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Multiple choice softskills communication

Go against the grain

  1. To avoid eating rice

  2. To ignore everyone’s advice

  3. To cause difficulty by doing things differently

  4. to throw rice after winnowing
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

'Go against the grain' means to do something differently from what is customary or expected, often creating difficulty or friction. The phrase references the direction of wood grain - cutting or planing against it is difficult. It doesn't literally refer to rice, eating, or throwing grain after winnowing.

Multiple choice softskills communication

Kick the bucket

  1. To waste water

  2. to show anger

  3. to die

  4. to kill someone
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

'Kick the bucket' is a common English idiom meaning to die. Its exact origins are debated but may relate to slaughterhouse practices or suicide methods. It doesn't mean wasting water, showing anger, or killing someone else - it specifically refers to one's own death.

Multiple choice softskills communication

Hit the nail on the head

  1. To say something that’s absolutely apt

  2. To have fine carpentry skills

  3. To take a right decision

  4. to cause injury
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

'Hit the nail on the head' means to describe or identify something exactly correctly - to be precisely accurate. While it uses carpentry imagery, it's not about actual carpentry skills or causing injury. Option A captures this meaning of saying something absolutely apt.

Multiple choice softskills communication

Drive someone up a wall

  1. to pass by a wall in a car

  2. to drive a car into the road divider

  3. To take a firm stand

  4. To annoy someone enormously
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

'Drive someone up a wall' is an idiom meaning to annoy or irritate someone intensely. The wall metaphor suggests being pushed to the point of desperation or madness. It's not about actual driving, cars, or taking a stand.

Multiple choice softskills communication

Cut to the chase

  1. to beat around the bush

  2. To get to the point

  3. to successfully chase a person

  4. to shoot from point blank range
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

'Cut to the chase' means to get to the point without wasting time on preliminaries. It originates from film editing where cutting to the exciting action (chase scene) engages audiences. It's the opposite of beating around the bush and doesn't involve actual chasing or shooting.

Multiple choice softskills communication

Stiff upper lip

  1. to be born in England

  2. To keep your emotions to yourself

  3. to be adament

  4. To be theatrical in your reaction
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

'Stiff upper lip' refers to maintaining emotional composure and not showing feelings, especially in difficult situations. It's associated with British stoicism but isn't about being born in England specifically. It means hiding emotion, not being adamant (misspelled) or theatrical.

Multiple choice softskills communication

Look a gift horse in the mouth

  1. To reject a free gift

  2. To doubt the quality of something received for free

  3. To suddenly have a surreal feeling

  4. To desire to become an equestrian
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

'Look a gift horse in the mouth' means to examine or criticize something received as a free gift, which is considered ungrateful. The phrase refers to checking a horse's teeth to determine its age - doing this to a gift horse implies doubting the gift's value. It's not about rejecting gifts, surreal feelings, or becoming an equestrian.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

to face the music

  1. listen to music

  2. To deal with the unhappy consequences of your action

  3. to get scoldings

  4. to reprimand someone for loud radio noise
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

'Face the music' means to accept and deal with the unpleasant consequences of one's actions. It doesn't refer to listening to music, getting scoldings specifically, or reprimanding someone for noise. The music metaphor likely refers to the orchestra pit or a public performance where one must account for their actions.

Multiple choice softskills communication

RUE (Don’t rue over the past)

  1. REMEMBER

  2. REGRET

  3. RUMINATE

  4. REFORM
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Rue means to feel regret, remorse, or sorrow about something past. The phrase "don't rue over the past" advises against dwelling on past mistakes with regret. While remember and ruminate might seem plausible, rue specifically conveys bitter regret.

Multiple choice softskills communication

CLOISTER (The monk was always in the cloister )

  1. MONASTERY

  2. ROOM OF WORSHIP

  3. TEMPLE

  4. STUDY ROOM
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

A cloister refers to a monastery or convent, or the covered walkways within such religious buildings. In this context, "the monk was always in the cloister" means he was always within the monastery grounds. Temple is too broad, and room of worship/study room are too specific.