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All idiom 2023
Q.1 To kick the bucket
1.Be happy
2.To die
3.To be ill
4.Be sad
Q.2 Miss the boat
1. Missing good moments of your life
2. Being too late
3. Missing a good opportunity
4. Missing your medium of travel
Q.3 The police have not yet been able to solve the case; it seems to
be
1.in a pink
2.a hard nut to crack
3.turning over a new leaf
4. in a nutshell
Q.4 To bell the cat
1.To feed pets
2.To play with kids
3.To love cats
4. To face risk
Q.5 Vennela made a big fuss about a small problem.
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1. A storm in a tea cup
2. Add insult to injury
3. Get a taste of your own medicine
4. Barking up the wrong tree
Q.6 Sharp practice
1.Nearby
2.Briefly
3.Dishonesty
4.Frequently
Q.7 Rule the roost .
1.To save a criminal
2.To be prejudiced
3.To be incharge
4. To exploit someone
Q.8 Lily-livered
1.Not brave
2.Naughty
3.Comical
4.Brave
Q.9 Keep someone at arm's length
1. Being someone's enemy
2. Avoid playing with someone
3. Avoid becoming bitter with someone
4. Avoid becoming friendly with someone
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Q.10 A dime a dozen
1. The concert tickets were a dime a dozen and sold out quickly.
2. The antique store had some rare finds, but they were a dime a
dozen.
3. Her ideas were worth a dime a dozen and didn't impress the
boss.
4. The restaurant had some delicious desserts that were a dime a
dozen.
Q.11 Scrape the barrel
1. To be forced to use one's last and weakest resource
2. Trying to find something
3. Hiding something
4. Using all the ways to achieve the desired result
Q.13 To prime the pump
1. Manipulate someone to achieve success
2. Encourage the growth or action of something’
3. To use a pump efficiently
4. Ask others to be ambitious
Q.14 Back against the wall
1. Be in a relationship which one wants to escape
2. Be in an easy situation from where escape is difficult
3. Be in a difficult situation from where escape is easy
4. Be in a difficult situation from where escape is difficult
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Q.15 Bad iron
1.Not hot
2.No steam
3.Bad luck
4.Bad behavior
Q.16 Sweety has been------- since her painting won first prize.
1. walking on eggshells
2. waiting in the wings
3. walking into the lion's den
4. walking on air
Q.17 By the skin of your teeth
1.Just barely
2.Kind towards the weak
3.Confident of victory
4.Determined to strike
Q.18 It turns out to be a blessing in disguise.
1. Has a good effect even though at first it seemed it would be bad
2. Has a very good effect on a situation or a thing
3. When things get better and better when least expecting it
4. When a simple solution solves a problem very well
Q.19 Through thick and thin
1. Weak and lonely
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2. Only assist during good times
3. Hope during trying times
4. In good times and in bad times
Q.20 To be in two minds
1. To be in a critical state
2. To be dominated by someone else
3. To be uncertain
4. To work on somebody else’s advice
Q.22 Get into a scrape
1. Creating a problem
2. Solving a problem
3. Explaining a problem .
4. Involved in a problem
Q.23 Gift of the gab
1. Fluency of speech
2. Figures of speech
3. Firstspeech
4.Freedom of speech
Q.25 Blow something out of (all) proportion.
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1. Leave someone at a time when they need you to stay and help
them
2. Behave as if something that has happened is much worse than
it really is
3. Control the level of something in order to stop it increasing
4. Make things difficult for someone without reason
Q.26 To go to the dogs
1. To win support
2.To become worse
3.To win a race
4.To stand on guard
Q.27 I'm (going to be in trouble) if I don’t submit my homework to
the teacher.
1.off base
2.upthe creek
3.thelion’sshare
4.adevil'sadvocate
Q.28 Go back to the drawing board
1. Mediate a task
2. Leave a work unfinished
3. Accomplish a task
4. Start over
Q.29 On the ball
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1. Playing with a ball
2. Doing a job in a quick and competent manner
3. Doing a job in a slow and incorrect manner
4. Exercising using a ball
Q.30 I was (very excited ) about my new assignment. I sent the
email without the required attachment. What have done?
1. Tested the waters
2.Shookaleg
3.Jumped the gun
4. As swift as an eagle
Q.31 To face the music
1. Barring the entire audiences view at a concert
2. Being challenged to a music competition
3. Not knowing the real chords in music
4. To bear the negative consequences of wrongful actions
Q.32 Stir up a hornets’ nest
1. Provoke trouble
2. Resista fight
3. Create doubts
4. Scare the birds
Q.33 It is raining cats and dogs means:
1. there are showers
2:it is raining very heavily
3.it is drizzling
4.something that does not upset you
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Q.34 Taking a bull by the horns
1. To decapitate a bull for beef
2. To deal with a difficult situation in a very direct or confident way
3. Wearing a skull cap
4. To make a stupid decision thinking it to be daring
Q.35 The peasants worked the whole day in the fields and (stopped
working in the evening and went to their homes.)
1.ran around in circles
2.calleditaday
3.gaveitawhirl
4.puticeonit
Q.36 Once in a blue moon
1.Very rare
2.Very colorful
3.Very ancient
4.Very high
Q.37 Under the cloud
1. The classmates were dancing together under the rain.
2. The Red fort looks beautiful amidst the cloudy weather and cold
atmosphere.
3. It was the best place to sit under the sky with hands full of food.
4. The driver was under suspicion after the police found blood on
his car.
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Q.38 Bad blood
1. The gangster had some bitter relations with a local activist so he
warned him to stay out of his business.
2. Sushant always gets in trouble for telling lies but he never
learns anything.
3. The doctor dropped the bad news to Ravi as he was suffering
froma serious disease.
4. She is so scared of cockroaches that she fainted when she saw
them crawling near her foot.
Q.39 A perfect storm
1. Pretty good judgement
2. Appropriate for all occasions
3. Healing from trauma
4. The worst possible situation
Q.40 Your career is now completely obsolete.
1.moving like a worm
2.deadeven
3.asdeadasadoornail
4.hanging by a thread
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Q.41 My business partners thought that I would simply accept
their cheating, but they will soon realise that Iam more powerful
than what they expected.
1. damsel in distress
2.cutting a cloth
3. they caught a tartar
4. casting pearls before swine
Q.42 Hit the jackpot
1. Harm the opportunity
2. Receiving a reward
3. Gaining a big success
4. Found apiece of gold
Q.44 You showed me your (true personality) when you asked me to
get out of the house at midnight.
1.bed of roses.
2.true colours
3. white elephant
4.hot potato
Q.45 This incident occurred without a warning.
1. Ignorance is bliss
2. Bolt from the blue
3. Play devil's advocate
4. On thinice
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Q.46 Mahesh has learnt not to take things seriously.
1. That's the last straw
2. Pull someone's leg
3. Take it with a grain of salt
4. Your guess is as good as mine
Q.47 Vinay missed his flight but good luck came to him from bad
circumstances as the flight crashed in the sea.
1. it was a blessing and a curse
2. it was counting his blessings
3. it was a blessing in disguise
4. it was a tinker’s curse
Q.48 Pass the buck
1. Providing essential services
2. Saying something unpleasant
3. Trying to calm down
4. Blaming another person
Q.49 Harry always speaks his eye but he is not always very
diplomatic!
1. reads his heart
2.listens hisear
3. speaks his tongue
4.speaks his mind
Q.50 As soon as the principal came to know about the inspection
in the school, he put everything (in perfect order.)
1. Apple of discord
2. Apple ofone’seye
3. Alleyapple
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4. Apple pie order
Q.51 Shelley has been (contemplating ) for a few days but still has
not decided to quit the job.
1. chewing the cud
2. cooling one’s heels
3. biting the dust
4. getting into hot waters
Q.52 You must not participate in the marathon this year without
any training. It is an unreal hope on your part!
1. carrying coal to new castle
2.to lose one’s temper
3.apipedream
4.a will-o’-the-wisp
Q.53 At cross purposes
1. Blindly following each other’s ideas
2. Disagreeing with each other's ideas
3. Developing and amplifying ideas given
4. Finalising ideas and plans
Q.54 I just went to Bali on a backpacking trip and did everything
by the ear without any itinerary.
1. by improvisation
2. by spreading rumors
3.by asking
4.while criticising
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Q.55 Out of the blue
1.Unconcerned
2.Undoubtedly
3.Unexpectedly
4. Unbelievably
Q.56 You snooze, you lose
1. If you are not alert, you are likely to miss opportunities.
2. You may lose your money if snoozing is not stopped
3. Laziness is notgood
4. If you oversleep, you are likely to lose a job
Q.57 Anita keeps on repeating that she is innocent, but there is
1. no pulling up of the socks
2. no smoke without fire
3. no love lost between
4. no rubbing of the shoulders
Q.59 The better you know someone the less you like him.
1. The elephant in the room
2.Save for arainy day
3.Spill the beans
4. Familiarity breeds contempt
Q.60 In a soup
1. To exhibit cowardice
2. Extremely short of money
3. To get nothing
4.In trouble
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Q.61 I really don’t want ( to pour cold water on) your theory but it
cannot be applied to real life situations.
1. To destroy someone's written piece of work
2. To give goosebumps by showing a prospect
3. To take revenge on someone by destroying their lives’ work
under the pretext of bad quality
4. To be critical or doubtful of a plan that someone is excited about
Q.62 Riya always considers sincerity, devotion and dedication as
the highest priority of a good employee.
1. Firstand foremost
2.Everand anon
3.Free and easy
4.Fair and square
Q.63 Hard nut to crack
1. A problem difficult to solve
2. A situation that can be altered
3.To leave an effect
4. To bid farewell
Q.64 Treading on thin ice
1. Making a thin ice sculpture
2. Skating on ice fallen in a hailstorm
3. To be in a dangerous risky position
4. Playing with a sharp icicle
Q.65 He is rich and famous and expects everyone to on him.
1.tap dance like mad
2.dead duck
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3.dance attendance
4. give a song and dance
Q.66 My cousin sister Neetu had an aerial view of the trade fair
from the top of the giant wheel.
1. Birds of same feather
2.Birdbrain
3.Bird'seye view
4. A bird in the gilded cage
Q.67 Get up on the wrong side of the bed
1. Go to bed or go to sleep
2. Someone who is having a horrible day
3. Someone who is having a good day
4. Destroy or ruin a plan
Q.1 To kick the bucket
Correct Answer: 2. To die
Q.2 Miss the boat
Correct Answer: 3. Missing a good opportunity
Q.3 The police have not yet been able to solve the case; it seems to be
Correct Answer: 2. a hard nut to crack
Q.4 To bell the cat
Correct Answer: 4. To face risk
Q.5 Vennela made a big fuss about a small problem.
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Correct Answer: 1. A storm in a tea cup
Q.6 Sharp practice
Correct Answer: 3. Dishonesty
Q.7 Rule the roost
Correct Answer: 3. To be in charge
Q.8 Lily-livered
Correct Answer: 1. Not brave
Q.9 Keep someone at arm's length
Correct Answer: 2. Avoid becoming friendly with someone
Q.10 A dime a dozen
Correct Answer: 2. The antique store had some rare finds, but they were a dime a
dozen.
Q.11 Scrape the barrel
Correct Answer: 1. To be forced to use one's last and weakest resource
Q.13 To prime the pump
Correct Answer: 2. Encourage the growth or action of something
Q.14 Back against the wall
Correct Answer: 4. Be in a difficult situation from where escape is difficult
Q.15 Bad iron
Correct Answer: 4. Bad behavior
Q.16 Sweety has been since her painting won first prize.
Correct Answer: 4. Walking on air
Q.17 By the skin of your teeth
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Correct Answer: 1. Just barely
Q.18 It turns out to be a blessing in disguise.
Correct Answer: 1. Has a good effect even though at first it seemed it would be bad
Q.19 Through thick and thin
Correct Answer: 4. In good times and in bad times
Q.20 To be in two minds
Correct Answer: 3. To be uncertain
Q.22 Get into a scrape
Correct Answer: 4. Involved in a problem
Q.23 Gift of the gab
Correct Answer: 1. Fluency of speech
Q.25 Blow something out of (all) proportion.
Correct Answer: 2. Behave as if something that has happened is much worse than it
really is
Q.26 To go to the dogs
Correct Answer: 2. To become worse
Q.27 I'm (going to be in trouble) if I don’t submit my homework to the teacher.
Correct Answer: 2. Up the creek
Q.28 Go back to the drawing board
Correct Answer: 4. Start over
Q.29 On the ball
Correct Answer: 2. Doing a job in a quick and competent manner
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Q.30 I was (very excited) about my new assignment. I sent the email without the required
attachment. What have done?
Correct Answer: 3. Jumped the gun
Q.31 To face the music
Correct Answer: 4. To bear the negative consequences of wrongful actions
Q.32 Stir up a hornets’ nest
Correct Answer: 1. Provoke trouble
Q.33 It is raining cats and dogs means:
Correct Answer: 2. it is raining very heavily
Q.34 Taking a bull by the horns
Correct Answer: 2. To deal with a difficult situation in a very direct or confident way
Q.35 The peasants worked the whole day in the fields and (stopped working in the evening and
went to their homes.)
Correct Answer: 2. Called it a day
Q.36 Once in a blue moon
Correct Answer: 1. Very rare
Q.37 Under the cloud
Correct Answer: 4. The driver was under suspicion after the police found blood on his
car.
Q.38 Bad blood
Correct Answer: 1. The gangster had some bitter relations with a local activist so he
warned him to stay out of his business.
Q.39 A perfect storm
Correct Answer: 4. The worst possible situation
Q.40 Your career is now completely obsolete.
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Correct Answer: 3. As dead as a doornail
Q.41 My business partners thought that I would simply accept their cheating, but they will soon
realize that I am more powerful than what they expected.
Correct Answer: 3. They caught a tartar
Q.42 Hit the jackpot
Correct Answer: 3. Gaining a big success
Q.44 You showed me your (true personality) when you asked me to get out of the house at
midnight.
Correct Answer: 2. True colors
Q.45 This incident occurred without a warning.
Correct Answer: 2. Bolt from the blue
Q.46 Mahesh has learned not to take things seriously.
Correct Answer: 3. Take it with a grain of salt
Q.47 Vinay missed his flight but good luck came to him from bad circumstances as the flight
crashed in the sea.
Correct Answer: 3. It was a blessing in disguise
Q.48 Pass the buck
Correct Answer: 4. Blaming another person
Q.49 Harry always speaks his eye but he is not always very diplomatic!
Correct Answer: 4. Speaks his mind
Q.50 As soon as the principal came to know about the inspection in the school, he put
everything in perfect order.
Correct Answer: 4. Apple pie order
Q.51 Shelley has been (contemplating )for a few days but still has not decided to quit the job.
Correct Answer: 1. Chewing the cud
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Q.52 You must not participate in the marathon this year without any training. It is an unreal
hope on your part.
Correct Answer: 3. A pipe dream
Q.53 At cross purposes
Correct Answer: 2. Disagreeing with each other's ideas
Q.54 I just went to Bali on a backpacking trip and did everything by the ear without any
itinerary.
Correct Answer: 1. By improvisation
Q.55 Out of the blue
Correct Answer: 3. Unexpectedly
Q.56 You snooze, you lose
Correct Answer: 1. If you are not alert, you are likely to miss opportunities.
Q.57 Anita keeps on repeating that she is innocent, but there is
Correct Answer: 2. No smoke without fire
Q.59 The better you know someone the less you like him.
Correct Answer: 4. Familiarity breeds contempt
Q.60 In a soup
Correct Answer: 4. In trouble
Q.61 I really don’t want to pour cold water on your theory but it cannot be applied to real-life
situations.
Correct Answer: 4. To be critical or doubtful of a plan that someone is excited about
Q.62 Riya always considers sincerity, devotion, and dedication as the highest priority of a good
employee.
Correct Answer: 1. First and foremost
Q.63 Hard nut to crack
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Correct Answer: 1. A problem difficult to solve
Q.64 Treading on thin ice
Correct Answer: 3. To be in a dangerous risky position
Q.65 He is rich and famous and expects everyone to on him.
Correct Answer: 3. Dance attendance
Q.66 My cousin sister Neetu had an aerial view of the trade fair from the top of the giant wheel.
Correct Answer: 3. Bird's-eye view
Q.67 Get up on the wrong side of the bed
Correct Answer: 2. Someone who is having a horrible day
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