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English_ Idioms and Phrases

Practice Test 4

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To hit below the belt

To hit the correct mark

To harm unfairly

To strike at the exact position

To work confidentially

2 / 100

To draw a bead upon

To make prayers

To take aim at

To cause hindrance in work

To count the benefits

3 / 100

To pull one’s socks up

To depart

To prepare

To get ready

To try hard

4 / 100

To turn amuck

To feel exhausted

To run about in frenzy

To run a race

To run to somebody's help

5 / 100

To cross swords

To fight

To kill

To rob

To defend

6 / 100

To beggars description

None of these

Beyond one's power to describe adequately

A poor statement

To describe things without care

7 / 100

To take the bull by the horns

To punish a person severely for his arrogance

To grapple courageously with a difficulty that lies in our way

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

To handle it by fierce attack

8 / 100

Pin-money

Money paid for compensation

Allowance made to a lady for her expenses

Alimony

Bribery

9 / 100

To fly off the handle

To take off

To lose one's temper

To be indifferent

To dislocate

10 / 100

To accept the Gauntlet

To accept an honour

To accept a challenge

To accept defeat

To suffer humiliation

11 / 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

12 / 100

A snake in the grass

Unforeseen happening

Secret or hidden enemy

Unrecognisable danger

Irreliable person

13 / 100

To pay one back in the same coin

To offer another polite attention

To give a word of encouragement or praise to another

To retaliate

To provoke a person to quarrel

14 / 100

To give currency

To misinterpret

To originate

To bestow importance

To make publicly known

15 / 100

To be rolling in money

Very rich

Borrowing money liberally

Wasting a lot of money

Spending more than his income

16 / 100

To have brush with

To be impressed

To have a slight encounter

To have good and pleasing terms

To start painting

17 / 100

To turn the tables

To change the sorry scheme

To create chaos

To defeat

To oppose

18 / 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

19 / 100

Queer somebody’s pitch

Check him

Upset one's plan

Reprimand him

Work him up

20 / 100

To blaze trail

To set on fire

To vehemently oppose

To be annoyed

To initiate work in a movement

21 / 100

To read between the lines

To grasp the hidden meaning

To concentrate

To suspect

To read carefully

22 / 100

A tall order

A royal summon

A big problem

A big demand

A task difficult to perform

23 / 100

To haul over the coals

To throw into the fire

To put to task

To put hand in a wrong task

To say the wrong words

24 / 100

A storm in a teacup

A danger signal

Much excitement over something trivial

A great noise

Unexpected event

25 / 100

To play the gallery

Use wrong means to achieve success

Trying to get appreciation from least intelligent people

To work hard to achieve the best

To be able to do a work easily

26 / 100

Tall order

Difficult

Too much

Simple

Customary

27 / 100

To draw the long bow

To put up high demands

To make an exaggerated statement

To over-estimate oneself

To demand a very high price

28 / 100

To keep the ball rolling

To earn more and more

To keep the conversation going

To work constantly

To make the best use of

29 / 100

To cast pearls before a swine

To waste money over trifles

To offer a person a thing which he cannot appreciate

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

To spend recklessly

30 / 100

To set the people by ears

To punish heavily

To insult and disgrace the people

To box the people

To excite people to a quarrel

31 / 100

To take the wind out of another’s sails

To defeat the motives of another

To manouevre to mislead another on the high seas

To anticipate another and to gain advantage over him

To cause harm to another

32 / 100

To give chapter and verse for a thing

To attach artificial value to a thing

To make publicity of a thing

To produce the proof of something

To eulogize the qualities of a thing

33 / 100

To take a leap in the dark

To do a task secretly

To take risk

To do a hazardous thing without any idea of the result

To hazard oneself

34 / 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

35 / 100

To push somebody to the wall

To heckle him

To humiliate him

To knock him down

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

36 / 100

To throw dust in one’s eyes

To make blind

To show false things

To harm someone

To deceive

37 / 100

To spill the beans

To misbehave

To keep secrets

To talk irrelevant

To reveal secret information

38 / 100

Dog in the manger

An undersized bull almost the shape of a dog

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

A dog that has no kennel of its own

A person who prevents others from enjoying something useless to himself

39 / 100

To give a false colouring

To conceal the facts

To misrepresent

To submit the false report

To be dishonest

40 / 100

To have full hands

To be rich

To be fully occupied

To lead an easy life

To be in lot of troubles

41 / 100

To stand to one’s guns

To maintain dignified and unbending attitude

To persevere when hardships press

To keep the guns close to oneself even amid danger

To maintain one's position

42 / 100

To lose one’s head

To become nervous

To lose the balance

To become confused and over excited

To go mad

43 / 100

To split hours

To sidetrack the issue

To indulge in over-refined arguments

T quarrel over trifles

To find faults with others

44 / 100

All Agog

Almighty

Everbody

Restless

All ready

45 / 100

To make umbrage

To be offended

To be pleased

To be satisfied

To feel depressed

46 / 100

To hit the jackpot

To be wealthy

To make money unexpectedly

To gamble

To get an unexpected victory

47 / 100

To wash one’s dirty linen in public

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

To criticise one's nature in public

To do some ugly work in public

To quarrel in the open

48 / 100

To be old as the hills

To be old but foolish

To be wise and learned

To be very ancient

Not being worth the age

49 / 100

By the rule of thumb

By cheating and deception

By practical experience which is rather rough

By the use of trickery

By the use of force

50 / 100

To plough the sands

To advance one's position in life

To afford hope or ground for expecting a good result

To work hard to achieve one's aim

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

51 / 100

Adam’s ale

Grace

Pleasure

Wine

Water

52 / 100

To lose face

To be helpless

To be humiliated

To look vacant

To look angry

53 / 100

To turn the cover

To take a new way of life

To work hard

To hide the reality

To pass the crises

54 / 100

To blow hot and cold

Changing weather

To be trustworthy

To be rich and poor frequently

To be inconsistent

55 / 100

To get cold feet

To run for life

To be afraid

To become discourteous

To fall sick

56 / 100

A chip off the old block

A good bargain

A piece of wood

Characteristics of one's ancestors

An old friend

57 / 100

To see red

To victimise someone

To be very angry

To criticise others

To find fault with

58 / 100

Castles in the air

Romantic designs

Ideal projects

Perfect plans

Fanciful schemes

59 / 100

Something up one’s sleeve

A secret plan

Something important

A grand idea

A profitable plan

60 / 100

To see eye to eye with

To agree

To take revenge

To be angry

To stare fixedly

61 / 100

To have an easy time of it

To indulge in frivolities

To live in quiet and comfort

To take the world lightly

To squander away resources

62 / 100

All and sundry

All of a sudden

Completion of work

Greater share

Everyone without distinction

63 / 100

To wrangle over an ass’s shadow

To do something funny

To quarrel over trifles

To quarrel over the possession of an ass

To act in a foolish way

64 / 100

To turn the other cheek

To sulk and suffer

To respond to violence with non-violence

To be indifferent to peace overtures

To respond to violence with violence

65 / 100

To drink like a fish

To drink in the company of others

To drink alone

To be a drunkard

To drink little

66 / 100

To carry off the bell

To bag the first position

To trouble others

To steal all wealth and flee

To call others for help

67 / 100

To tempt providence

To take reckless risks

To invite punishment

To achieve a fortune

To have God's favour

68 / 100

Foar in the mouth

To be in the extreme hatred

To reveal the secret

To be furious

Bitten by a snake

69 / 100

To give/get the bird

To get the awaited

To have good luck

To send away

To get the impossible

70 / 100

French leave

Casual leave

Leave on the pretext of illness

Long absence

Absence without permission

71 / 100

To pull strings

To start something

To exert hidden influence

To tease someone

To speed up

72 / 100

To throw up the sponge

To become utterly disappointed

To surrender or give up a contest

To offer a challenge

To maintain grit and enthusiasm until the end

73 / 100

To be up and doing

To progress satisfactorily

To be actively engaged

To be expressive and explicit

To recover from illness

74 / 100

To live in clover

To live in great comfort and luxury

To be surrounded by cares and worries

To live in great difficulty

To live a carefree life

75 / 100

To be at loggerheads

To face stiff opposition

To tax one's mind and body

To have tough encounter

To be at enmity or strife

76 / 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

77 / 100

At one’s beck and call

Enjoying oneself without caring for others

To be in an advantageous position

To be under one's subjugation

To be always at one's service

78 / 100

A lady’s man

A woman-tailor

A lover of woman company

A man working as per a lady's directions

A timid husband

79 / 100

To carry the coal to Newcastle

To finish a job

To work hard

To do menial jobs

To do unnecessary things

80 / 100

Swan-song

Praise of a woman by her lover

Last work of a poet or musician before death

A melodious song in praise of someone

Music as sweet as a song of birds

81 / 100

To play fast and loose

To play with someone's feelings

To be winning sometimes and losing at other times

To play tricks

To beguile others

82 / 100

To save one’s face

To hide oneself

To oppose

To say plainly

To evade disgrace

83 / 100

Within an ace of

Within one's reach

Narrowly

Very near

Within the hitting range

84 / 100

Hobson’s choice

Accept or leave the offer

Feeling of strength

Feeling of insecurity

Excellent choice

85 / 100

To bite one’s lips

To feel sorry

repress an emotion

To have doubt

To laugh at others

86 / 100

A jaundiced eye

A generous view

Prejudice

Angry

Jealousy

87 / 100

To frame a person

To praise someone

To befool someone

A narrow escape

To make one appear guilty

88 / 100

To be lost in the cloud

To find oneself in a very uncomfortable position

To meet with one's death

To be perplexed

To be concealed from view

89 / 100

A baker’s dozen

Twelve

Charity

Thirteen

Allowance

90 / 100

To hold something in leash

To restrain

To discourage

To disappoint

To dismiss

91 / 100

To bring one’s eggs to a bad market

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

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

92 / 100

To put the cart before the horse

To raise obstacles

To reverse the natural order of things

To offer a person what he cannot eat

To force a person to do something

93 / 100

To get into a scrape

To get into a muddle

To get into irritating circumstances

To be trapped in a conspiracy

To find oneself in an awkward predicament

94 / 100

A red letter day

An important day

An unimportant day

An auspicious day

A dangerous day

95 / 100

A fool’s errand

None of these

A useless undertaking

An impossible task

A blunder

96 / 100

Hush money

Money earned by wrong means

Money overdue

Bribe paid to secure silence

Easy money

97 / 100

To make the grade

To fail in a task

To come out successful

To get good marks in an examination

To make good one's previous loss

98 / 100

To take people by storm

To bring out something sensational attracting people's attention

To put people in utter surprise

To captivate them unexpectedly

To exploit people's agitation

99 / 100

A green horn

A trainee

An envious lady

A soft-hearted man

An inexperienced man

100 / 100

To give up the ghost

To become rational

To suffer

To die

To fight evil forces

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