beans means: To leak a secret.
- Choose the option that best fits the idiom or phrase:
When I got an opportunity to start a new business, Ravikanth queered my pitch.- A. Advised me
- B. Helped me by standing beside me
- C. Supported me with money
- D. Ruined my plan
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Answer: D. Ruined my plan
Correct answer: Ruined my plan.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase Fish out of water?
- A. No knowledge of marine life
- B. To be out of place
- C. Not good at swimming
- D. To die soon
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Answer: B. To be out of place
Fish out of water means: To be out of place.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase Bells and whistles?
- A. An innovative development
- B. At a serious disadvantage
- C. Attractive but unnecessary features added to products
- D. To take on a difficult task
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Answer: C. Attractive but unnecessary features added to products
Bells and whistles means: Attractive but unnecessary features added to products.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase Where the shoe pinches 2?
- A. Unknown paths
- B. Difficult roads
- C. Where the shoe hurts
- D. Where the difficulty lies
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Answer: D. Where the difficulty lies
Where the shoe pinches 2 means: Where the difficulty lies.
- Choose the option that best fits the idiom or phrase:
Select the most appropriate option that can a substitute the underlined segment in the given A sentence. The player was declared fit and in excellent health s to play the final matches. 2- A. left out in cold
- B. up in the arms 3 fo 4
- C. right as rain
- D. on cloud nine
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Answer: C. right as rain
Correct answer: right as rain.
- What is the meaning of the idiom / phrase To read between the lines?
- A. To read aloud
- B. To read without concentration
- C. To whisper
- D. To grasp the hidden meaning
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Answer: D. To grasp the hidden meaning
To read between the lines means: To grasp the hidden meaning.
- Choose the option that best fits the idiom or phrase:
Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the ollowing sentence. A gift from my teacher on the eve of the new year was a complete surprise.- A. like a cat on hot bricks
- B. like striking one’s colours
- C. spilling of beans
- D. a bolt from the blue
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Answer: D. a bolt from the blue
Correct answer: a bolt from the blue.
- Choose the option that best fits the idiom or phrase:
Select the appropriate option that can substitute the underlined phrase in the following sentence. Even though she’s a celebrity, she doesn’t draw any attention towards herself.- A. keeps hot under the collar
- B. is hard to come by
- C. keeps up with the Joneses
- D. keeps a low profile
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Answer: D. keeps a low profile
Correct answer: keeps a low profile.