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1. To take with a grain of salt
(a) to be loyal to a person
(b) to be irritated about something
(c) to be cautious about accepting a statement
(d) to be superstitious
Ans. c
2. To get into a scrape:
(a) to get into trouble
(b) to have an accident
(c) to collide with some body
(d) to be rough with others
Ans. a
3. To be born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth :
(a) to be born under an auspicious star
(b) to get rich all of a sudden
(c) to be born in a prosperous country
(d) to be born in a rich and prosperous family
Ans. b
4. To upset one’s apple cart :
(a) to impoverish a person
(b) to have an accident
(c) to upset one’s plans
(d) to spoil a person’s reputation
Ans. c
5. To add insult to injury:
(a) to add to the persons being insulted
(b) to face two dangers
(c) to give further offence to a person who is already injured
(d) to make a person dissatisfied
Ans. c
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6. To be between the devil and the deep sea:
(a) to be in a dangerous spot
(b) to be faced with two dangerous alternatives
(c) to face devilish storm at sea
(d) to be most unlucky
Ans. b
7. To kill two birds with one stone :
(a) to produce good results
(b) to hunt birds with a stone
(c) to hit everyone around
(d) to achieve two results with a single effort
Ans. b
8. To take a leaf out of a person’s book:
(a) to take a quotation from a book
(b) to copy from a body
(c) to follow somebody’s example
(d) to be fool somebody
Ans. c
9. To put one’s cards on the table :
(a) to be truthful and frank
(b) to play a game of cards honestly
(c) to change the manner of playing
(d) to disregard the rules of the games
Ans. a
10. To hold out the olive branch:
(a) to stick to one’s position
(b) to make a gesture of peace
(c) to offer to a temptation to somebody
(d) to offer to somebody something he loves
Ans. b
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11. To leave no stone unturned:
(a) to plan well
(b) to decorate the house in every possible way
(c) to make every possible effort
(d) to earn money in undesirable ways
Ans. d
12. To call a spade a spade:
(a) to dig with a spade
(b) to make quick progress
(c) to be rude
(d) to speak plainly and truthfully
Ans. b
13. To burn the midnight oil :
(a) to illuminate the house
(b) to keep lights burning all night
(c) to burn oil at mid-night
(d) to sit up till late at night to work or study
Ans. d
14. To have one’s hand full:
(a) to be extremely busy
(b) to live within one’s income
(c) to have plenty of money in one’s hands
(d) to be miserly
Ans. a
15. To grease one’s palm:
(a) to predict the future by reading the lines palm
(b) to accumulate a lot of wealth
(c) to offer a bribe to a person
(d) to make a person ill
Ans. c
16. To be at daggers drawn:
(a) to be well armed
(b) to be well prepared
(c) to be ready for a fight
(d) to have enmity
Ans. d
17. To pour oil on troubled waters:
(a) to pacify persons who have been injured
(b) to waste money
(c) to take advantage of somebody else’s troubles
(d) to spoil a game
Ans. a
18. To come off with flying colours:
(a) to fly the flag at the top of one’s house
(b) to escape from a difficult situatin
(c) to be very successful
(d) to congratulate somebody
Ans. c
19. To blow one’s own trumpet :
(a) to use one’s own tools
(b) to sing well
(c) to be destroyed by one’s own work
(d) to praise oneself
Ans. d
20. A cock and bull story:
(a) a fairy tale
(b) a story or statement which cannot be believed
(c) a tale of animals
(d) an animal story which teaches a lesson
Ans. b
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21. A cry in the wilderness:
(a) a demand of savages
(b) a demand which is made in a desert
(c) an unrefined voice
(d) a useful demand
Ans. d
22. A hue and cry:
(a) much noise about trifles
(b) panic
(c) a common demand
(d) a common complaint
Ans. a
23. Through and through:
(a) very deep
(c) to penetrate
(b) completely
(d) total acceptance
Ans. b
24. Tooth and nail:
(b) vehemently
(d) angrily
(a) physically
(c) thoroughly
Ans. b
25. The lion’s share:
(a) a non-vegetarian diet
(b) a ferocious attitude
(c) a majestic approach
(d) a major share
Ans. d
26. Bag and baggage;
(a) all the bags in the house
(b) all the movable property
(c) completely
Ans. c
27. Ins and outs:
(a) all the exits and entrances in a house
(b) income and expenditure
(c) letters going out and coming in
(d) The secrets and details
Ans. d
28. A storm in a tea cup :
(d) thoroughly
(a) a cup of good tea
(b) a quarrel about nothing
(c) a big fight
Ans. b
29. A feather in one’s cap :
(d) a petty fight
(b) Vanity
(d) a new achievement
(a) flase pride
(c) additional income
Ans. d
30. A wild goose chase :
(a) a foolish adventure
(b) boring talk
(c) misleading talk
(d) the pursuit of an
Ans. a
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31. To burn one’s boat: ideal
(a) commit suicide
(b) to condemn those who have helped one to rise
(c) to destroy one’s means of support
(d) to take a firm and final decision
Ans. d
32. To cast pearls before swine:
(a) to offer food which one cannot digest
(b) to make a very difficult offer
(c) to give something to a person who does not realize the value of that thing
(d) to do a foolish thing
Ans. c
33. To burn the candle at both ends:
(a) to be extravagant in expenditure
(b) to create very strong light
(c) to take a wrong view of things
(d) to get angry on a small matter
Ans. a
34. A White Elephant:
(a) a big mistake
(b) a useless organization incurring heavy expenditure
(c) a rare object
(d) to take the initiative in controlling a dangerous
Ans. b
35. To bell the cat:
(a) to do a fanciful thing
(b) to do an engineering feat
(c) to do a difficult thing
(d) a playthng for children enemy
Ans. d
36. To bear the brunt of:
(a) to carry an injured person
(b) to carry away a reward
(c) to take a punishment lightly
(d) in face the main shock
Ans. d
37. To be true to one’s slat :
(a) to work according to one’s capacity
(b) to do sincere work
(c) to be faithful to one’s master
(d) to get one’s money’s worth
Ans. c
38. To be at large:
(a) to become a great man
(b) to become a rich man
(d) to-be free
(c) to be pleased
Ans. d
39. To be under one’s thumb
(a) to be under one’s complete control
(b) to finance the education of a person
(c) to live in constant fear
(d) to have similar tastes
Ans. a
40. To be at one’s wit’s end :
(a) to have one’s mental powers paralysed
(b) to fail to understand
(c) to be under complete control
(d) to be full of repartess
Ans. b
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