Idioms and Phrases (Set 2)

1. To get into a scrape:

(A) To be trapped in a conspiracy

(B) To get into irritating circumstances

(C) To find oneself in an awkward predicament

(D) To get into a muddle

2. To fly off the handle:

(A) To lose one’s temper

(B) To dislocate

(C) To be indifferent

(D) To take off

3. To be up and doing:

(A) To be expressive and explicit

(B) To progress satisfactorily

(C) To be actively engaged

(D) To recover from illness

4. To make the grade:

(A) To make good one’s previous loss

(B) To come out successful

(C) To get good marks in an examination

(D) To fail in a task

5. Queer somebody’s pitch:

(A) Check him

(B) Work him up

(C) Reprimand him

(D) Upset one’s plan

6. A red letter day:

(A) An unimportant day

(B) A dangerous day

(C) An auspicious day

(D) An important day

7. To give false coloring:

(A) To conceal the facts

(B) To be dishonest

(C) To submit the false report

(D) To misrepresent

8. To fight to the bitter end:

(A) To carry on a contest regardless of consequences

(B) To die fighting

(C) To fight to the last point of enemy position

(D) To fight with poison-tipped arrows

9. To drink like a fish:

(A) To drink in the company of others

(B) To be a drunkard

(C) To drink alone

(D) To drink little

10. Tall order:

(A) Too much

(B) Customary

(C) Difficult

(D) Simple

11. To hit the jackpot:

(A) To become bankrupt

(B) To inherit money

(C) To make money unexpectedly

(D) To gamble

12. To draw the long bow:

(A) To make an exaggerated statement

(B) To demand a very high price

(C) To put up high demands

(D) To over-estimate oneself

13. Adam’s ale:

(A) Water   

(B) wine  

(C) Pleasure

  (D) Grace

14. Something up one’s sleeve:

(A) Something important 

 (B) A profitable plan

 (C) A secret plan  

(D) A grand idea

15. To make umbrage:

(A) To be pleased  

(B) To be satisfied  

(C) To be offended    

(D) To feel depressed

16. Foar in the mouth:

(A) To be in the extreme hatred    

(B) To be furious  

(C) To reveal the secret   

(D) Bitten by snake

17. To plough the sands:

(A) To advance one’s position in life

(B) To busy oneself in a way which cannot lead to any profitable result?

(C) To afford hope or ground for expecting a good result

(D) To work hard to achieve one’s aim

18. to beggar’s description:

(A) Beyond one’s power to describe adequately

(B) A poor statement

(C) To describe things without care

(D) None of these

19. To give chapter and verse for a thing:

(A) To attach artificial value to a thing

(B) To make publicity of a thing

(C) To eulogize the qualities of a thing

(D) To produce the proof of something

20. To set the people by ears:

(A) To excite people to quarrel

(B) To punish heavily

(C) To insult and disgrace the people

(D) To box the people

21. to blow hot and cold:

(A) To be rich and poor frequently

(B) To be inconsistent

(C) To be untrustworthy

(D) Changing weather

22. Dog in the manager:

(A) A person who prevents others from enjoying something useless to himself

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

(C) A dog that has no kennel of its own

(D) An undersized bull almost the shape of a dog

23. within an Ace of:

(A) Narrowly

(B) Within the hitting range

(C) Very near

(D) Within one’s reach

24. To bite one’ lips:

(A) To laugh at others

(B) To have doubt

(C) To feel sorry

(D) To be angry

25. To pulls one sock up:

(A) To depart

(B) To get ready

(C) To try hard

(D) To prepare

26. To turn the other cheek:

(A) To be indifferent to peace overtures

(B) To respond to violence with non-violence

(C) To respond to violence with violence

(D) To sulk and suffer

27. To lose face:

(A) To look vacant

(B) To be helpless

(C) To be humiliated

(D) To look angry

28. To have brush with:

(A) To have a slight encounter

(B) To be impressed

(C) To have good and pleasing terms

(D) To start painting

29. Castle in the air:

(A) Visionary projects

(B) Fanciful schemes

(C) Ideal projects

(D) Perfect plans

 30. French leave:

(A) Absence without permission

(B) Casual leave

(C) Long absence

(D) Leave on the pretext of illness

31. To give currency:

(A) To originate

(B) To make publicly known

(C) To misinterpret

(D) To bestow importance

32. To accept the Gauntlet:

(A) To accept an honor

(B) To suffer humiliation

(C) To accept a challenge

(D) To accept defeat

33. To put the cart before the hours:

(A) To reserve the natural order of things

(B) To raise obstacles  

(C) To force a person to do something

(D) To offer a person what he cannot eat

34. To haul over the coals:

(A) To say the wrong words

(B) To put to task

(C) To throw into the fire

(D) To put hand in a wrong task

35. To tempt providence:

(A) To have God’s favor

(B) To take reckless risks

(C) To achieve a fortune

(D) To invite punishment

36. To play fast and loose:

(A) To play tricks

(B) To play with someone’s feelings

(C) To be winning sometimes and losing at other times

(D) To beguile others

37. A storm in a teacup:

(A) A great noise

(B) Much excitement over something trivia

(C) A danger signal

(D) Unexpected event

38. To disabuse one’s mind:

(A) To proceed cautiously so as to avoid risks and danger

(B) To banish from one’s mind a thought

(C) To remove a misapprehension

(D) To conceal something

39. To worship the rising sun:

(A) To welcome the coming events

(B) To indulge in flattery

(C) To honor the promising people

(D) To honor a man who is coming into office

40. All and sundry:

(A) Every one without distinction

(B) Completion of work

(C) All of a sudden

(D) Greater share

41. To keep the ball rolling:

(A) To make the best use of

(B) To keep the conversation going

(C) To work constantly

(D) To earn more and more

42. To turn the tables:

(A) To change completely the position of disadvantage

(B) To change the sorry scheme

(C) To create chaos

(D) To oppose

43. To draw a bead upon:

(A) To take aim at

(B) To count the benefits

(C) To cause hindrance in work

(D) To make prayers

44. A tall order:

(A) A big demand

(B) A royal summon

(C) A big problem

(D) A task difficult to perform

45. To pay one back in the same silence:

(A) To give a word of encouragement or praise to another

(B) To retaliate

(C) To offer another polite attention

(D) To provoke a person to quarrel

46. Hush money:

(A) Bribe paid to secure silence

(B) Money earned by wrong means

(C) Easy money

(D) Money overdue

47. To flog a dead horse:

(A) To revive old memories

(B) To revive interest in an old subject

(C) To waste one’s effort

(D) To act in a foolish way

48. To be lost in the cloud:

(A) To find oneself in a very uncomfortable position

(B) To be concealed from view

(C) To be perplexed

(D) To meet with one’s death

49. to blaze trail:

(A) To initiate work in a movement

(B) To vehemently oppose

(C) To be annoyed

(D) To set on fire

50. To read between the lines:

(A) To grasp the hidden meaning

(B) To suspect

(C) To read carefully

(D) To concentrate