Practice Test 4 - LawVidhi.com

/100

English_ Idioms and Phrases

Practice Test 4

1 / 100

All Agog

Everbody

Almighty

Restless

All ready

2 / 100

A lady’s man

A timid husband

A lover of woman company

A woman-tailor

A man working as per a lady's directions

3 / 100

Within an ace of

Within one's reach

Within the hitting range

Narrowly

Very near

4 / 100

French leave

Absence without permission

Casual leave

Long absence

Leave on the pretext of illness

5 / 100

To accept the Gauntlet

To accept defeat

To suffer humiliation

To accept a challenge

To accept an honour

6 / 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

7 / 100

To cross swords

To rob

To kill

To fight

To defend

8 / 100

To bite one’s lips

repress an emotion

To have doubt

To feel sorry

To laugh at others

9 / 100

To give/get the bird

To have good luck

To send away

To get the impossible

To get the awaited

10 / 100

To pull strings

To tease someone

To start something

To exert hidden influence

To speed up

11 / 100

To throw dust in one’s eyes

To harm someone

To deceive

To make blind

To show false things

12 / 100

To cast pearls before a swine

To spend recklessly

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

To offer a person a thing which he cannot appreciate

To waste money over trifles

13 / 100

To hit below the belt

To work confidentially

To harm unfairly

To hit the correct mark

To strike at the exact position

14 / 100

To spill the beans

To reveal secret information

To talk irrelevant

To keep secrets

To misbehave

15 / 100

Hobson’s choice

Excellent choice

Feeling of strength

Feeling of insecurity

Accept or leave the offer

16 / 100

To turn the cover

To pass the crises

To hide the reality

To work hard

To take a new way of life

17 / 100

To see red

To be very angry

To find fault with

To victimise someone

To criticise others

18 / 100

A red letter day

An important day

An unimportant day

An auspicious day

A dangerous day

19 / 100

To put the cart before the horse

To force a person to do something

To offer a person what he cannot eat

To raise obstacles

To reverse the natural order of things

20 / 100

Hush money

Money earned by wrong means

Money overdue

Easy money

Bribe paid to secure silence

21 / 100

A fool’s errand

An impossible task

None of these

A blunder

A useless undertaking

22 / 100

At one’s beck and call

To be in an advantageous position

Enjoying oneself without caring for others

To be always at one's service

To be under one's subjugation

23 / 100

To beggars description

Beyond one's power to describe adequately

A poor statement

To describe things without care

None of these

24 / 100

To take the wind out of another’s sails

To anticipate another and to gain advantage over him

To defeat the motives of another

To cause harm to another

To manouevre to mislead another on the high seas

25 / 100

To turn the tables

To defeat

To oppose

To change the sorry scheme

To create chaos

26 / 100

A jaundiced eye

A generous view

Jealousy

Angry

Prejudice

27 / 100

To carry the coal to Newcastle

To work hard

To do unnecessary things

To finish a job

To do menial jobs

28 / 100

To hit the jackpot

To be wealthy

To get an unexpected victory

To gamble

To make money unexpectedly

29 / 100

To be at loggerheads

To tax one's mind and body

To have tough encounter

To be at enmity or strife

To face stiff opposition

30 / 100

A baker’s dozen

Charity

Thirteen

Twelve

Allowance

31 / 100

To see eye to eye with

To take revenge

To be angry

To stare fixedly

To agree

32 / 100

To worship the rising sun

To welcome the coming events

To indulge in flattery

To honour a man who is coming into office

To honour the promising people

33 / 100

To wrangle over an ass’s shadow

To quarrel over the possession of an ass

To quarrel over trifles

To act in a foolish way

To do something funny

34 / 100

To haul over the coals

To put hand in a wrong task

To say the wrong words

To throw into the fire

To put to task

35 / 100

To get cold feet

To run for life

To become discourteous

To be afraid

To fall sick

36 / 100

To split hours

To find faults with others

T quarrel over trifles

To sidetrack the issue

To indulge in over-refined arguments

37 / 100

To pay one back in the same coin

To retaliate

To give a word of encouragement or praise to another

To offer another polite attention

To provoke a person to quarrel

38 / 100

To be old as the hills

To be very ancient

To be old but foolish

Not being worth the age

To be wise and learned

39 / 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

40 / 100

To draw a bead upon

To count the benefits

To take aim at

To make prayers

To cause hindrance in work

41 / 100

To wash one’s dirty linen in public

To criticise one's nature in public

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

To do some ugly work in public

To quarrel in the open

42 / 100

To give a false colouring

To misrepresent

To be dishonest

To conceal the facts

To submit the false report

43 / 100

A storm in a teacup

Much excitement over something trivial

A great noise

Unexpected event

A danger signal

44 / 100

A green horn

An envious lady

An inexperienced man

A trainee

A soft-hearted man

45 / 100

To keep the ball rolling

To keep the conversation going

To earn more and more

To make the best use of

To work constantly

46 / 100

To flog a dead horse

To act in a foolish way

To waste one's efforts

To revive old memories

To revise interest in an old subject

47 / 100

To plough the sands

To advance one's position in life

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

To work hard to achieve one's aim

To afford hope or ground for expecting a good result

48 / 100

To be up and doing

To recover from illness

To be expressive and explicit

To progress satisfactorily

To be actively engaged

49 / 100

Castles in the air

Fanciful schemes

Perfect plans

Romantic designs

Ideal projects

50 / 100

To lose face

To be helpless

To be humiliated

To look angry

To look vacant

51 / 100

To fly off the handle

To be indifferent

To take off

To dislocate

To lose one's temper

52 / 100

Swan-song

A melodious song in praise of someone

Last work of a poet or musician before death

Music as sweet as a song of birds

Praise of a woman by her lover

53 / 100

To fight to the bitter end

To fight to the last point of enemy position

To carry on a contest regardless of consequences

To die fighting

To fight the poison-tipped arrows

54 / 100

Pin-money

Money paid for compensation

Bribery

Alimony

Allowance made to a lady for her expenses

55 / 100

To drink like a fish

To drink in the company of others

To drink alone

To drink little

To be a drunkard

56 / 100

To bring one’s eggs to a bad market

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

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

To face a humiliating situation

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

57 / 100

Queer somebody’s pitch

Upset one's plan

Check him

Reprimand him

Work him up

58 / 100

To turn amuck

To run a race

To run about in frenzy

To run to somebody's help

To feel exhausted

59 / 100

To carry off the bell

To bag the first position

To steal all wealth and flee

To trouble others

To call others for help

60 / 100

To frame a person

To praise someone

A narrow escape

To befool someone

To make one appear guilty

61 / 100

A snake in the grass

Unforeseen happening

Irreliable person

Unrecognisable danger

Secret or hidden enemy

62 / 100

To hold something in leash

To disappoint

To dismiss

To restrain

To discourage

63 / 100

Foar in the mouth

To be in the extreme hatred

To be furious

Bitten by a snake

To reveal the secret

64 / 100

To give chapter and verse for a thing

To produce the proof of something

To eulogize the qualities of a thing

To attach artificial value to a thing

To make publicity of a thing

65 / 100

A chip off the old block

Characteristics of one's ancestors

An old friend

A piece of wood

A good bargain

66 / 100

To have full hands

To be fully occupied

To lead an easy life

To be in lot of troubles

To be rich

67 / 100

To tempt providence

To invite punishment

To achieve a fortune

To take reckless risks

To have God's favour

68 / 100

To get into a scrape

To get into a muddle

To get into irritating circumstances

To find oneself in an awkward predicament

To be trapped in a conspiracy

69 / 100

A tall order

A royal summon

A task difficult to perform

A big problem

A big demand

70 / 100

To disabuse one’s mind

To conceal something

To banish from one's mind a thought

To remove a misapprehension

To proceed cautiously so as to avoid risks and dangers

71 / 100

To pull one’s socks up

To prepare

To try hard

To depart

To get ready

72 / 100

To blaze trail

To be annoyed

To set on fire

To vehemently oppose

To initiate work in a movement

73 / 100

To make umbrage

To be satisfied

To be offended

To be pleased

To feel depressed

74 / 100

To live in clover

To live a carefree life

To be surrounded by cares and worries

To live in great difficulty

To live in great comfort and luxury

75 / 100

To read between the lines

To read carefully

To suspect

To concentrate

To grasp the hidden meaning

76 / 100

To save one’s face

To hide oneself

To evade disgrace

To say plainly

To oppose

77 / 100

To make the grade

To fail in a task

To make good one's previous loss

To come out successful

To get good marks in an examination

78 / 100

Dog in the manger

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

A person who prevents others from enjoying something useless to himself

A dog that has no kennel of its own

An undersized bull almost the shape of a dog

79 / 100

To blow hot and cold

Changing weather

To be trustworthy

To be rich and poor frequently

To be inconsistent

80 / 100

To take the bull by the horns

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

To handle it by fierce attack

To grapple courageously with a difficulty that lies in our way

To punish a person severely for his arrogance

81 / 100

To lose one’s head

To become nervous

To become confused and over excited

To go mad

To lose the balance

82 / 100

To take a leap in the dark

To take risk

To do a task secretly

To hazard oneself

To do a hazardous thing without any idea of the result

83 / 100

Something up one’s sleeve

A profitable plan

A secret plan

Something important

A grand idea

84 / 100

To play the gallery

To be able to do a work easily

To work hard to achieve the best

Use wrong means to achieve success

Trying to get appreciation from least intelligent people

85 / 100

To take people by storm

To captivate them unexpectedly

To exploit people's agitation

To bring out something sensational attracting people's attention

To put people in utter surprise

86 / 100

To be rolling in money

Very rich

Spending more than his income

Borrowing money liberally

Wasting a lot of money

87 / 100

To give up the ghost

To die

To suffer

To fight evil forces

To become rational

88 / 100

Adam’s ale

Wine

Water

Pleasure

Grace

89 / 100

To draw the long bow

To over-estimate oneself

To make an exaggerated statement

To demand a very high price

To put up high demands

90 / 100

Tall order

Difficult

Customary

Too much

Simple

91 / 100

All and sundry

All of a sudden

Completion of work

Everyone without distinction

Greater share

92 / 100

By the rule of thumb

By practical experience which is rather rough

By cheating and deception

By the use of trickery

By the use of force

93 / 100

To stand to one’s guns

To keep the guns close to oneself even amid danger

To maintain dignified and unbending attitude

To maintain one's position

To persevere when hardships press

94 / 100

To have an easy time of it

To live in quiet and comfort

To squander away resources

To indulge in frivolities

To take the world lightly

95 / 100

To give currency

To misinterpret

To bestow importance

To make publicly known

To originate

96 / 100

To throw up the sponge

To offer a challenge

To become utterly disappointed

To surrender or give up a contest

To maintain grit and enthusiasm until the end

97 / 100

To set the people by ears

To insult and disgrace the people

To excite people to a quarrel

To box the people

To punish heavily

98 / 100

To push somebody to the wall

To knock him down

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

To heckle him

To humiliate him

99 / 100

To have brush with

To have good and pleasing terms

To have a slight encounter

To start painting

To be impressed

100 / 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

For more Quiz updates !
Give you Name & Contact info.

Your score is

Average score :

There are no results yet.

Leaderboard

Pos.	Name	Duration	Points
There is no data yet

Best score

You must log in to see your results.

Progress

You must log in to see your results.

Leaderboard

Best score

Progress

Leave a Comment Cancel Reply