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English_ Idioms and Phrases

Practice Test 4

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To take the wind out of another’s sails

To anticipate another and to gain advantage over him

To manouevre to mislead another on the high seas

To defeat the motives of another

To cause harm to another

2 / 100

To set the people by ears

To box the people

To punish heavily

To excite people to a quarrel

To insult and disgrace the people

3 / 100

A tall order

A task difficult to perform

A big demand

A royal summon

A big problem

4 / 100

To play fast and loose

To be winning sometimes and losing at other times

To beguile others

To play with someone's feelings

To play tricks

5 / 100

To fight to the bitter end

To fight the poison-tipped arrows

To die fighting

To carry on a contest regardless of consequences

To fight to the last point of enemy position

6 / 100

To be up and doing

To recover from illness

To be actively engaged

To progress satisfactorily

To be expressive and explicit

7 / 100

By the rule of thumb

By cheating and deception

By the use of trickery

By practical experience which is rather rough

By the use of force

8 / 100

To cast pearls before a swine

To offer a person a thing which he cannot appreciate

To waste money over trifles

To spend recklessly

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

9 / 100

A snake in the grass

Unrecognisable danger

Unforeseen happening

Irreliable person

Secret or hidden enemy

10 / 100

To stand to one’s guns

To persevere when hardships press

To keep the guns close to oneself even amid danger

To maintain one's position

To maintain dignified and unbending attitude

11 / 100

To throw up the sponge

To maintain grit and enthusiasm until the end

To surrender or give up a contest

To offer a challenge

To become utterly disappointed

12 / 100

To give up the ghost

To fight evil forces

To die

To become rational

To suffer

13 / 100

To hold something in leash

To dismiss

To discourage

To restrain

To disappoint

14 / 100

To give chapter and verse for a thing

To produce the proof of something

To make publicity of a thing

To attach artificial value to a thing

To eulogize the qualities of a thing

15 / 100

At one’s beck and call

To be under one's subjugation

Enjoying oneself without caring for others

To be always at one's service

To be in an advantageous position

16 / 100

To be rolling in money

Wasting a lot of money

Borrowing money liberally

Very rich

Spending more than his income

17 / 100

Swan-song

Last work of a poet or musician before death

A melodious song in praise of someone

Music as sweet as a song of birds

Praise of a woman by her lover

18 / 100

To give a false colouring

To misrepresent

To submit the false report

To conceal the facts

To be dishonest

19 / 100

To pay one back in the same coin

To give a word of encouragement or praise to another

To retaliate

To offer another polite attention

To provoke a person to quarrel

20 / 100

To hit below the belt

To strike at the exact position

To work confidentially

To hit the correct mark

To harm unfairly

21 / 100

To carry the coal to Newcastle

To work hard

To do unnecessary things

To finish a job

To do menial jobs

22 / 100

To get into a scrape

To get into a muddle

To be trapped in a conspiracy

To get into irritating circumstances

To find oneself in an awkward predicament

23 / 100

To see red

To be very angry

To criticise others

To victimise someone

To find fault with

24 / 100

Hush money

Easy money

Money overdue

Bribe paid to secure silence

Money earned by wrong means

25 / 100

A baker’s dozen

Twelve

Charity

Thirteen

Allowance

26 / 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

27 / 100

Adam’s ale

Grace

Pleasure

Water

Wine

28 / 100

To play the gallery

Use wrong means to achieve success

Trying to get appreciation from least intelligent people

To be able to do a work easily

To work hard to achieve the best

29 / 100

To lose face

To be helpless

To look angry

To look vacant

To be humiliated

30 / 100

A storm in a teacup

A danger signal

A great noise

Much excitement over something trivial

Unexpected event

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

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

32 / 100

To blaze trail

To set on fire

To vehemently oppose

To initiate work in a movement

To be annoyed

33 / 100

Castles in the air

Ideal projects

Perfect plans

Fanciful schemes

Romantic designs

34 / 100

A jaundiced eye

A generous view

Angry

Jealousy

Prejudice

35 / 100

To frame a person

To make one appear guilty

A narrow escape

To praise someone

To befool someone

36 / 100

To turn the tables

To oppose

To create chaos

To defeat

To change the sorry scheme

37 / 100

To have an easy time of it

To squander away resources

To indulge in frivolities

To live in quiet and comfort

To take the world lightly

38 / 100

Dog in the manger

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

A dog that has no kennel of its own

An undersized bull almost the shape of a dog

A person who prevents others from enjoying something useless to himself

39 / 100

To spill the beans

To keep secrets

To reveal secret information

To misbehave

To talk irrelevant

40 / 100

To wrangle over an ass’s shadow

To quarrel over the possession of an ass

To quarrel over trifles

To do something funny

To act in a foolish way

41 / 100

To pull strings

To start something

To speed up

To tease someone

To exert hidden influence

42 / 100

To lose one’s head

To go mad

To become nervous

To become confused and over excited

To lose the balance

43 / 100

To accept the Gauntlet

To accept defeat

To accept an honour

To suffer humiliation

To accept a challenge

44 / 100

All and sundry

Everyone without distinction

All of a sudden

Greater share

Completion of work

45 / 100

Within an ace of

Within the hitting range

Within one's reach

Narrowly

Very near

46 / 100

To get cold feet

To become discourteous

To be afraid

To fall sick

To run for life

47 / 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

48 / 100

To see eye to eye with

To take revenge

To agree

To be angry

To stare fixedly

49 / 100

All Agog

Restless

Everbody

Almighty

All ready

50 / 100

To be lost in the cloud

To meet with one's death

To find oneself in a very uncomfortable position

To be perplexed

To be concealed from view

51 / 100

To have full hands

To be fully occupied

To be in lot of troubles

To be rich

To lead an easy life

52 / 100

Tall order

Simple

Too much

Difficult

Customary

53 / 100

To drink like a fish

To drink in the company of others

To drink little

To drink alone

To be a drunkard

54 / 100

A green horn

A trainee

An envious lady

A soft-hearted man

An inexperienced man

55 / 100

Something up one’s sleeve

A secret plan

A profitable plan

Something important

A grand idea

56 / 100

A fool’s errand

A useless undertaking

None of these

An impossible task

A blunder

57 / 100

A chip off the old block

A piece of wood

Characteristics of one's ancestors

A good bargain

An old friend

58 / 100

To pull one’s socks up

To try hard

To prepare

To depart

To get ready

59 / 100

Pin-money

Bribery

Allowance made to a lady for her expenses

Alimony

Money paid for compensation

60 / 100

Foar in the mouth

Bitten by a snake

To reveal the secret

To be furious

To be in the extreme hatred

61 / 100

To flog a dead horse

To revive old memories

To revise interest in an old subject

To act in a foolish way

To waste one's efforts

62 / 100

To cross swords

To defend

To kill

To fight

To rob

63 / 100

To save one’s face

To hide oneself

To say plainly

To evade disgrace

To oppose

64 / 100

To draw the long bow

To over-estimate oneself

To demand a very high price

To put up high demands

To make an exaggerated statement

65 / 100

To have brush with

To start painting

To be impressed

To have a slight encounter

To have good and pleasing terms

66 / 100

To turn the cover

To pass the crises

To work hard

To hide the reality

To take a new way of life

67 / 100

To carry off the bell

To trouble others

To call others for help

To steal all wealth and flee

To bag the first position

68 / 100

To tempt providence

To have God's favour

To achieve a fortune

To invite punishment

To take reckless risks

69 / 100

To give/get the bird

To have good luck

To get the impossible

To send away

To get the awaited

70 / 100

To haul over the coals

To put to task

To throw into the fire

To say the wrong words

To put hand in a wrong task

71 / 100

To hit the jackpot

To make money unexpectedly

To gamble

To be wealthy

To get an unexpected victory

72 / 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

73 / 100

To blow hot and cold

To be rich and poor frequently

Changing weather

To be trustworthy

To be inconsistent

74 / 100

To draw a bead upon

To take aim at

To count the benefits

To make prayers

To cause hindrance in work

75 / 100

To split hours

To find faults with others

To sidetrack the issue

To indulge in over-refined arguments

T quarrel over trifles

76 / 100

A red letter day

An auspicious day

A dangerous day

An unimportant day

An important day

77 / 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

78 / 100

Queer somebody’s pitch

Upset one's plan

Reprimand him

Work him up

Check him

79 / 100

To keep the ball rolling

To keep the conversation going

To make the best use of

To work constantly

To earn more and more

80 / 100

To throw dust in one’s eyes

To harm someone

To show false things

To deceive

To make blind

81 / 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

82 / 100

To push somebody to the wall

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

To heckle him

To knock him down

To humiliate him

83 / 100

French leave

Leave on the pretext of illness

Long absence

Absence without permission

Casual leave

84 / 100

To read between the lines

To grasp the hidden meaning

To read carefully

To suspect

To concentrate

85 / 100

To turn amuck

To run a race

To feel exhausted

To run about in frenzy

To run to somebody's help

86 / 100

To be at loggerheads

To face stiff opposition

To be at enmity or strife

To tax one's mind and body

To have tough encounter

87 / 100

To fly off the handle

To be indifferent

To dislocate

To lose one's temper

To take off

88 / 100

To take the bull by the horns

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

To punish a person severely for his arrogance

To handle it by fierce attack

To grapple courageously with a difficulty that lies in our way

89 / 100

To put the cart before the horse

To force a person to do something

To reverse the natural order of things

To offer a person what he cannot eat

To raise obstacles

90 / 100

To live in clover

To be surrounded by cares and worries

To live in great difficulty

To live in great comfort and luxury

To live a carefree life

91 / 100

To take people by storm

To exploit people's agitation

To put people in utter surprise

To captivate them unexpectedly

To bring out something sensational attracting people's attention

92 / 100

To make the grade

To get good marks in an examination

To come out successful

To make good one's previous loss

To fail in a task

93 / 100

To wash one’s dirty linen in public

To quarrel in the open

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

94 / 100

Hobson’s choice

Feeling of strength

Accept or leave the offer

Feeling of insecurity

Excellent choice

95 / 100

To plough the sands

To advance one's position in life

To work hard to achieve one's aim

To afford hope or ground for expecting a good result

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

96 / 100

To take a leap in the dark

To do a task secretly

To do a hazardous thing without any idea of the result

To take risk

To hazard oneself

97 / 100

To give currency

To misinterpret

To bestow importance

To originate

To make publicly known

98 / 100

To beggars description

Beyond one's power to describe adequately

None of these

A poor statement

To describe things without care

99 / 100

To make umbrage

To be satisfied

To be offended

To be pleased

To feel depressed

100 / 100

To bite one’s lips

repress an emotion

To laugh at others

To have doubt

To feel sorry

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