Practice Test 4 - LawVidhi.com

/100

English_ Idioms and Phrases

Practice Test 4

1 / 100

To draw a bead upon

To take aim at

To cause hindrance in work

To make prayers

To count the benefits

2 / 100

To cast pearls before a swine

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

To spend recklessly

To offer a person a thing which he cannot appreciate

To waste money over trifles

3 / 100

To give chapter and verse for a thing

To make publicity of a thing

To attach artificial value to a thing

To produce the proof of something

To eulogize the qualities of a thing

4 / 100

To lose one’s head

To lose the balance

To become nervous

To become confused and over excited

To go mad

5 / 100

To have an easy time of it

To live in quiet and comfort

To squander away resources

To take the world lightly

To indulge in frivolities

6 / 100

To tempt providence

To have God's favour

To take reckless risks

To invite punishment

To achieve a fortune

7 / 100

To give a false colouring

To submit the false report

To conceal the facts

To be dishonest

To misrepresent

8 / 100

To be up and doing

To progress satisfactorily

To be expressive and explicit

To be actively engaged

To recover from illness

9 / 100

To make umbrage

To be offended

To be satisfied

To feel depressed

To be pleased

10 / 100

To lose face

To look vacant

To be humiliated

To be helpless

To look angry

11 / 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

12 / 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

13 / 100

To bite one’s lips

To feel sorry

To have doubt

To laugh at others

repress an emotion

14 / 100

A jaundiced eye

A generous view

Prejudice

Angry

Jealousy

15 / 100

To cross swords

To kill

To defend

To fight

To rob

16 / 100

Queer somebody’s pitch

Reprimand him

Check him

Work him up

Upset one's plan

17 / 100

To worship the rising sun

To indulge in flattery

To honour a man who is coming into office

To welcome the coming events

To honour the promising people

18 / 100

To fly off the handle

To lose one's temper

To be indifferent

To dislocate

To take off

19 / 100

To get cold feet

To run for life

To become discourteous

To fall sick

To be afraid

20 / 100

Foar in the mouth

Bitten by a snake

To be in the extreme hatred

To be furious

To reveal the secret

21 / 100

To turn the cover

To pass the crises

To work hard

To take a new way of life

To hide the reality

22 / 100

Hobson’s choice

Excellent choice

Feeling of strength

Feeling of insecurity

Accept or leave the offer

23 / 100

To keep the ball rolling

To work constantly

To make the best use of

To earn more and more

To keep the conversation going

24 / 100

To drink like a fish

To drink little

To drink in the company of others

To drink alone

To be a drunkard

25 / 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

26 / 100

To carry off the bell

To steal all wealth and flee

To bag the first position

To call others for help

To trouble others

27 / 100

To hold something in leash

To discourage

To restrain

To disappoint

To dismiss

28 / 100

All Agog

Almighty

Restless

Everbody

All ready

29 / 100

To turn the tables

To oppose

To create chaos

To change the sorry scheme

To defeat

30 / 100

To play the gallery

To be able to do a work easily

To work hard to achieve the best

Trying to get appreciation from least intelligent people

Use wrong means to achieve success

31 / 100

To save one’s face

To oppose

To say plainly

To evade disgrace

To hide oneself

32 / 100

To take the wind out of another’s sails

To cause harm to another

To defeat the motives of another

To manouevre to mislead another on the high seas

To anticipate another and to gain advantage over him

33 / 100

To read between the lines

To suspect

To grasp the hidden meaning

To concentrate

To read carefully

34 / 100

To beggars description

A poor statement

None of these

Beyond one's power to describe adequately

To describe things without care

35 / 100

To throw dust in one’s eyes

To harm someone

To make blind

To deceive

To show false things

36 / 100

All and sundry

Everyone without distinction

All of a sudden

Greater share

Completion of work

37 / 100

Swan-song

Praise of a woman by her lover

Music as sweet as a song of birds

A melodious song in praise of someone

Last work of a poet or musician before death

38 / 100

A baker’s dozen

Thirteen

Twelve

Charity

Allowance

39 / 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

40 / 100

A storm in a teacup

A danger signal

A great noise

Much excitement over something trivial

Unexpected event

41 / 100

Pin-money

Bribery

Allowance made to a lady for her expenses

Alimony

Money paid for compensation

42 / 100

To pay one back in the same coin

To retaliate

To give a word of encouragement or praise to another

To provoke a person to quarrel

To offer another polite attention

43 / 100

To pull strings

To exert hidden influence

To speed up

To start something

To tease someone

44 / 100

To take a leap in the dark

To hazard oneself

To do a task secretly

To do a hazardous thing without any idea of the result

To take risk

45 / 100

To fight to the bitter end

To die fighting

To carry on a contest regardless of consequences

To fight the poison-tipped arrows

To fight to the last point of enemy position

46 / 100

To wash one’s dirty linen in public

To do some ugly work 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

47 / 100

A lady’s man

A lover of woman company

A timid husband

A woman-tailor

A man working as per a lady's directions

48 / 100

To make the grade

To get good marks in an examination

To fail in a task

To make good one's previous loss

To come out successful

49 / 100

To give up the ghost

To suffer

To fight evil forces

To become rational

To die

50 / 100

To have brush with

To start painting

To have good and pleasing terms

To be impressed

To have a slight encounter

51 / 100

A fool’s errand

A useless undertaking

A blunder

An impossible task

None of these

52 / 100

To wrangle over an ass’s shadow

To quarrel over trifles

To quarrel over the possession of an ass

To do something funny

To act in a foolish way

53 / 100

To frame a person

To praise someone

To befool someone

To make one appear guilty

A narrow escape

54 / 100

A snake in the grass

Irreliable person

Secret or hidden enemy

Unforeseen happening

Unrecognisable danger

55 / 100

To be rolling in money

Borrowing money liberally

Very rich

Spending more than his income

Wasting a lot of money

56 / 100

To be lost in the cloud

To be perplexed

To be concealed from view

To meet with one's death

To find oneself in a very uncomfortable position

57 / 100

To turn the other cheek

To respond to violence with violence

To be indifferent to peace overtures

To sulk and suffer

To respond to violence with non-violence

58 / 100

To blow hot and cold

To be inconsistent

To be trustworthy

To be rich and poor frequently

Changing weather

59 / 100

To draw the long bow

To put up high demands

To over-estimate oneself

To make an exaggerated statement

To demand a very high price

60 / 100

To have full hands

To be in lot of troubles

To lead an easy life

To be fully occupied

To be rich

61 / 100

To pull one’s socks up

To prepare

To get ready

To try hard

To depart

62 / 100

To spill the beans

To talk irrelevant

To misbehave

To keep secrets

To reveal secret information

63 / 100

To stand to one’s guns

To persevere when hardships press

To keep the guns close to oneself even amid danger

To maintain dignified and unbending attitude

To maintain one's position

64 / 100

Hush money

Bribe paid to secure silence

Money earned by wrong means

Money overdue

Easy money

65 / 100

Castles in the air

Fanciful schemes

Perfect plans

Romantic designs

Ideal projects

66 / 100

French leave

Absence without permission

Leave on the pretext of illness

Casual leave

Long absence

67 / 100

To take people by storm

To put people in utter surprise

To bring out something sensational attracting people's attention

To captivate them unexpectedly

To exploit people's agitation

68 / 100

To haul over the coals

To put hand in a wrong task

To put to task

To say the wrong words

To throw into the fire

69 / 100

A tall order

A big problem

A big demand

A task difficult to perform

A royal summon

70 / 100

Within an ace of

Within one's reach

Very near

Within the hitting range

Narrowly

71 / 100

Adam’s ale

Wine

Water

Grace

Pleasure

72 / 100

To bring one’s eggs to a bad market

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

To face a humiliating situation

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

73 / 100

To carry the coal to Newcastle

To do menial jobs

To do unnecessary things

To work hard

To finish a job

74 / 100

To split hours

To sidetrack the issue

To find faults with others

To indulge in over-refined arguments

T quarrel over trifles

75 / 100

To turn amuck

To run to somebody's help

To feel exhausted

To run a race

To run about in frenzy

76 / 100

To plough the sands

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

To advance one's position in life

77 / 100

To be at loggerheads

To tax one's mind and body

To be at enmity or strife

To face stiff opposition

To have tough encounter

78 / 100

At one’s beck and call

To be in an advantageous position

To be always at one's service

Enjoying oneself without caring for others

To be under one's subjugation

79 / 100

To see eye to eye with

To agree

To be angry

To stare fixedly

To take revenge

80 / 100

To give currency

To make publicly known

To misinterpret

To originate

To bestow importance

81 / 100

To play fast and loose

To beguile others

To play tricks

To be winning sometimes and losing at other times

To play with someone's feelings

82 / 100

By the rule of thumb

By the use of trickery

By cheating and deception

By practical experience which is rather rough

By the use of force

83 / 100

To throw up the sponge

To offer a challenge

To maintain grit and enthusiasm until the end

To surrender or give up a contest

To become utterly disappointed

84 / 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 knock him down

To humiliate him

85 / 100

To accept the Gauntlet

To accept defeat

To suffer humiliation

To accept a challenge

To accept an honour

86 / 100

To hit below the belt

To strike at the exact position

To work confidentially

To harm unfairly

To hit the correct mark

87 / 100

A chip off the old block

A piece of wood

An old friend

A good bargain

Characteristics of one's ancestors

88 / 100

To hit the jackpot

To be wealthy

To get an unexpected victory

To make money unexpectedly

To gamble

89 / 100

To be old as the hills

Not being worth the age

To be very ancient

To be wise and learned

To be old but foolish

90 / 100

A red letter day

An unimportant day

An auspicious day

A dangerous day

An important day

91 / 100

To see red

To find fault with

To victimise someone

To criticise others

To be very angry

92 / 100

To blaze trail

To vehemently oppose

To initiate work in a movement

To be annoyed

To set on fire

93 / 100

Tall order

Difficult

Simple

Customary

Too much

94 / 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 punish a person severely for his arrogance

To grapple courageously with a difficulty that lies in our way

95 / 100

Something up one’s sleeve

A secret plan

A grand idea

Something important

A profitable plan

96 / 100

To give/get the bird

To send away

To get the awaited

To have good luck

To get the impossible

97 / 100

To live in clover

To live in great difficulty

To live in great comfort and luxury

To live a carefree life

To be surrounded by cares and worries

98 / 100

A green horn

A soft-hearted man

An envious lady

A trainee

An inexperienced man

99 / 100

To disabuse one’s mind

To conceal something

To remove a misapprehension

To proceed cautiously so as to avoid risks and dangers

To banish from one's mind a thought

100 / 100

To set the people by ears

To punish heavily

To box the people

To insult and disgrace the people

To excite people to a quarrel

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