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MCQ on Idioms and Phrases


The idiomatic expression 'pull yourself together'.

  • Drag oneself
  • help one
  • get angry
  • calm down by oneself
  • Correct Option: D  [ calm down by oneself ]

    Remark:

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
  • Correct Option: D  [ to fulfill a promise ]

    Remark:

He cannot make both ends meet.

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

    Remark:

He had to pay through the nose for his new computer.

  • pay very high price
  • very cheap
  • moderate rate
  • profitable rate
  • Correct Option: A  [ pay very high price ]

    Remark: through the nose: pay much more than a fair price.

My friend was a person apt to act suddenly without thinking.

  • Impulsive
  • Excitable
  • Thoughtless
  • Violent
  • Correct Option: A  [ Impulsive ]

    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:

The minute she arrived at the office, she was given the pink slip.

  • a raise
  • a promotion
  • a letter to inform that she had lost her job
  • a letter to inform that she had been transferred
  • Correct Option: C  [ a letter to inform that she had lost her job ]

    Remark:

I cannot deal with a queer fish like him.

  • having too much critical habit
  • dishonest person
  • very mean person
  • eccentric and peculiar person
  • Correct Option: D  [ eccentric and peculiar person ]

    Remark: a queer fish: a person whose behaviour is strange or unusual.

The cops were on their toes throughout the day.

  • eager
  • alert
  • harried
  • quick
  • Correct Option: B  [ alert ]

    Remark:

To be all at sea.

  • a family voyage
  • lost and confused
  • in the middle of the ocean
  • a string of island
  • Correct Option: B  [ lost and confused ]

    Remark:

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