1.

Bone of contention (c) to ignore some body

(a) unexpected problem (b) subject of a dispute (d) to angry some body
(c) divided property (d) suddenlybad news 13. A bit dicey
2. To go to the dogs (a) a little difficult
(a) to go to heaven (b) to be ruined (b) unclear
(c) to be undecided (d) to go to a dense (c) too simplified
forest (d) a little risky
3. To smell a rat 14. French leave
(a) to keep silent (a) Leave without informing
(b) to understand a difficulty (b) Leave with informing
(c) to have suspicion (c) Without job
(d) to suffer the desert (d) Jealous
4. A wild goose chase 15. Keep hair on
(a) easy life (b) something very easy (a) keep calm (b) angry
(c) useless search (d) happy life (c) happy (d) congratulate
5. A show stopper
(I tried to keep my hair on but I couldn’t on)
(a) someone who stops the show
16. Mad at
(b) someone who organized the show
(c) a performance that is extremely good (a) mad (b) happy
(d) a fashionable person (c) angry (d) Jobless
6. Fight tooth and nail 17. Cats and dogs
(a) in quarrel with some one (a) stopped raining (b) raining heavily
(b) to attack someone with a lot of force (c) started raining (d) slow raining
(c) to try hard to prevent something from 18. Fair weather friend
happening (a) selfless (b) selfish friend
(d) to try very hard to achieve something. (c) close friend (d) happy friend
7. Fair and Square 19. Maiden speech
(a) in an honest way (a) fairwell speech (b) last speech
(b) in a critical way (c) first speech (d) retired speech
(c) neither very good nor very bad 20. To smell a rat
(d) in a foolish way (a) to ignore (b) to help
8. To cut the gordian knot (c) to suspect (d) to angry
(a) to perform a difficult task 21. Grease the palm
(b) to cut a piece of cloth (a) give bribe (b) take bribe
(c) to perform an easy tasks (c) divide bribe (d) habit of bribe
(d) 22. Keep the ball rolling
9. To beat about the bush (a) to maintain (b) to dislike
(a) to over burden some one (c) to obey (d) to ignore
(b) under absolute control To maintain the progress of a project or plan
(c) in danger 23. Fly in the ointment
(d) to talk irrelevantly (a) to be trouble (b) to be happy
10. A cock and bull story\ (c) to be satisfied (d) to be helped
(a) to become major 24. Blue book
(b) an imaginary and false story (a) school report (b) company report
(c) to with a disaster (c) government report (d) exam report
(d) false tears 25. Bolt from the blue
11. To cry for the moon (a) unexpected problem (b) quarrel
(a) to be clear (c) recognise (d) abandoned
(b) to be unsatisfied 26. Elbow room
(c) to wish for something impossible (a) freedom (b) slavery
(d) to be helped (c) limit (d) control
12. Take for a ride 27. Oily tongue
(a) to help somebody (a) criticize (b) praised
(b) to brick somebody (c) flattery (d) talkative
28. Cross swords
(a) to quarrel (b) to satisfied
(c) to agree (d) to help
29. Break a leg
(a) bad luck (b) good luck
(c) helped by luck (d) success by luck
30. Sit of the fence
(a) to take decision (b) to be happy
(c) to be in trouble (d) to be jobless
31. A baker’s dozen
(a) twelve (b) charity
(c) thirteen (d) allowance
32. To bear the palm
(a) to win (b) to accept a challenge
(c) to accept defeat (d) to endure something
33. To cut the gordian knot
(a) to solve a difficult problem
(b) To be victorious
(c) to break ties with someone
(d) to defect to powerful person
34. To oil the knocker
(a) to instigate a person to do a job
(b) to do a work with increased pace
(c) to tip the office boy
(d) to revive old enmity.
35. By the rule of thumb
(a) by the use of force
(b) by the use of trickery
(c) by cheating and deception
(d) by practical
36. To beat around the bush
(a) to avoid the topic
(b) to hide behind the bush
(c) to make excuses
(d) to accept defeat
37. A pain in the neck
(a) irritating (b) short tempered
(c) curious (d) argumentative
38. Be over the hill
(a) to be on a mountain top
(b) to travel in the jungle
(c) to be too old to do things
(d) to do something in the most complete way