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MCQ on Idioms and Phrases


I am all at sea.

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

    Remark:

To bite the dust

  • eat voraciously
  • have nothing to eat
  • eat roots
  • to fail
  • Correct Option: D  [ to fail ]

    Remark:

thought his skill would match up to Kashav’s bulk, but in the fight he was beaten neck and crop.

  • softly
  • completely
  • swiftly
  • profoundly
  • Correct Option: B  [ completely ]

    Remark:

To murder in "cold blood", it means to murder:

  • coolly
  • unfeelingly
  • thoughtlessly
  • deliberately
  • Correct Option: B  [ unfeelingly ]

    Remark:

There is no gainsaying the fact that the country is in difficulties.

  • ignoring
  • hiding
  • forgetting
  • denying
  • Correct Option: D  [ denying ]

    Remark:

At first there was a show of resistance to the new rule issued by the Government, but the movement had no backbone and speedily collapsed.

  • justification
  • impact
  • strength
  • support
  • Correct Option: C  [ strength ]

    Remark:

A damp squib

  • rainy weather
  • a disappointing result
  • a skirt in a laundry
  • Great honour
  • Correct Option: B  [ a disappointing result ]

    Remark:

The representatives of the two states tried to enforce a treaty which was a dead letter.

  • not well-thought out
  • no longer in force
  • no longer relevant
  • not in keeping with the changing times.
  • Correct Option: B  [ no longer in force ]

    Remark:

To be fair and square

  • worthy
  • honest
  • successful
  • obedient
  • Correct Option: B  [ honest ]

    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.

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