Idioms and Phrases

English Grammar, Idioms and Phrases

15 Questions Published

Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Read the given sentence carefully and fill in the blank with the most appropriate idiom/phrase from the options given below.
Unless we ___________ we cannot succeed.

  1. pull together
  2. pull through
  3. pull down
  4. pull up
  5. put off
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Read the given sentence carefully and fill in the blank with the most appropriate idiom/phrase from the options given below.
The thief was caught __________.

  1. neither here nor there
  2. burying the hatchet
  3. feathering his own nest
  4. red handed
  5. trying his hand
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Read the given sentence carefully and fill in the blank with the most appropriate idiom/phrase from the options given below.
He ________ his friends claims.

  1. trumped up
  2. prevailed on
  3. hit upon
  4. fixed upon
  5. backed up
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Read the given sentence carefully and fill in the blank with the most appropriate idiom/phrase from the options given below.
They are determined to ____________ for their rights.

  1. speak of
  2. stand over
  3. stand up
  4. stand by
  5. set down
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Read the given sentence carefully and fill in the blank with the most appropriate idiom/phrase from the options given below.
He agreed to _________ my orders.

  1. carry out
  2. carry forward
  3. call in
  4. carry on
  5. carry off
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Read the given sentence carefully and fill in the blank with the most appropriate idiom/phrase from the options given below.
He ____________ the problem in a few minutes.

  1. worked on
  2. worked out
  3. worked up
  4. worked upon
  5. turned out
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Read the given sentence carefully and fill in the blank with the most appropriate idiom/phrase from the options given below.
The protesters seem determined, and are not likely to __________.

  1. give up
  2. give in
  3. give out
  4. give way
  5. give away
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Read the given sentence carefully and fill in the blank with the most appropriate idiom/phrase from the options given below.
The new leader has been able to _________ all opposition.

  1. bear away
  2. bear down
  3. bear with
  4. bear up
  5. bear upon
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Read the given sentence carefully and fill in the blank with the most appropriate idiom/phrase from the options given below.
When I saw her last she was _____________ with grief over her husband's passing.

  1. at sixes and sevens
  2. giving herself airs
  3. on the alert
  4. beside herself
  5. bidding fair
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Read the given sentence carefully and fill in the blank with the most appropriate idiom/phrase from the options given below.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni first ____________ in the local tournaments.

  1. won his spurs
  2. won his laurels
  3. played fast and loose
  4. worked on and off
  5. threw up
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Read the given sentence carefully and fill in the blank with the most appropriate idiom/phrase from the options given below.

The assembly speaker is ___________ over the speech regarding marginalising minorities.

  1. at daggers drawn
  2. out of the way
  3. in hot water
  4. on tenterhooks
  5. on a wild goose chase
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Read the given sentence carefully and fill in the blank with the most appropriate idiom/phrase from the options given below.

The witness ___________ in his cross examination.

  1. cut a poor figure
  2. drew the line
  3. put a good face on
  4. fell flat
  5. all eyes
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Read the given sentence carefully and fill in the blank with the most appropriate idiom/phrase from the options given below.

That territory is ___________ between the two countries.

  1. bag and baggage
  2. bone of contention
  3. on the cards
  4. in the cotton line
  5. keeping up appearances
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Read the given sentence carefully and fill in the blank with the most appropriate idiom/phrase from the options given below.

I am sure he __________ he looked very serious.

  1. will not pass muster
  2. blew his own trumpet
  3. cooks the accounts
  4. means business
  5. is the thing
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Read the given sentence carefully and fill in the blank with the most appropriate idiom/phrase from the options given below.

He is such an absent minded fellow that he does not know what ____________.

  1. has come to a head
  2. is all the rage
  3. he is about
  4. passes under his nose
  5. is now resting on its oars