Idioms and Phrases questions and answers Practice Question and Answer

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Direction: - Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and mark your answer.

When Ram lost the money, he was down in the dumps.

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    sad and depressed
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    very angry at himself
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    accusing others of stealing
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    searching everywhere
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Answer : 1. "sad and depressed "

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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.

A man of straw

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    A very active person
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    A worthy fellow
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    A man of no substance
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    An unreasonable person
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Answer : 3. "A man of no substance"

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Answer : 2. "admire"

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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.

In cold blood 

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    Excitedly
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    Slowly
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    Angrily
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    Deliberately
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Answer : 4. "Deliberately"

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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.

Reading between the lines I realised that my friend wanted to keep something from me.

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    Looking for meanings that are not actually expressed
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    Reading carelessly
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    Reading with anxiety
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    Glancing over the lines
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Answer : 1. "Looking for meanings that are not actually expressed "

Q:

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Up in arms

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    to be nervous
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    to be defensive
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    to be angry
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    to be rude
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Answer : 3. "to be angry"

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Which of the phrases (A), (B), (C) and (D) are given below sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold in the sentence to make it grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is given and ‘No correction is required ‘, mark (E) as the answer.

Peter won the race fair and square.

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    fare and square
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    fairly and square
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    fair square
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    fair not square
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    No correction required
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Answer : 5. "No correction required"

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Direction: In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
A wild goose chase

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    Useless search
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    Fruitful search
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    Timely search
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    Wrong decision
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Answer : 1. "Useless search"

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