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English_ Idioms and Phrases

Practice Test 4

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Foar in the mouth

To be in the extreme hatred

Bitten by a snake

To reveal the secret

To be furious

2 / 100

To hit below the belt

To harm unfairly

To work confidentially

To strike at the exact position

To hit the correct mark

3 / 100

To throw up the sponge

To become utterly disappointed

To maintain grit and enthusiasm until the end

To surrender or give up a contest

To offer a challenge

4 / 100

To stand to one’s guns

To maintain one's position

To persevere when hardships press

To keep the guns close to oneself even amid danger

To maintain dignified and unbending attitude

5 / 100

To see eye to eye with

To take revenge

To agree

To be angry

To stare fixedly

6 / 100

To throw dust in one’s eyes

To deceive

To show false things

To harm someone

To make blind

7 / 100

By the rule of thumb

By the use of force

By practical experience which is rather rough

By the use of trickery

By cheating and deception

8 / 100

To get into a scrape

To find oneself in an awkward predicament

To be trapped in a conspiracy

To get into irritating circumstances

To get into a muddle

9 / 100

To accept the Gauntlet

To accept defeat

To accept a challenge

To suffer humiliation

To accept an honour

10 / 100

A green horn

An inexperienced man

A soft-hearted man

A trainee

An envious lady

11 / 100

To save one’s face

To say plainly

To oppose

To evade disgrace

To hide oneself

12 / 100

A snake in the grass

Secret or hidden enemy

Unforeseen happening

Unrecognisable danger

Irreliable person

13 / 100

To make the grade

To fail in a task

To make good one's previous loss

To get good marks in an examination

To come out successful

14 / 100

A lady’s man

A timid husband

A woman-tailor

A lover of woman company

A man working as per a lady's directions

15 / 100

Adam’s ale

Grace

Wine

Pleasure

Water

16 / 100

To plough the sands

To advance one's position in life

To work hard to achieve one's aim

To busy oneself in a way which cannot lead to any profitable result

To afford hope or ground for expecting a good result

17 / 100

Castles in the air

Perfect plans

Ideal projects

Fanciful schemes

Romantic designs

18 / 100

To play fast and loose

To play with someone's feelings

To play tricks

To beguile others

To be winning sometimes and losing at other times

19 / 100

To hold something in leash

To discourage

To dismiss

To disappoint

To restrain

20 / 100

Within an ace of

Within one's reach

Narrowly

Very near

Within the hitting range

21 / 100

To cross swords

To rob

To defend

To kill

To fight

22 / 100

To haul over the coals

To say the wrong words

To put hand in a wrong task

To put to task

To throw into the fire

23 / 100

To have full hands

To lead an easy life

To be fully occupied

To be in lot of troubles

To be rich

24 / 100

To push somebody to the wall

To heckle him

To humiliate him

To force someone into a position where there is only one choice to make

To knock him down

25 / 100

To live in clover

To be surrounded by cares and worries

To live in great difficulty

To live a carefree life

To live in great comfort and luxury

26 / 100

To wrangle over an ass’s shadow

To act in a foolish way

To do something funny

To quarrel over the possession of an ass

To quarrel over trifles

27 / 100

To hit the jackpot

To be wealthy

To make money unexpectedly

To gamble

To get an unexpected victory

28 / 100

A baker’s dozen

Twelve

Charity

Thirteen

Allowance

29 / 100

To bite one’s lips

repress an emotion

To laugh at others

To have doubt

To feel sorry

30 / 100

To have an easy time of it

To take the world lightly

To live in quiet and comfort

To indulge in frivolities

To squander away resources

31 / 100

At one’s beck and call

Enjoying oneself without caring for others

To be in an advantageous position

To be always at one's service

To be under one's subjugation

32 / 100

To take the bull by the horns

To handle it by fierce attack

To punish a person severely for his arrogance

To bypass the legal process and take action according to one's own whims

To grapple courageously with a difficulty that lies in our way

33 / 100

To be lost in the cloud

To be perplexed

To find oneself in a very uncomfortable position

To meet with one's death

To be concealed from view

34 / 100

A tall order

A big demand

A royal summon

A big problem

A task difficult to perform

35 / 100

To fly off the handle

To lose one's temper

To take off

To be indifferent

To dislocate

36 / 100

Queer somebody’s pitch

Work him up

Check him

Upset one's plan

Reprimand him

37 / 100

To turn the cover

To hide the reality

To take a new way of life

To pass the crises

To work hard

38 / 100

To spill the beans

To reveal secret information

To misbehave

To talk irrelevant

To keep secrets

39 / 100

To take people by storm

To captivate them unexpectedly

To bring out something sensational attracting people's attention

To exploit people's agitation

To put people in utter surprise

40 / 100

All Agog

Restless

All ready

Almighty

Everbody

41 / 100

To tempt providence

To take reckless risks

To invite punishment

To achieve a fortune

To have God's favour

42 / 100

A chip off the old block

An old friend

Characteristics of one's ancestors

A piece of wood

A good bargain

43 / 100

Hobson’s choice

Accept or leave the offer

Feeling of insecurity

Feeling of strength

Excellent choice

44 / 100

To beggars description

None of these

Beyond one's power to describe adequately

To describe things without care

A poor statement

45 / 100

To turn the tables

To change the sorry scheme

To oppose

To defeat

To create chaos

46 / 100

To put the cart before the horse

To raise obstacles

To offer a person what he cannot eat

To reverse the natural order of things

To force a person to do something

47 / 100

To give up the ghost

To become rational

To suffer

To die

To fight evil forces

48 / 100

To turn amuck

To feel exhausted

To run about in frenzy

To run a race

To run to somebody's help

49 / 100

To turn the other cheek

To sulk and suffer

To respond to violence with violence

To respond to violence with non-violence

To be indifferent to peace overtures

50 / 100

To be up and doing

To be actively engaged

To recover from illness

To be expressive and explicit

To progress satisfactorily

51 / 100

Tall order

Difficult

Simple

Customary

Too much

52 / 100

To blaze trail

To be annoyed

To vehemently oppose

To initiate work in a movement

To set on fire

53 / 100

To frame a person

To praise someone

A narrow escape

To befool someone

To make one appear guilty

54 / 100

To take a leap in the dark

To do a hazardous thing without any idea of the result

To do a task secretly

To take risk

To hazard oneself

55 / 100

Swan-song

Music as sweet as a song of birds

A melodious song in praise of someone

Praise of a woman by her lover

Last work of a poet or musician before death

56 / 100

To carry the coal to Newcastle

To work hard

To do menial jobs

To do unnecessary things

To finish a job

57 / 100

French leave

Leave on the pretext of illness

Casual leave

Long absence

Absence without permission

58 / 100

Hush money

Money overdue

Money earned by wrong means

Easy money

Bribe paid to secure silence

59 / 100

To see red

To victimise someone

To criticise others

To be very angry

To find fault with

60 / 100

Pin-money

Money paid for compensation

Alimony

Bribery

Allowance made to a lady for her expenses

61 / 100

To flog a dead horse

To revise interest in an old subject

To waste one's efforts

To revive old memories

To act in a foolish way

62 / 100

To cast pearls before a swine

To offer a person a thing which he cannot appreciate

To spend recklessly

To spend a lot of money on the unkeep of domestic hogs

To waste money over trifles

63 / 100

To split hours

To sidetrack the issue

To find faults with others

To indulge in over-refined arguments

T quarrel over trifles

64 / 100

To give a false colouring

To misrepresent

To submit the false report

To be dishonest

To conceal the facts

65 / 100

To make umbrage

To be pleased

To be satisfied

To be offended

To feel depressed

66 / 100

To drink like a fish

To be a drunkard

To drink alone

To drink in the company of others

To drink little

67 / 100

To pull strings

To tease someone

To exert hidden influence

To speed up

To start something

68 / 100

To get cold feet

To fall sick

To become discourteous

To be afraid

To run for life

69 / 100

To fight to the bitter end

To carry on a contest regardless of consequences

To fight to the last point of enemy position

To fight the poison-tipped arrows

To die fighting

70 / 100

To wash one’s dirty linen in public

To do some ugly work in public

To criticise one's nature in public

To discuss dirty and scandalous matters of personal nature in the presence of strangers

To quarrel in the open

71 / 100

To have brush with

To be impressed

To start painting

To have good and pleasing terms

To have a slight encounter

72 / 100

To bring one’s eggs to a bad market

To show one's talents before audience which is incapable of appreciating them

To face a humiliating situation

To bring one's commodities to a market where there is no demand for them

To fail in one's plan because one goes to the wrong people for help

73 / 100

A storm in a teacup

Much excitement over something trivial

A danger signal

Unexpected event

A great noise

74 / 100

To draw a bead upon

To cause hindrance in work

To take aim at

To make prayers

To count the benefits

75 / 100

To play the gallery

Use wrong means to achieve success

To work hard to achieve the best

Trying to get appreciation from least intelligent people

To be able to do a work easily

76 / 100

To pull one’s socks up

To try hard

To prepare

To get ready

To depart

77 / 100

All and sundry

All of a sudden

Greater share

Everyone without distinction

Completion of work

78 / 100

To carry off the bell

To steal all wealth and flee

To call others for help

To trouble others

To bag the first position

79 / 100

To give/get the bird

To send away

To get the impossible

To get the awaited

To have good luck

80 / 100

To take the wind out of another’s sails

To defeat the motives of another

To anticipate another and to gain advantage over him

To manouevre to mislead another on the high seas

To cause harm to another

81 / 100

To disabuse one’s mind

To proceed cautiously so as to avoid risks and dangers

To banish from one's mind a thought

To remove a misapprehension

To conceal something

82 / 100

A jaundiced eye

Prejudice

Angry

Jealousy

A generous view

83 / 100

To lose face

To look angry

To be helpless

To look vacant

To be humiliated

84 / 100

To be at loggerheads

To have tough encounter

To tax one's mind and body

To face stiff opposition

To be at enmity or strife

85 / 100

To give chapter and verse for a thing

To produce the proof of something

To make publicity of a thing

To eulogize the qualities of a thing

To attach artificial value to a thing

86 / 100

To read between the lines

To read carefully

To grasp the hidden meaning

To concentrate

To suspect

87 / 100

To be rolling in money

Spending more than his income

Wasting a lot of money

Borrowing money liberally

Very rich

88 / 100

Dog in the manger

A dog that has no kennel of its own

A person who puts himself in difficulties on account of other people

An undersized bull almost the shape of a dog

A person who prevents others from enjoying something useless to himself

89 / 100

To set the people by ears

To box the people

To excite people to a quarrel

To insult and disgrace the people

To punish heavily

90 / 100

To blow hot and cold

To be rich and poor frequently

To be inconsistent

To be trustworthy

Changing weather

91 / 100

A fool’s errand

A blunder

An impossible task

A useless undertaking

None of these

92 / 100

To give currency

To originate

To bestow importance

To misinterpret

To make publicly known

93 / 100

A red letter day

An auspicious day

An important day

A dangerous day

An unimportant day

94 / 100

To keep the ball rolling

To earn more and more

To work constantly

To make the best use of

To keep the conversation going

95 / 100

To worship the rising sun

To honour a man who is coming into office

To indulge in flattery

To honour the promising people

To welcome the coming events

96 / 100

To pay one back in the same coin

To retaliate

To offer another polite attention

To give a word of encouragement or praise to another

To provoke a person to quarrel

97 / 100

To be old as the hills

To be very ancient

To be old but foolish

To be wise and learned

Not being worth the age

98 / 100

To draw the long bow

To put up high demands

To over-estimate oneself

To make an exaggerated statement

To demand a very high price

99 / 100

To lose one’s head

To lose the balance

To become nervous

To become confused and over excited

To go mad

100 / 100

Something up one’s sleeve

A secret plan

A profitable plan

A grand idea

Something important

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