Idioms and Phrases questions and answers Practice Question and Answer
8 Q:Select the most appropriate idiom ( in the context) to fill in the sentence.
Since he had approved the proposal he had to face the music.
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63033e5fc3bfb21b4ac2543c- 1to lake the blametrue
- 2to see the positive side of thingsfalse
- 3to explain in detailfalse
- 4to entertain the customersfalse
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Answer : 1. "to lake the blame"
Q:Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Child’s play
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645b3c80cdae930acb6580d3- 1An easy tasktrue
- 2Cricketfalse
- 3A restricted playgroundfalse
- 4Children’s dramafalse
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Answer : 1. "An easy task"
Q:In the following question, two columns are given containing three phrases each. In the first column, phrases are A, B, and C, and in the second column, the phrases are D, E, and F. A phrase from the first column may or may not connect with a phrase from the second column to make a grammatically and contextually correct sentence. There are five options, four of which display the sequence(s) in which the phrases can be joined to form a grammatically and contextually correct sentence. If none of the options forms a correct sentence after combination, select ‘None of these’ as your answer.
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- 1B -E and C-Ftrue
- 2A-E, B-F and C-Dfalse
- 3A-F and C-Dfalse
- 4B-Ffalse
- 5None of thesefalse
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Answer : 1. "B -E and C-F"
Q: Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Hale and hearty
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644263d35e6b046f1b14bd94- 1Strong and healthytrue
- 2Angry but happyfalse
- 3Clumsy and calmfalse
- 4Weak and illfalse
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Answer : 1. "Strong and healthy"
Q: Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Snail’s pace
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6454c1d3f3618908bf60f172- 1Very fastfalse
- 2Very slowtrue
- 3Very activefalse
- 4Very sharpfalse
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Answer : 2. "Very slow"
Q: In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.
To miss the bus
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644a5d81389f65682176b3fe- 1Short lived gloryfalse
- 2To lose an opportunitytrue
- 3Escape by a thin marginfalse
- 4A problem in a situationfalse
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Answer : 2. "To lose an opportunity"
Q: In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.
To play with fire
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644b99b7f35a0dce59e78ae3- 1Feel sickfalse
- 2To take foolish risktrue
- 3To abusefalse
- 4Show disappointmentfalse
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Answer : 2. "To take foolish risk"
Q: Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Over one’s head
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64c0f8fe23047f4c71e5607d- 1something totally unexpectedfalse
- 2being at a disadvantagefalse
- 3unable to function as beforefalse
- 4beyond one’s capability to understand somethingtrue
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Answer : 4. "beyond one’s capability to understand something"
Explanation :
The correct answer is "beyond one's capability to understand something". Key Points. Given Idiom: Over one's head means too complicated to be understood by one. For example, My jokes always seem to go over one's head.

