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English_ Idioms and Phrases

Practice Test 4

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To fly off the handle

To take off

To dislocate

To lose one's temper

To be indifferent

2 / 100

To make umbrage

To be satisfied

To be pleased

To feel depressed

To be offended

3 / 100

To get cold feet

To fall sick

To run for life

To become discourteous

To be afraid

4 / 100

To split hours

To find faults with others

T quarrel over trifles

To sidetrack the issue

To indulge in over-refined arguments

5 / 100

To stand to one’s guns

To maintain one's position

To keep the guns close to oneself even amid danger

To maintain dignified and unbending attitude

To persevere when hardships press

6 / 100

A green horn

An envious lady

A trainee

A soft-hearted man

An inexperienced man

7 / 100

A chip off the old block

A good bargain

A piece of wood

An old friend

Characteristics of one's ancestors

8 / 100

To be lost in the cloud

To be concealed from view

To find oneself in a very uncomfortable position

To meet with one's death

To be perplexed

9 / 100

To be rolling in money

Borrowing money liberally

Very rich

Spending more than his income

Wasting a lot of money

10 / 100

French leave

Leave on the pretext of illness

Casual leave

Absence without permission

Long absence

11 / 100

To worship the rising sun

To honour a man who is coming into office

To welcome the coming events

To honour the promising people

To indulge in flattery

12 / 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

A person who prevents others from enjoying something useless to himself

An undersized bull almost the shape of a dog

13 / 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

14 / 100

To wash one’s dirty linen in public

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

To quarrel in the open

To criticise one's nature in public

To do some ugly work in public

15 / 100

All Agog

All ready

Everbody

Almighty

Restless

16 / 100

To draw a bead upon

To make prayers

To take aim at

To count the benefits

To cause hindrance in work

17 / 100

Something up one’s sleeve

A secret plan

A profitable plan

A grand idea

Something important

18 / 100

A red letter day

An unimportant day

An important day

An auspicious day

A dangerous day

19 / 100

To have full hands

To lead an easy life

To be rich

To be fully occupied

To be in lot of troubles

20 / 100

To bring one’s eggs to a bad market

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

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

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

To face a humiliating situation

21 / 100

To turn amuck

To run a race

To run about in frenzy

To run to somebody's help

To feel exhausted

22 / 100

To hit below the belt

To strike at the exact position

To hit the correct mark

To work confidentially

To harm unfairly

23 / 100

To see red

To criticise others

To victimise someone

To be very angry

To find fault with

24 / 100

To give/get the bird

To get the impossible

To send away

To get the awaited

To have good luck

25 / 100

To have brush with

To be impressed

To start painting

To have a slight encounter

To have good and pleasing terms

26 / 100

At one’s beck and call

To be in an advantageous position

Enjoying oneself without caring for others

To be under one's subjugation

To be always at one's service

27 / 100

To play fast and loose

To play with someone's feelings

To be winning sometimes and losing at other times

To beguile others

To play tricks

28 / 100

To get into a scrape

To get into a muddle

To find oneself in an awkward predicament

To get into irritating circumstances

To be trapped in a conspiracy

29 / 100

To throw up the sponge

To surrender or give up a contest

To become utterly disappointed

To offer a challenge

To maintain grit and enthusiasm until the end

30 / 100

Pin-money

Bribery

Money paid for compensation

Alimony

Allowance made to a lady for her expenses

31 / 100

A jaundiced eye

Angry

Prejudice

Jealousy

A generous view

32 / 100

To carry off the bell

To bag the first position

To call others for help

To trouble others

To steal all wealth and flee

33 / 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 humiliate him

To knock him down

34 / 100

To disabuse one’s mind

To remove a misapprehension

To proceed cautiously so as to avoid risks and dangers

To conceal something

To banish from one's mind a thought

35 / 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

36 / 100

To put the cart before the horse

To force a person to do something

To reverse the natural order of things

To raise obstacles

To offer a person what he cannot eat

37 / 100

To accept the Gauntlet

To accept an honour

To suffer humiliation

To accept defeat

To accept a challenge

38 / 100

A storm in a teacup

A danger signal

A great noise

Much excitement over something trivial

Unexpected event

39 / 100

To take the wind out of another’s sails

To anticipate another and to gain advantage over him

To cause harm to another

To defeat the motives of another

To manouevre to mislead another on the high seas

40 / 100

Queer somebody’s pitch

Check him

Reprimand him

Work him up

Upset one's plan

41 / 100

To carry the coal to Newcastle

To do unnecessary things

To work hard

To finish a job

To do menial jobs

42 / 100

To cast pearls before a swine

To spend recklessly

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

To waste money over trifles

To offer a person a thing which he cannot appreciate

43 / 100

To give chapter and verse for a thing

To attach artificial value to a thing

To produce the proof of something

To eulogize the qualities of a thing

To make publicity of a thing

44 / 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 die fighting

To fight the poison-tipped arrows

45 / 100

To tempt providence

To invite punishment

To achieve a fortune

To have God's favour

To take reckless risks

46 / 100

By the rule of thumb

By the use of trickery

By the use of force

By cheating and deception

By practical experience which is rather rough

47 / 100

A fool’s errand

A blunder

None of these

A useless undertaking

An impossible task

48 / 100

To give up the ghost

To suffer

To become rational

To die

To fight evil forces

49 / 100

To read between the lines

To suspect

To concentrate

To read carefully

To grasp the hidden meaning

50 / 100

A baker’s dozen

Twelve

Thirteen

Allowance

Charity

51 / 100

To bite one’s lips

To laugh at others

repress an emotion

To have doubt

To feel sorry

52 / 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

53 / 100

To spill the beans

To reveal secret information

To misbehave

To keep secrets

To talk irrelevant

54 / 100

To pull strings

To speed up

To exert hidden influence

To start something

To tease someone

55 / 100

To throw dust in one’s eyes

To show false things

To harm someone

To make blind

To deceive

56 / 100

To turn the cover

To hide the reality

To pass the crises

To take a new way of life

To work hard

57 / 100

To be old as the hills

To be very ancient

To be wise and learned

Not being worth the age

To be old but foolish

58 / 100

To lose face

To look vacant

To be helpless

To look angry

To be humiliated

59 / 100

Within an ace of

Within one's reach

Narrowly

Very near

Within the hitting range

60 / 100

To hold something in leash

To restrain

To disappoint

To dismiss

To discourage

61 / 100

To frame a person

A narrow escape

To make one appear guilty

To befool someone

To praise someone

62 / 100

All and sundry

Greater share

Everyone without distinction

All of a sudden

Completion of work

63 / 100

To be up and doing

To be actively engaged

To be expressive and explicit

To progress satisfactorily

To recover from illness

64 / 100

To lose one’s head

To lose the balance

To go mad

To become confused and over excited

To become nervous

65 / 100

To take people by storm

To exploit people's agitation

To captivate them unexpectedly

To bring out something sensational attracting people's attention

To put people in utter surprise

66 / 100

To pull one’s socks up

To depart

To prepare

To get ready

To try hard

67 / 100

To blaze trail

To be annoyed

To initiate work in a movement

To set on fire

To vehemently oppose

68 / 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

69 / 100

To beggars description

A poor statement

Beyond one's power to describe adequately

To describe things without care

None of these

70 / 100

To blow hot and cold

To be rich and poor frequently

To be trustworthy

Changing weather

To be inconsistent

71 / 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

72 / 100

To give currency

To originate

To make publicly known

To misinterpret

To bestow importance

73 / 100

To take a leap in the dark

To do a task secretly

To hazard oneself

To take risk

To do a hazardous thing without any idea of the result

74 / 100

A tall order

A royal summon

A task difficult to perform

A big problem

A big demand

75 / 100

To plough the sands

To work hard to achieve one's aim

To advance one's position in life

To afford hope or ground for expecting a good result

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

76 / 100

A snake in the grass

Irreliable person

Unrecognisable danger

Unforeseen happening

Secret or hidden enemy

77 / 100

Tall order

Simple

Too much

Difficult

Customary

78 / 100

To live in clover

To live in great difficulty

To live a carefree life

To be surrounded by cares and worries

To live in great comfort and luxury

79 / 100

Hobson’s choice

Excellent choice

Feeling of insecurity

Feeling of strength

Accept or leave the offer

80 / 100

To wrangle over an ass’s shadow

To quarrel over the possession of an ass

To do something funny

To act in a foolish way

To quarrel over trifles

81 / 100

Swan-song

Music as sweet as a song of birds

Praise of a woman by her lover

Last work of a poet or musician before death

A melodious song in praise of someone

82 / 100

To set the people by ears

To excite people to a quarrel

To box the people

To punish heavily

To insult and disgrace the people

83 / 100

To haul over the coals

To put to task

To say the wrong words

To put hand in a wrong task

To throw into the fire

84 / 100

To hit the jackpot

To be wealthy

To get an unexpected victory

To make money unexpectedly

To gamble

85 / 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

86 / 100

To turn the tables

To change the sorry scheme

To defeat

To oppose

To create chaos

87 / 100

To cross swords

To defend

To rob

To fight

To kill

88 / 100

To flog a dead horse

To act in a foolish way

To waste one's efforts

To revise interest in an old subject

To revive old memories

89 / 100

To take the bull by the horns

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

To handle it by fierce attack

90 / 100

Castles in the air

Perfect plans

Ideal projects

Fanciful schemes

Romantic designs

91 / 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

92 / 100

Foar in the mouth

To be furious

To reveal the secret

To be in the extreme hatred

Bitten by a snake

93 / 100

To save one’s face

To hide oneself

To oppose

To evade disgrace

To say plainly

94 / 100

Hush money

Money overdue

Money earned by wrong means

Easy money

Bribe paid to secure silence

95 / 100

To drink like a fish

To drink little

To be a drunkard

To drink alone

To drink in the company of others

96 / 100

To give a false colouring

To conceal the facts

To misrepresent

To submit the false report

To be dishonest

97 / 100

To see eye to eye with

To be angry

To agree

To stare fixedly

To take revenge

98 / 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 provoke a person to quarrel

To retaliate

99 / 100

To keep the ball rolling

To work constantly

To earn more and more

To make the best use of

To keep the conversation going

100 / 100

Adam’s ale

Pleasure

Grace

Wine

Water

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