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📚 Idioms and Phrases Practice
Choose an answer, then open the short learning card. Learn the meaning of common idioms and phrases with short examples, memory clues, and exam-focused explanations.
Q11. His oily tongue has won him promotion.
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Q12. Those persons who are ready to sail close to the wind can be successful in life.
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Q13. He puts us in a He puts us in a real fix when he did not turn up to pick us up.
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Q14. A good teacher should have the gift of the gab.
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Q15. She exhibited remarkable sang froid during the crisis.
composure
Sang froid means staying calm and in control. Composure is that calm self-control.
Think of staying cool, even when things are hot.
She showed with sang froid, choosing her words carefully during the crisis.
Q16. The meeting ended in fiasco.
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Q17. I raked my brain to solve this difficult problem.
raked my brain: to think very hard
Q18. My father strained every nerve to enable me to get settled in life.
The correct answer is: worked very hard.
'Strained every nerve' means to try with all one's effort and work very hard to achieve something.
Keep in mind that this phrase shows strong effort, not luck or money.
She strained every nerve to pass the exam.
Q19. I did not know that he was pulling my leg all the time.
befooling me
Pulling someone's leg means joking or tricking them in a light way. Here it means he was joking or tricking you the whole time.
Think of a leg-pulling joke to remember the idea of tricking someone.
If he says he won the lottery, he might be pulling your leg.
Q20. The police fired at random at the violent crowd and several person lost their lives.
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