Idioms and Phrases questions and answers Practice Question and Answer
8 Q: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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601280d48f4dda4a277db0cd- 1sad and depressedtrue
- 2very angry at himselffalse
- 3accusing others of stealingfalse
- 4searching everywherefalse
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Answer : 1. "sad and depressed "
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.
A man of straw
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5f167f7e8cf3201b6326beb0- 1A very active personfalse
- 2A worthy fellowfalse
- 3A man of no substancetrue
- 4An unreasonable personfalse
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Answer : 3. "A man of no substance"
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.
I take my hat off to all those who worked hard to turn my dream into a reality.
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5f55cced79cfd646ddcb3b3d- 1encouragefalse
- 2admiretrue
- 3respectfalse
- 4welcomefalse
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Answer : 2. "admire"
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.
In cold blood
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5f19417090e8777587b74d98- 1Excitedlyfalse
- 2Slowlyfalse
- 3Angrilyfalse
- 4Deliberatelytrue
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Answer : 4. "Deliberately"
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.
Reading between the lines I realised that my friend wanted to keep something from me.
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5dd3c285874d2d52fa32254f- 1Looking for meanings that are not actually expressedtrue
- 2Reading carelesslyfalse
- 3Reading with anxietyfalse
- 4Glancing over the linesfalse
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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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60c0982041b85d37efb7c3eaUp in arms
- 1to be nervousfalse
- 2to be defensivefalse
- 3to be angrytrue
- 4to be rudefalse
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Answer : 3. "to be angry"
Q: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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5deb2789507156083645f5a8- 1fare and squarefalse
- 2fairly and squarefalse
- 3fair squarefalse
- 4fair not squarefalse
- 5No correction requiredtrue
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Answer : 5. "No correction required"
Q: 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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604721d6f4cbdc23485992a3A wild goose chase
- 1Useless searchtrue
- 2Fruitful searchfalse
- 3Timely searchfalse
- 4Wrong decisionfalse
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