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MCQ on Idioms and Phrases


To bite the dust

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

    Remark:

While the ladies continued their small talk in the drawing room, I felt bored.

  • light conversation
  • gossip
  • backbiting
  • whispering
  • Correct Option: A  [ light conversation ]

    Remark:

John keeps drawing on fancy about the banking job in government sector.

  • Use imagination
  • Do the things beautifully
  • Make clear conclusion about anything or anyone
  • Likes government jobs
  • Correct Option: A  [ Use imagination ]

    Remark:

The MP from our constituency is fond of blowing his own trumpet whenever he gets a chance.

  • parading his own good deeds
  • speaking too loudly
  • looking after his own interest
  • making long speeches
  • Correct Option: A  [ parading his own good deeds ]

    Remark:

'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:

He cannot make both ends meet.

  • manage the business
  • work hard
  • earn enough
  • control affairs
  • Correct Option: C  [ earn enough ]

    Remark:

The boss brought matters to a head by forcing him to work more.

  • made him happy
  • created a lot of unhappiness
  • created an atmosphere of confrontation
  • brought matters to a decisive
  • Correct Option: C  [ created an atmosphere of confrontation ]

    Remark:

The question of abolition of private property is still a moot point.

  • unknown
  • undecided
  • not clear
  • uncertain
  • Correct Option: B  [ undecided ]

    Remark:

It was he who put a spoke in my wheel.

  • tried to cause an accident
  • helped in the execution of the plan
  • thwarted the execution of the plan
  • destroy the plan
  • Correct Option: C  [ thwarted the execution of the plan ]

    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:

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