Idioms and Phrases
Test Your Knowledge in idioms and phrases to Clear Various Competitive Exams
Questions
Directions: The following phrase/proverb is followed by some alternatives. Choose the option which best expresses its meaning.
A greenhorn
- An envious lady
- A trainee
- An inexperienced man
- A soft-hearted man
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To hit the nail on the head
- To hit the target
- To catch someone napping
- To guess right
- To settle the old score
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A baker's dozen
- Twelve
- Charity
- Thirteen
- Allowance
Directions: The given phrase is followed by some alternatives. Choose the one which best expresses its meaning.
To pull the strings
- to exert the hidden influence
- to tease someone
- to speed up
- to start something
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To have one's hands full
- to be fully occupied
- to be rich
- to be in lot of troubles
- to lead an easy life
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At one’s fingertips
- someone hopeless
- greatly perplexed
- readily available
- something countable
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To run amuck
- to run a race
- to run about in frenzy
- to feel exhausted
- to run to somebody’s help
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Hard-pressed
- bewildered
- insulted
- totally disciplined
- in difficulties
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In double-quick time
- Steadily
- Very quickly
- Gradually
- Much time
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Pros and cons
- For and against
- Foul and fair
- Good and evil
- Former and latter
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A sop to Cerberus
- Bribery
- Hush money
- Money for compensation
- Ransom to an enemy
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To show one’s teeth
- To ridicule
- To face the difficulties
- To adopt a threatening attitude
- To be humble
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To give one a long rope
- To get into trouble
- To dismiss
- To allow a man to continue his mistakes or crime
- To speak ill of
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To be old as the hills
- To be very ancient
- To be wide and learned
- To be old but foolish
- Not being the worth of age
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To add fuel to the fire
- To misinform
- To foment the trouble
- To instigate
- To redress a problem
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To look sharp
- To concentrate
- To speak roughly
- To be attentive
- To be quick
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To oil the knocker
- to instigate a person to do a job
- to do the work with increased pace
- to tip the office boy
- to revive the old enmity
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To break the ice
- To start quarrelling
- To end hostility
- To start a conversation
- To end up the partnership
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To play to the gallery
- To work hard to the best
- To try to get the appreciation from the maximum number of people
- To use wrong means to achieve success
- To be able to do the work easily
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Swan-song
- music as sweet as song
- melodious song in praise of someone
- praise of women by her lover
- last work of a poet or musician before death
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At one’s beck and call
- enjoying oneself without caring for others
- to be always at one’s service
- to be under one’s subjugation
- to be in an advantageous position
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To mind one’s P's and Q’s
- to be cautious
- to be accurate and precise
- to be careful of one’s account
- to be careful of one’s personality
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To play second fiddle
- to play upon a musical instrument
- to play an important role
- to play a subsidiary role
- to be busy over an important matter
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To carry coal to the new castle
- To work hard
- To finish a job
- To do unnecessary thing
- To do menial jobs
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To turn the corner
- To take a new way of life
- To work hard
- To pass the crisis
- To hide the reality