Idioms and Phrases questions and answers Practice Question and Answer

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.

It takes one to know one

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    You're just as excellent as I am
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    You and I are failure
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    You're just as diligent as I am
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    You're just as bad as I am
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    You're just as cool as I am
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Answer : 4. "You're just as bad as I am"

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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.

My neighbour had to pay through his nose for a brand new car.

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    pay huge loans
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    pay a reasonable price
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    pay an extremely high price
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    make a quick buck
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Answer : 3. "pay an extremely high price"

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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.

The poet drew on his fancy not his knowledge of nature, when he wrote his poem on birds. 

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    used his understanding
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    used his fantasy
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    used his imagination
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    used his skill
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Answer : 3. "used his imagination "

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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.

As it was a dark and stormy night, Lata was too scared to go home alone.

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    very scary to
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    much scared to
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    as scared to
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    to scared too
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    No correction required
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Answer : 5. "No correction required"

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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.

Since it was her engagement party, Riya was dress to kill.

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    dresses to kill
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    dressed to kill
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    dressed to killings
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    dressing to killed
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    No correction required
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Answer : 2. "dressed to kill"

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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.

Ramesh worries endlessly about his son’s future as he was so poor in studies.

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    worry endless
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    worried endless
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    worried endlessly
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    worries endless
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    No correction required
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Answer : 3. "worried endlessly"

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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.

Now that the actual criminal had been caught, Kunal was happy that he was finally let of the hook.

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    off the hook
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    of the hookings
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    off the hooks
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    of the hooks
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    No correction required
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Answer : 1. "off the hook"

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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.

The little boy appeared all of a sudden out of nowhere and take everyone by surprise.

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    took everyone as surprised
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    take everyone with surprised
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    took everyone by surprises
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    took everyone by surprise
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    No correction required
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Answer : 4. "took everyone by surprise"

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