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Idioms and Phrases MCQ


With the existing management the future of the company is in doldrums.

  • dull
  • bright
  • uncertain
  • secure
  • Correct Option: C  [ uncertain ]

    Remark:

The cops were on their toes throughout the day.

  • eager
  • alert
  • harried
  • quick
  • Correct Option: B  [ alert ]

    Remark:

Eloquent lamentations regarding the fate of flora and fauna are certain to be rendered a cry in the wilderness.

  • a cry in vain
  • an unpleasant situation
  • a cry with laughter
  • a laughter having no end
  • Correct Option: A  [ a cry in vain ]

    Remark:

I raked my brain to solve this difficult problem.

  • I consulted several people
  • I subjected my mind to hard thinking
  • I read number of books
  • I brainwashed several experts
  • Correct Option: B  [ I subjected my mind to hard thinking ]

    Remark: raked my brain: to think very hard

The meeting ended in fiasco.

  • succeeded
  • in confusion
  • in complete failure
  • in acrimonious debate
  • Correct Option: C  [ in complete failure ]

    Remark:

Please be as brief as you can, I have other fish to fry.

  • to cook the food
  • to take rest
  • some important work to attend to
  • to attend the friends
  • Correct Option: C  [ some important work to attend to ]

    Remark:

In the new place he had to earn by the sweat of his brow.

  • Very hard work
  • Frown of his brow
  • Seriously
  • Idly
  • Correct Option: A  [ Very hard work ]

    Remark:

One should always try to keep one’s word.

  • to guard a secret
  • to be too shy to speak
  • to remember
  • to fulfill a promise
  • Correct Option: D  [ to fulfill a promise ]

    Remark:

He says he has invented a time machine, which is clearly a load of cobblers.

  • Genuine
  • Great
  • Nonsense
  • Significant
  • Correct Option: C  [ Nonsense ]

    Remark: "A load of cobblers" is indeed an idiom, and it is commonly used to express that something is nonsense, untrue, or of poor quality.

The idiomatic expression 'pull yourself together'.

  • Drag oneself
  • help one
  • get angry
  • calm down by oneself
  • Correct Option: D  [ calm down by oneself ]

    Remark: