Idioms and Phrases (SET 3)

1. To see eye to eye with:

(A) To take revenge

(B) To be angry

(C) To stare fixedly

(D) To agree

2. A jaundiced eye:

(A) Prejudice

(B) Angry

(C) A generous view

(D) Jealousy

3. To see red:

(A) To criticise others

(B) To find fault with

(C) To victimise someone

(D) To be very angry

4. To push somebody to the wall:

(A) To knock him down

(B) To heckle him

(C) To humiliate him

(D) To defeat him

5. To be in two minds:

(A) To be in a critical state

(B) To be uncertain

(C) To work on somebody else’s

(D) To be dominated by someone

6. Leave one to skin or swim:

(A) Not to help one

(B) To put one in difficulty

(C) To leave to one’s fate

(D) To be in a dilemma

7. To rip up old scores:

(A) To preserve oneself from harm

(B) To strain one’s thoughts to the most

(C) To censure someone in strong terms

(D) To revive a quarrel which was almost forgotten

8. A square peg in a round hole:

(A) A person unsuited to the position he fills

(B) An impossible task

(C) A scheme that never works

(D) None of these

9. To carry off the bell:

(A) To trouble others

(B) To steal all wealth and files

(C) To bag the first position

(D) To call others for help

10. To live in clover:

(A) To live in great difficulty

(B) To be surrounded by cares and worries

(C) To live a carefree life

(D) To live in great comfort and luxury

11. Pin-money:

(A) Allowance made to a lady for her expenses

(B) Alimony

(C) Money paid for compensation

(D) Bribery

12. To keep the wolf away from the door:

(A) To hold the difficulties and danger in check

(B) To keep alive

(C) To keep off an unwanted and undesirable person

(D) To keep away from extreme poverty

13. Get down to brass tacks:

(A) Get into the thick of a problem

(B) Begin to talk in plain, straight forward terms

(C) Begin to discuss secret matters

(D) Start unraveling the mystery

14. To show the white feather:

(A) To seek peace

(B) To show arrogance

(C) To become polite

(D) To show signs of cowardice

15. To leave no avenue unexplored:

(A) To depend on

(B) To try every source

(C) To roam about

(D) To call in question

16. Spick and span:

(A) Garrulous

(B) Already made thing

(C) Outspoken

(D) Neat and clean

17. To take the wind out of another’s sails:

(A) To anticipate another and to gain advantage over him

(B) To defeat the motive of another

(C) To cause harm to another

(D) To manouevre to mislead another on the high seas

18. To carry the coal to Newcastle:

(A) To do menial jobs

(B) To do unnecessary things

(C) To finish a job

(D) To work hard

19. To turn the cover:

(A) To hide the reality

(B) To pass the crises

(C) To work hard

(D) To take a new way of life

20. In double-quick time:

(A) Gradually

(B) Much time

(C) Very quickly

(D) Steadily

21. The pros and cons:

(A) Former and latter

(B) Good and evil

(C) Foul and fair

(D) For and against a thing

22. A stop to Cerberus:

(A) Money for compensation

(B) Ransom to an enemy

(C) Hush money

(D) Bribery

23. To give one a long rope:

(A) To allow a man to continue his mistakes or crimes

(B) To dismiss

(C) To get into trouble

(D) To speak ill of

24. To hit the nail on the head:

(A) To settle the old score

(B) To guess fight

(C) To catch someone napping

(D) To hit the target

25. A baker’s dozen:

(A) Allowance

(B) Thirteen

(C) Charity

(D) Twelve

26. To have full hands:

(A) To be rich

(B) To lead an easy life

(C) To be fully occupied

(D) To be in lot of troubles

27. To run amuck:

(A) To run to somebody’s help

(B) To feel exhausted

(C) To run about in frenzy

(D) To run a race

28. A bull in a china shop:

(A) A person who is rough and clumsy where skill and care are required

(B) A person who takes a sadistic delight harming innocent people

(C) A person who is very ugly but love the beautiful things of life

(D) A person who becomes too excited where no excitement is warranted