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English_ Idioms and Phrases

Practice Test 4

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To cast pearls before a swine

To waste money over trifles

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

2 / 100

To draw the long bow

To over-estimate oneself

To demand a very high price

To make an exaggerated statement

To put up high demands

3 / 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 grapple courageously with a difficulty that lies in our way

To handle it by fierce attack

4 / 100

To take a leap in the dark

To do a hazardous thing without any idea of the result

To take risk

To do a task secretly

To hazard oneself

5 / 100

Swan-song

Music as sweet as a song of birds

A melodious song in praise of someone

Last work of a poet or musician before death

Praise of a woman by her lover

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 pull one’s socks up

To try hard

To prepare

To depart

To get ready

8 / 100

Foar in the mouth

To be in the extreme hatred

Bitten by a snake

To reveal the secret

To be furious

9 / 100

French leave

Absence without permission

Leave on the pretext of illness

Long absence

Casual leave

10 / 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 cause harm to another

To anticipate another and to gain advantage over him

11 / 100

To give chapter and verse for a thing

To eulogize the qualities of a thing

To produce the proof of something

To make publicity of a thing

To attach artificial value to a thing

12 / 100

To frame a person

To make one appear guilty

To befool someone

To praise someone

A narrow escape

13 / 100

To give a false colouring

To submit the false report

To be dishonest

To misrepresent

To conceal the facts

14 / 100

To set the people by ears

To punish heavily

To box the people

To excite people to a quarrel

To insult and disgrace the people

15 / 100

To save one’s face

To hide oneself

To evade disgrace

To say plainly

To oppose

16 / 100

To lose face

To be helpless

To look vacant

To look angry

To be humiliated

17 / 100

To bite one’s lips

repress an emotion

To laugh at others

To have doubt

To feel sorry

18 / 100

To turn the other cheek

To respond to violence with violence

To sulk and suffer

To respond to violence with non-violence

To be indifferent to peace overtures

19 / 100

To give up the ghost

To fight evil forces

To become rational

To suffer

To die

20 / 100

Castles in the air

Romantic designs

Ideal projects

Perfect plans

Fanciful schemes

21 / 100

To play fast and loose

To be winning sometimes and losing at other times

To play tricks

To play with someone's feelings

To beguile others

22 / 100

To take people by storm

To captivate them unexpectedly

To exploit people's agitation

To put people in utter surprise

To bring out something sensational attracting people's attention

23 / 100

Within an ace of

Very near

Within the hitting range

Narrowly

Within one's reach

24 / 100

To drink like a fish

To drink in the company of others

To be a drunkard

To drink little

To drink alone

25 / 100

To throw dust in one’s eyes

To show false things

To harm someone

To deceive

To make blind

26 / 100

To fly off the handle

To be indifferent

To take off

To dislocate

To lose one's temper

27 / 100

To make the grade

To come out successful

To make good one's previous loss

To fail in a task

To get good marks in an examination

28 / 100

To get into a scrape

To find oneself in an awkward predicament

To get into irritating circumstances

To be trapped in a conspiracy

To get into a muddle

29 / 100

To blaze trail

To vehemently oppose

To set on fire

To be annoyed

To initiate work in a movement

30 / 100

A baker’s dozen

Allowance

Twelve

Thirteen

Charity

31 / 100

A storm in a teacup

Much excitement over something trivial

A great noise

Unexpected event

A danger signal

32 / 100

To hit the jackpot

To get an unexpected victory

To be wealthy

To gamble

To make money unexpectedly

33 / 100

To play the gallery

To work hard to achieve the best

Trying to get appreciation from least intelligent people

Use wrong means to achieve success

To be able to do a work easily

34 / 100

To draw a bead upon

To make prayers

To cause hindrance in work

To count the benefits

To take aim at

35 / 100

To wash one’s dirty linen in public

To quarrel in the open

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

36 / 100

To stand to one’s guns

To maintain dignified and unbending attitude

To maintain one's position

To keep the guns close to oneself even amid danger

To persevere when hardships press

37 / 100

To turn the cover

To pass the crises

To hide the reality

To work hard

To take a new way of life

38 / 100

To see eye to eye with

To agree

To stare fixedly

To be angry

To take revenge

39 / 100

A green horn

An envious lady

A soft-hearted man

An inexperienced man

A trainee

40 / 100

All and sundry

Completion of work

Greater share

All of a sudden

Everyone without distinction

41 / 100

To flog a dead horse

To revise interest in an old subject

To revive old memories

To act in a foolish way

To waste one's efforts

42 / 100

To tempt providence

To have God's favour

To invite punishment

To take reckless risks

To achieve a fortune

43 / 100

Hush money

Money earned by wrong means

Bribe paid to secure silence

Money overdue

Easy money

44 / 100

To split hours

To find faults with others

T quarrel over trifles

To indulge in over-refined arguments

To sidetrack the issue

45 / 100

To lose one’s head

To lose the balance

To become confused and over excited

To go mad

To become nervous

46 / 100

A lady’s man

A man working as per a lady's directions

A lover of woman company

A timid husband

A woman-tailor

47 / 100

To have an easy time of it

To indulge in frivolities

To take the world lightly

To live in quiet and comfort

To squander away resources

48 / 100

All Agog

All ready

Almighty

Restless

Everbody

49 / 100

To give/get the bird

To have good luck

To get the awaited

To send away

To get the impossible

50 / 100

To worship the rising sun

To honour the promising people

To indulge in flattery

To honour a man who is coming into office

To welcome the coming events

51 / 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

52 / 100

To wrangle over an ass’s shadow

To quarrel over trifles

To quarrel over the possession of an ass

To act in a foolish way

To do something funny

53 / 100

At one’s beck and call

To be always at one's service

To be in an advantageous position

To be under one's subjugation

Enjoying oneself without caring for others

54 / 100

To put the cart before the horse

To force a person to do something

To raise obstacles

To reverse the natural order of things

To offer a person what he cannot eat

55 / 100

Hobson’s choice

Feeling of insecurity

Excellent choice

Accept or leave the offer

Feeling of strength

56 / 100

To hold something in leash

To discourage

To restrain

To dismiss

To disappoint

57 / 100

To accept the Gauntlet

To accept defeat

To accept a challenge

To accept an honour

To suffer humiliation

58 / 100

To spill the beans

To talk irrelevant

To misbehave

To reveal secret information

To keep secrets

59 / 100

Adam’s ale

Pleasure

Water

Wine

Grace

60 / 100

To be old as the hills

To be wise and learned

To be very ancient

To be old but foolish

Not being worth the age

61 / 100

To hit below the belt

To hit the correct mark

To strike at the exact position

To work confidentially

To harm unfairly

62 / 100

To carry off the bell

To call others for help

To bag the first position

To trouble others

To steal all wealth and flee

63 / 100

To blow hot and cold

To be rich and poor frequently

To be trustworthy

Changing weather

To be inconsistent

64 / 100

To have full hands

To be rich

To lead an easy life

To be fully occupied

To be in lot of troubles

65 / 100

Queer somebody’s pitch

Upset one's plan

Work him up

Check him

Reprimand him

66 / 100

To turn amuck

To run to somebody's help

To feel exhausted

To run a race

To run about in frenzy

67 / 100

Pin-money

Allowance made to a lady for her expenses

Money paid for compensation

Alimony

Bribery

68 / 100

To haul over the coals

To say the wrong words

To put to task

To throw into the fire

To put hand in a wrong task

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

To face a humiliating situation

70 / 100

A tall order

A task difficult to perform

A big problem

A big demand

A royal summon

71 / 100

To be lost in the cloud

To be concealed from view

To be perplexed

To meet with one's death

To find oneself in a very uncomfortable position

72 / 100

To carry the coal to Newcastle

To do menial jobs

To do unnecessary things

To work hard

To finish a job

73 / 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

74 / 100

Dog in the manger

An undersized bull almost the shape of a dog

A dog that has no kennel of its own

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

A person who prevents others from enjoying something useless to himself

75 / 100

A chip off the old block

An old friend

A good bargain

A piece of wood

Characteristics of one's ancestors

76 / 100

A jaundiced eye

A generous view

Angry

Prejudice

Jealousy

77 / 100

A red letter day

An unimportant day

An important day

An auspicious day

A dangerous day

78 / 100

To be at loggerheads

To be at enmity or strife

To have tough encounter

To tax one's mind and body

To face stiff opposition

79 / 100

To disabuse one’s mind

To banish from one's mind a thought

To remove a misapprehension

To proceed cautiously so as to avoid risks and dangers

To conceal something

80 / 100

To turn the tables

To defeat

To create chaos

To oppose

To change the sorry scheme

81 / 100

To give currency

To make publicly known

To originate

To misinterpret

To bestow importance

82 / 100

By the rule of thumb

By the use of trickery

By practical experience which is rather rough

By cheating and deception

By the use of force

83 / 100

To push somebody to the wall

To heckle him

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

To humiliate him

To knock him down

84 / 100

To throw up the sponge

To maintain grit and enthusiasm until the end

To offer a challenge

To become utterly disappointed

To surrender or give up a contest

85 / 100

A snake in the grass

Irreliable person

Unforeseen happening

Secret or hidden enemy

Unrecognisable danger

86 / 100

To fight to the bitter end

To fight to the last point of enemy position

To fight the poison-tipped arrows

To carry on a contest regardless of consequences

To die fighting

87 / 100

To make umbrage

To be satisfied

To be offended

To feel depressed

To be pleased

88 / 100

A fool’s errand

A blunder

An impossible task

A useless undertaking

None of these

89 / 100

To pay one back in the same coin

To give a word of encouragement or praise to another

To provoke a person to quarrel

To retaliate

To offer another polite attention

90 / 100

To be up and doing

To progress satisfactorily

To be actively engaged

To be expressive and explicit

To recover from illness

91 / 100

To read between the lines

To suspect

To grasp the hidden meaning

To concentrate

To read carefully

92 / 100

Tall order

Difficult

Too much

Customary

Simple

93 / 100

To be rolling in money

Spending more than his income

Very rich

Borrowing money liberally

Wasting a lot of money

94 / 100

To cross swords

To defend

To kill

To fight

To rob

95 / 100

To plough the sands

To work hard to achieve one's aim

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

To advance one's position in life

To afford hope or ground for expecting a good result

96 / 100

To pull strings

To tease someone

To speed up

To start something

To exert hidden influence

97 / 100

To have brush with

To have good and pleasing terms

To start painting

To have a slight encounter

To be impressed

98 / 100

To get cold feet

To fall sick

To run for life

To be afraid

To become discourteous

99 / 100

To see red

To criticise others

To victimise someone

To find fault with

To be very angry

100 / 100

Something up one’s sleeve

Something important

A grand idea

A profitable plan

A secret plan

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