Idioms and Phrases
(51) idiom of “Rides the high horse”?
- A. went on gambling
- B. bought a horse
- C. superior
- D. None of them
(52) To”Jazz Up” means to ?
- A. Go faster
- B. Make something more
- C. Make a lot of noise
- D. Be Strong
(53) “De novo” means ?
- A. Calm in arm
- B. New
- C. Prominent
- D. To any extent
(54) One-Trick Pony means:
- A. A person having one special feature, talent, or area of
- B. Doing work dishonesty
- C. Unlawful paropaganda
- D. Clever planning for enemy
(55) She goes to her mother’s house off and on. What does idiom / phrase “off and on” means
- A. frequently
- B. rarely
- C. occasionally
- D. sometimes
(56) “At the drop of the hat” means ?
- A. As soon as it was spoken
- B. Done easily, without any preparation
- C. Done in an instant
- D. After something is done
(57) “Beating a dead horse” means ?
- A. To uselessly dwell on a subject far beyond its point of resolution
- B. An obvious, pressing issue left unaddressed due to its sensitive
- C. To speak the truth, even to the point of being blunt and rude
- D. To work late into the night, alluding to the time before electric
(58) It was he who “put a spoke in my wheel”.
- A. tried to cause an accident
- B. helped in the execution of
- C. thwarted in the execution of
- D. destroyed the plan
(59) To leave someone in the lurch ?
- A. To come to compromise with
- B. Constant source of annoyance to someone
- C. To put someone at ease
- D. To desert someone in his difficulties
(60) Pull your socks up:
- A. To get
- B. To finish
- C. To start
- D. To
(61) Khan is always ready to “Eat anyone,s salt”?
- A. To be one,s guest
- B. To cook tasty dishes
- C. An infectious diseas
- D. None
(62) There were no opposition to the new policy by the ‘rank and file’ of the Government.
- A. The ordinary members
- B. The official machinery
- C. The majority
- D. The cabinet ministers
(63) “Inter alia” means ?
- A. In between
- B. By the fact
- C. Under concentratio
- D. At the end
(64) His office is always in apple-pie order. What does the idiom/phrase “apple-pie order” means?
- A. Neat & tidy
- B. Disordered
- C. Mismanaged
- D. Ornamental
(65) “Feel blue” means ?
- A. Feel Sad
- B. Feel happy
- C. Feel energetic
- D. Feel angry
(66) “Your guess is as good as mine” means ?
- A. Join a popular trend or activity
- B. To hear something from the authoritative source
- C. To know the answer
- D. To have no idea
(67) “Basket case” ?
- A. An area of vulnerability
- B. Narrowly; barely. Usually used in regard to a narrow escape from a disaster
- C. To treat a topic, but omit its main points, often intentionally or to delay or avoid talking about something
- D. One made powerless or ineffective, as by nerves, panic, or stress
(68) Do no trust a man who “blows his own trumpet”
- A. flatters
- B. praises others
- C. admonishes
- D. praises himself
(69) To pick holes ?
- A. To find some reason to quarrel
- B. To destroy something
- C. To criticize someone
- D. To cut some part of an item
(70) He was undecided. He “let the grass grow under his feet”.
- A. loitered around
- B. stayed out
- C. sat unmoving
- D. moved away
(71) The people of the village Afzal Khan are “the salt of the earth”?
- A. Kind
- B. Rich
- C. Educated
- D. Qurralsome
(72) Meaning of the idiom ‘Swan song”?
- A. Last work
- B. First work
- C. Middle work
- D. Early work
(73) “En-route” means ?
- A. oneway direction
- B. On the way
- C. Long distance
- D. None of these
(74) “Hold one’s horse” means ?
- A. Keep one’s expectations
- B. Keep one’s gift
- C. Have patience
- D. High on energy
(75) “Fender bender” means ?
- A. A mammoth car accident
- B. A Huge car accident
- C. A small car accident
- D. A major car accident
(76) “Far cry from” means ?
- A. To present a counter argument
- B. To take on a task that is way to big
- C. The show has come to an end. It’s all over
- D. Very different from
(77) “Apple of discord” means ?
- A. Anything causing trouble, discord, or jealousy
- B. A person that is not too smart; a person that acts stupid
- C. To further a loss with sarcasm or indignity; to worsen an unfavorable
- D. To speak the truth, even to the point of being blunt and rude
(78) In the armed forces, it is considered a great privilege to “die in harness”.
- A. die on a horse back
- B. die in the battlefield
- C. die while still working
- D. die with honour
(79) To put one’s hand to plough ?
- A. To take up agricultural farming
- B. To take a difficult task
- C. To get entangled into unnecessary
- D. Take interest in technical work
(80) To face the music means ?
- A. To be greeted rudely
- B. To be offered warm
- C. To be on the front seat in a
- D. To bear the consequence
(81) “Clique” means ?
- A. A group of animals
- B. A group of birds
- C. A group of people
- D. None of above
(82) Idiom ” To make amend for” means ?
- A. Make possible effort
- B. To compensate for damage
- C. To bring chance in something
- D. None of these
(83) “Give cold shoulder” means ?
- A. To support
- B. Cold meat
- C. To ignore
- D. Shiver
(84) “Go Dutch” means ?
- A. One person paying for everyone
- B. share the cost of something, especially a meal,
- C. Enjoy two different opportunitie s at the same time
- D. To do something badly or cheaply
(85) “Wild goose chase” ?
- A. A foolish and hopeless search for or pursuit of something unattainable
- B. To take credit for something someone else did
- C. To not take what someone says too seriously; to treat someone’s words with a degree of skepticism
- D. A phrase implying that one is not proficient at performing a particular task and that they should not try to
(86) “An arm and a leg” means ?
- A. Full throttle; at maximum speed
- B. Very cheap or inexpensive. A little amount of
- C. Very expensive or costly. A large amount of
- D. One made powerless or ineffective,
(87) He “passed himself off” as a noble man.
- A. Was regarded as
- B. Pretended
- C. Was thought to
- D. Was looked upon
(88) To end in smoke ?
- A. To make completely understand
- B. To ruin oneself
- C. To excite great applause
- D. To overcome someone
(89) Rule of thumb means ?
- A. Mark of thumb on a legal paper
- B. a rough estimate
- C. an easy choice
- D. an unknown rule
(90) “Prosaic” means ?
- A. Good
- B. Dull
- C. Beautiful
- D. None
(91) “Brain Drain” means ?
- A. Mad Person
- B. Migration Of Skilled Person To Other
- C. Emigration Of Intellectuals
- D. None
(92) To catch a tartar means:
- A. To meet with disaster
- B. To catch a dangerous person
- C. To deal with a person who is more than
- D. None of above
(93) “Black and blue” ?
- A. Full of bruises
- B. A poor plan
- C. False sense of happiness or success
- D. Somethi ng that is not understand
(94) “Spill the beans” ?
- A. Frivolously performing a simple
- B. Reveal someone’s secret
- C. To stop something at an early stage
- D. Frivolously performing a simple
(95) “Elephant in the room” means ?
- A. An obvious, pressing issue left unaddressed due to its sensitive
- B. In good physical health
- C. Someone can perceive things and events that are outside of their field of vision
- D. You learned something through means of a rumor
(96) I met him after a long time, but he gave me “the cold shoulder”.
- A. scolded me
- B. insulted me
- C. abused me
- D. ignored me
(97) To cry wolf ?
- A. To listen eagerly
- B. To give false alarm
- C. To turn pale
- D. To keep off