IDIOMS & PHRASES – PRACTICE SET-10 – SOLVED

1. Bad blood
A) Shooting      B) Anemia
C) Enmity      D) Mourning

2. To beat about the bush
A) To try to win favours      B) To talk well
C) To talk about relevant things      D) To talk about irrelevant things

3. Maiden speech
A) Bachelor’s speech      B) First speech
C) Last speech      D) Extempore speech

4. To eat humble pie
A) To eat an unsavoury pie      B) To be served food that is rotten
C) To yield under humiliating circumstances      D) To give in to political pressure

5. To end in smoke
A) To fail      B) To create smoke
C) To end      D) To emit smoke

6. To spill the beans
A) To reveal partial truth      B) To be untidy
C) To reveal a secret      D) To conceal a fact

7. To whitewash
A) To clean a place      B) To retrieve damaged reputation
C) To work hard      D) To use cosmetics

8. A stone’s throw
A) Very far-off      B) With a certain radius
C) At a short distance      D) Within a definite circumference

9. Kangaroo court
A) A group of kangaroos      B) The young kangaroo
C) Unofficial estimate      D) Unofficial court

10. A pipe dream
A) A pleasant dream      B) A bad dream
C) An impracticable plan      D) A foolish idea

11. To give up the ghost
A) To die      B) To make false appearance
C) To terrify others by acting in suspicious manner      D) To leave useless pursuits

12. To have an easy time of it
A) To take the world lightly      B) To indulge in frivolities
C) To squander away resources      D) To live in quiet and comfort

13. To put somebody in his place
A) To turn him out      B) To honour him
C) To give him due respect      D) To make him humble

14. To talk shop
A) To talk nonsense      B) To talk reasonably
C) To talk about business or professional affairs      D) To abuse someone

15. To snap one’s fingers
A) To speak abruptly      B) To accept immediately
C) To grasp eagerly       D) To become contemptuous of

ANSWER KEY

Solution with explanation

4. Option ‘C’ (To yield under humiliating circumstances).

YIELD = झुक जाना

HUMILIATING = making someone feel ashamed or lose respect for himself or herself.

6. Option ‘C’ (To reveal a secret). BEAN = a seed of various climbing plants, eaten as a vegetable; e.g.

Coffee beans are the bean-like seeds of the coffee tree.

15. Option ‘D’ (to become contemptuous of).

CONTEMPTUOUS = feeling or  showing deep  hatred  or disapproval: feeling or showing contempt.

SNAP = to cause something that is thin to break suddenly and quickly with a cracking sound; e.g.

You’ll snap that ruler if you bend it too far.

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