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8 Q:Directions: In question four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase underlined in the sentences. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and mark it is the Answer Sheet.
Come hell or high water
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5f053e5b26cfc348bd70b019- 1Wait impatiently.false
- 2Try to outdo one another in public.false
- 3No matter what happens.true
- 4Project a clean image in public.false
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Answer : 3. "No matter what happens."
Q:Direction: In questions four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase underlined in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and mark it is the Answer Sheet.
To strain every nerve
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5f214da51b4d8003eeba7b52- 1to be a diligent workerfalse
- 2to be methodical in workfalse
- 3to make utmost effortstrue
- 4to feel weak and tiredfalse
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Answer : 3. "to make utmost efforts "
Q:In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
After one's own heart
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5e7b287050339c736667334c- 1Sharing or having one's tastes or views.true
- 2Infatuation with a person which is not reciprocated.false
- 3Memorise some thing by heart.false
- 4Don’t have the courage to do something bad for a good person.false
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Answer : 1. "Sharing or having one's tastes or views."
Q:Directions: In question four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase underlined in the sentences. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and mark it is the Answer Sheet.
Vanish into thin air
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5f310fcac006da57832a97ce- 1sudden or unexpected shock.false
- 2to prevent something bad from happening to one.false
- 3saved or spared from difficulty or misfortune by some intervention at the very last momentfalse
- 4to disappear without leaving a trace.true
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Answer : 4. "to disappear without leaving a trace."
Q:Directions: In question four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase underlined in the sentences. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and mark it is the Answer Sheet.
My father’s dealing are open and above board.
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5ddcb67a103cc50a8fa5ac2b- 1to everyone’s likingfalse
- 2mandatoryfalse
- 3without any secrettrue
- 4very clearfalse
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Answer : 3. "without any secret"
Q:Directions: In question four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase underlined in the sentences. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and mark it is the Answer Sheet.
Money given to a school by only burn a hole in his pocket.
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5d947ba7a8f493490051c99e- 1Gets spent quicklytrue
- 2Makes a hole in his pocketfalse
- 3Catches fire soonfalse
- 4Does not have valuefalse
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Answer : 1. "Gets spent quickly"
Q:In each of the questions given below a/an idiom/phrase is given in bold which is then followed by five options which then try to decipher its meaning. Choose the option which gives the correct meaning of the phrases.
Comparing apples to oranges
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5d764c36d7f35907c5b9fadd- 1To compare two things that have no differencefalse
- 2A useless effortfalse
- 3To be a fruit loverfalse
- 4To compare things that can't be comparedtrue
- 5To be a miserfalse
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Answer : 4. "To compare things that can't be compared"
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Q: In each of the questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and click the button corresponding to it.
At a stone's throw
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60accf73d752621d4f9c835eAt a stone's throw
- 1At a great distancefalse
- 2A quarryfalse
- 3At a short distancetrue
- 4At a place where quarrels take placefalse
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