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To smell a rat

  • to experience a bad smell
  • to predict danger
  • to predict outbreak of plague
  • to be suspicious
Correct Option: D  [ to be suspicious ]

Explanation: "To smell a rat" means to suspect that something wrong is going on.

To move heaven and earth

  • to cause an earthquake
  • to try everything possible
  • to pray to all Gods
  • to travel extensively
Correct Option: B  [ to try everything possible ]

Explanation: The idiom "to move heaven and earth" means to make a supreme, extraordinary effort to achieve something, using every possible means or exerting the utmost effort to accomplish a difficult task.

To take to heart

  • to be encouraged
  • to grieve over
  • to like
  • to hate
Correct Option: B  [ to grieve over ]

Explanation: The idiom "to take to heart" means to be deeply affected, influenced, or upset by something said or done, such as advice or criticism.

Rub shoulder with

  • quarrel with a person
  • come in contact with
  • be friendly with someone
  • have a cause to fight
Correct Option: B  [ come in contact with ]

Explanation: "Rub shoulder with" means to associate or come into contact with another person.

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

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

Explanation: "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 "A slap on the wrist" means:

  • Short on time
  • A very mild punishment
  • To have a dispute
  • To force an issue
Correct Option: B  [ A very mild punishment ]

Explanation: A slap on the wrist is a warning or a punishment that is not very severe.

Replace the underlined portion with an idiom from the list below:
They finally agreed on the business deal.

  • let the cat out of the bag
  • see eye to eye
  • to feel under the weather
  • to cut a corner
Correct Option: B  [ see eye to eye ]

Explanation: The phrase "See Eye to Eye" is used when you view something in the same way as others do, or that you agree with someone about something.

If somebody has worked for "donkey's years", it means he has worked:

  • for donkeys
  • for a few years
  • for a long time
  • for a short time
Correct Option: C  [ for a long time ]

Explanation: "donkey's years": for a very long time

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

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

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The number increased by leaps and bounds.

  • very fast
  • very slw
  • in details
  • aimlessly
Correct Option: A  [ very fast ]

Explanation: leaps and bounds: Rapidly, or in fast progress.
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