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Idioms and Phrases MCQ


He is in deep water and needs your help.

  • great difficulties
  • under the water
  • a sea
  • pain
  • Correct Option: A  [ great difficulties ]

    Remark: "deep water" meaning: in a difficult or awkward situation.

Believe me, I am all at sea.

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

    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

A man of straw

  • a worthy fellow
  • a man of no substance
  • a very active man
  • a selfish Person
  • Correct Option: B  [ a man of no substance ]

    Remark:

To be all at sea.

  • a family voyage
  • lost and confused
  • in the middle of the ocean
  • a string of island
  • Correct Option: B  [ lost and confused ]

    Remark:

To drink like a fish:

  • To drink little
  • To drink alone
  • To drink in company of others
  • To be a drunkard
  • Correct Option: D  [ To be a drunkard ]

    Remark:

She just needs forty winks in order to be able to work all night.

  • someone's help
  • to take a stroll
  • a short nap
  • a little cooperation
  • Correct Option: C  [ a short nap ]

    Remark:

For the first week, the apprentice felt like fish out of water.

  • frustrated
  • homeless
  • disappointed
  • uncomfortable
  • Correct Option: D  [ uncomfortable ]

    Remark:

Take Cat out of the bag

  • to rebuke
  • to defame someone
  • to reveal a secret
  • to sell a pet
  • Correct Option: C  [ to reveal a secret ]

    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: