PRACTICE SET – 2

Directions: Each of the following idioms is followed by some alternatives. Choose the
one which best expresses its meaning.
1. To get into a scrape 8. To pay one back in the same coin
(a) To get into a muddle (a) To provoke a person to quarrel
(b) To find oneself in an awkward predicament (b) To offer another polite attention
(c) To get into irritating circumstances (c) To retaliate Revange
(d) To be trapped in a conspiracy (d) To give a word of encouragement or
2. To fly off the handle praise to another
(a) To take off 9. A tall order
(b) To be indifferent (a) A task difficult to perform
(c) To dislocate (b) A big problem
(d) To lose one's temper (c) A royal summon
3. To read between the lines (d) A big demand
(a) To concentrate 10. To draw a bead upon
(b) To read carefully (a) To make prayers
(c) To suspect (b) To cause hindrance in work
(d) To grasp the hidden meaning (c) To count the benefits
4. To blaze trail (d) To take aim at
(a) To set on fire 11. To turn the tables
(b) To be annoyed (a) To defeat
(c) To vehemently oppose (b) To oppose
(d) To inititate work in a movement (c) To create chaos
5. To be lost in the cloud (d) To change the sorry scheme
(a) To meet with one's death (e) To change completely the position of
(b) To be perplexed disadvantage
(c) To be concealed from view 12. To keep the ball rolling
(d) To find oneself in uncomfortable (a) To earn more and more
position a very
(b) To work constantly
6. To flog a dead horse
(a) To act in a foolish way (c) To keep the conversation going
(b) To waste one's efforts (d) To make the best use of
(c) To revive interest in an old subject 13. All and sundry
(d) To revive old memories
(a) Greater share
7. Hush money
(a) Money overdue (b) All of a sudden
(b) Easy money (c) Completion of work
(c) Money earned by wrong means
(d) Everyone without distinction
(d) Bribe paid to secure silence

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14. To worship the rising sun 22. To give currency
(a) To honour a man who is coming into office (a) To bestow importance
(b) To honour the promising people (b) To misinterpret
(c) To indulge in flattery (c) To make publicly known
(d) To welcome the coming events
(d) To originate
15. To disabuse one's mind
23. French leave
(a) To conceal something
(a) Long absence
(b) To remove a misapprehension
(b) Leave on the pretext of illness
(c) To banish from one's mind a thought
(c) Casual leave
(d) To proceed cautiously so as to avoid
(d) Absence without permission
risks and dangers
24. Castles in the air
16. A storm in a teacup
(a) Romantic designs
(a) Unexpected event
(b) Perfect plans
(b) A dangen signal
(c) Ideal projects
(c) Much excitement over something trivial
(d) A great noise (d) Fanciful schemes
17. To play fast and loose
(e) Visionary projects
(a) To beguile others 25. To have brush with
(b) To be winning sometimes and losing (a) To start painting
at other times (b) To have good and pleasing terms
(c) To play with someone's feelings (c) To be impressed
(d) To play tricks (d) To have a slight encounter
18. To tempt providence 26. To lose face
(a) To invite punishment (a) To look angry
(b) To achieve a fortunę (b) To be humiliated
(c) To take reckless risks (c) To be helpless
(d) To have God's favour (d) To look vacant
27. To turn the other cheek
19. To haul over the coals
(a) To put hand in a wrong task (a) To sulk and suffer
(b) To throw into the fire (b) To respond to violence with violence
(c)To put to task Scold (c) To respond to violence with non-
(d) To say the wrong words violence
20. To put the cart before the horse (d) To be indifferent to peace overtures
28. To pull one's socks up
(a) To offer a person what he cannot eat
(b) To force a person to do something (a) To prepare (b) To try hard
(c) To raise obstacles (c) To get ready (d) To depart
(d) To reverse the natural order of things 29. To bite one's lips
21. To accept the Gauntlet
(a) To be angry
(a) To accept defeat (b) To feel sorry
(b) To accept a challenge (c) To have doubt
(c) To suffer humiliation (d) To laugh at others
(d) To accept an honour
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30. Within An Ace of 37. Foar in the mouth
(a) Within one's reach (a) Bitten by a snake
(b) Very near (b) To reveal the secret
(c) Within the hitting range (c) To be furious
(d) Narrowly (d) To be in the exteme hatred
31. Dog in the manger 38. To take umbrage
(a) An undersized bull almost the shape (a) To feel depressed
of a dog (b) To be offended
(b) A dog that has no kennel of its own (c) To be satisfied
(c) A person who puts himself in (d) To be pleased
difficulties on account of other people 39. Something up one's sleeve
(d) A person who prevents others from (a) Agrand idea
enjoying himself something useless to (b) A secret plan
32. To blow hot and cold (c) A profitable plan
(a) Changing weather (d) Something important
(b) To be untrustworthy 40. Adam's ale
(c) To be inconsistent (a) Grace
(d) To be rich and poor frequently (b) Pleasure
33. To set the people by ears (c) Water
(a) To box the people (d) Wine
(b) Toinsult and disgrace the people 41. To draw the long bow
(c) To punish heavily (a) To over-estimate oneself
(d) To To excite people to a quarrel (b) To put up high demands
34. To give chapter and verse for a thing (c) To demand a very high price
(a) To produce the proof of something (d) To make an exaggerated statement
(b) To eulogize the qualities of a thing 42. To hit the jackpot
(c) To make publicity of a thing (a) To gamble
(d) To attach artificial value to a thing (b) To make money unexpectedly
35. To beggars description (c) To inherit money
(a) A poor statement (d) To become bankrupt
(b) To describe things without care 43. Tall order
(c) Beyond one's power to describe (a) Simple
adequately (b) Difficult
(d) None of these (c) Customary
36. To plough the sands (d) Too much
(a) To work hard to achieve one's aim 44. To drink like a fish
(b) To afford hope or ground for expecting (a) To drink little
a good result (b) To drink alone
(c) To busy oneself in a way which (c) To be a drunkard
cannot lead to any profitable result (d) To drink in the company of others
(d) To advance one's position in life
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45. To fight to the bitter end (d) An unimportant day
(a) To fight with poison-tipped arrows 48. Queer somebody's pitch
(b) To fight to the last point of enemy (a) Upset one's plan
position (b) Reprimand him
(c) To die fighting (c) Check him
(d) To carry on a contest regardless of (d) Work him up
corisequences 49. To make the grade
46. To give a false colouring (a) To fail in a task
(a) To misrepresent (b) To get good marks in an examination
(b) To submit the false report (c) To come out successful
(c) To be dishonest (d) To make good one's previous loss
(d) To conceal the facts 50. To be up and doing
47. A red letter day (a) To recover from illness
(a) An important day (b) To be actively engaged
(b) An auspicious day (c) To progress satisfactorily
(c) A dangerous day (d) To be expressive and explicit

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