Sentence Completion - Idioms and Phrases
English, Grammar, Sentence Completion, Idioms and Phrases
Questions
Directions: Choose the idiomatic phrase/expression that best completes the given sentence.
I was really _________ by the news of Akshat resigning from the highly coveted post.
- knocked into cocked hat
- knocked out
- knocked into shape
- knocked for a loop
- knocked through
Directions: Choose the idiomatic phrase/expression that best completes the given sentence.
It may seem impossible to _______ the daily expenses that life requires like bills and the cost of groceries.
- keep in
- Keep up
- keep on
- keep back
- keep company
Directions: Choose the idiomatic phrase/expression that best completes the given sentence.
We will ________ our discussion to tomorrow.
- carry away
- carry along
- carry weight
- carry over
- carry forward
Directions: Choose the idiomatic phrase/expression that best completes the given sentence.
He ________ himself in matches against Crewe and Chesterfield.
- gave way to
- gave it to
- gave up for
- gave a bad account of
- gave a bad name to
Directions: Choose the idiomatic phrase/expression that best completes the given sentence.
The soldiers __________ of formation as soon as the general left.
- fell out
- fell flat
- fell short
- fell to
- fell afoul
Directions: Choose the idiomatic phrase/expression that best completes the given sentence.
We have heard reports that the separatists have hijacked relief workers and kidnapped doctors to ________ only their own people.
- look up
- look out
- look into
- look for
- look after
Directions: Choose the idiomatic phrase/expression that best completes the given sentence.
The party workers have accused the new leadership of being _____________ trying to destroy the party from within.
- a gift horse
- a Trojan horse
- a Charley horse
- on a high horse
- a dark horse
Directions: Choose the idiomatic phrase/expression that best completes the given sentence.
He was a great philanthropist, yet the work he began did not ________ until after his death.
- bear up
- bear fruit
- bear arms
- bear cross
- bear out
Directions: Choose the idiomatic phrase/expression that best completes the given sentence.
He had apparently swallowed aluminium phosphide, a chemical used as rat poison, that caused his body to ____________ noxious fumes.
- give up
- give out
- give off
- give away
- give over
Directions: Choose the idiomatic phrase/expression that best completes the given sentence.
For many people, it is difficult to ___________ from an abusive relationship, even when it is clearly destructive.
- break down
- break open
- break away
- break out
- break loose
Directions: Choose the idiomatic phrase/expression that best completes the given sentence.
The convict ___________ his sentence in solitary confinement.
- served out
- serve in
- serve under
- serve around
- serve as
Directions: Choose the idiomatic phrase/expression that best completes the given sentence.
At the root level, our many different cultures share quite a bit of _______________.
- shaky ground
- common ground
- middle ground
- moral grounds
- stamping ground
Directions: Choose the idiomatic phrase/expression that best completes the given sentence.
The two warring factions ___________ almost as soon as they met each other.
- set in
- set off
- set to
- set before
- set on
Directions: Choose the idiomatic phrase/expression that best completes the given sentence.
Canny people know not just the price, but also the value of things, and they hate the thought of ____________.
- paying a compliment
- paying respects
- paying lip service
- paying over the odds
- paying heed
Directions: Choose the idiomatic phrase/expression that best completes the given sentence.
Reality shows have become a popular medium for people to ____________ in front of the media and the studio audience.
- spill over
- cry over spilled milk
- take a spill
- spill the beans
- spill their guts