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Idioms and Phrases MCQ


The policy has been declared to be null and void.

  • Invalid
  • Empty
  • Valid
  • Impossible
  • Correct Option: A  [ Invalid ]

    Remark:

The minute she arrived at the office, she was given the pink slip.

  • a raise
  • a promotion
  • a letter to inform that she had lost her job
  • a letter to inform that she had been transferred
  • Correct Option: C  [ a letter to inform that she had lost her job ]

    Remark:

Don't mix with the bad hats.

  • people of bad character
  • people selling bad hats
  • people of poor status
  • people with bad hats
  • Correct Option: A  [ people of bad character ]

    Remark: bad hats: someone who deliberately stirs up trouble, mischief-maker, trouble maker,

His oily tongue has won him promotion.

  • soft speech
  • word power
  • flattery
  • fluency in speech
  • Correct Option: C  [ flattery ]

    Remark:

I am all at sea.

  • out of reach
  • very happy
  • puzzled
  • drowning
  • Correct Option: C  [ puzzled ]

    Remark:

If you talking about a "tit for tat" situation, you are:

  • making someone angry
  • doing harm as done to you
  • rewarding people for the good done
  • taking advantage of someone
  • Correct Option: B  [ doing harm as done to you ]

    Remark: "tit for tat": is an equivalent given in return, retaliation in kind.

The idiomatic expression 'see eye to eye' means

  • agree with someone
  • to remain neutral
  • to take over (something)
  • to enjoy the best of both
  • Correct Option: A  [ agree with someone ]

    Remark:

A good teacher should have the gift of the gab.

  • a good personality
  • a talent for acting
  • a talent for speaking
  • an interest in discipline
  • Correct Option: C  [ a talent for speaking ]

    Remark:

The idiomatic expression "pull yourself together".

  • drag oneself
  • help me
  • get angry
  • calm down by oneself
  • Correct Option: D  [ calm down by oneself ]

    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.