One should always try to keep one's word.

• to guard a secret
• to be too shy to speak
• to remember
• to fulfill a promise

The boy took to his heels after stealing some money.

• jumped up
• hurt himself
• ran away
• fell down

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

A close shave.

• A narrow escape from danger
• stubble
• Very short hair
• Hairless skin

The detective went abroad in search of culprit but his journey proved to be a wild goose chase.

• expensive
• full of difficulties
• unprofitable adventure
• ill advised

It was her maiden speech on the stage and she performed well.

• unprepared speech
• sudden speech
• primary speech
• first speech

His argument does not hold water.

• to have effect
• to influence
• to check the flow of water
• sound logical fact

The idiomatic expression 'pull yourself together'.

• Drag oneself
• help one
• get angry
• calm down by oneself

The idiomatic expression 'see eye to eye' means

• agree with someone
• to remain neutral
• to take over (something)
• to enjoy the best of both

In the new place he had to earn by the sweat of his brow.

• Very hard work
• Frown of his brow
• Seriously
• Idly