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Q.1
To play the gallery
To work hard to achieve the best
Trying to get appreciation from least intelligent people
Use wrong means to achieve success
To be able to do a work easily
Q.2
To push somebody to the wall
To force someone into a position where there is only one choice to make
To humiliate him
To heckle him
To knock him down
Q.3
To keep the wolf away from the door
To keep away from extreme poverty
To keep off an unwanted and undesirable person
To keep alive
To hold the difficulties and dangers in check
Q.4
Castles in the air
Romantic designs
Perfect plans
Ideal projects
Fanciful schemes
Visionary projects
Q.5
Dog in the manger
An undersized bull almost the shape of a dog
A dog that has no kennel of its own
A person who puts himself in difficulties on account of other people
A person who prevents others from enjoying something useless to himself
Q.6
In double-quick time
Steadily
Very quickly
Gradually
Much time
Q.7
To flog a dead horse
To act in a foolish way
To waste one's efforts
To revise interest in an old subject
To revive old memories
Q.8
To worship the rising sun
To honour a man who is coming into office
To honour the promising people
To indulge in flattery
To welcome the coming events
Q.9
French leave
Long absence
Leave on the pretext of illness
Casual leave
Absence without permission
Q.10
Within an ace of
Within one's reach
Very near
Within the hitting range
Narrowly
Q.11
All and sundry
Greater share
All of a sudden
Completion of work
Everyone without distinction
Q.12
To give currency
To bestow importance
To misinterpret
To make publicly known
To originate
Q.13
To bite one's lips
repress an emotion
To feel sorry
To have doubt
To laugh at others
Q.14
To accept the Gauntlet
To accept defeat
To accept a challenge
To suffer humiliation
To accept an honour
Q.15
To pull one's socks up
To prepare
To try hard
To get ready
To depart
Q.16
To plough the sands
To work hard to achieve one's aim
To afford hope or ground for expecting a good result
To busy oneself in a way which cannot lead to any profitable result
To advance one's position in life
Q.17
To make umbrage
To feel depressed
To be offended
To be satisfied
To be pleased
Q.18
Foar in the mouth
Bitten by a snake
To reveal the secret
To be furious
To be in the extreme hatred
Q.19
To drink like a fish
To drink little
To drink alone
To be a drunkard
To drink in the company of others
Q.20
To be lost in the cloud
To meet with one's death
To be perplexed
To be concealed from view
To find oneself in a very uncomfortable position
Q.21
To hit the jackpot
To gamble
To make money unexpectedly
To inherit money
To become bankrupt
Q.22
To be up and doing
To recover from illness
To be actively engaged
To progress satisfactorily
To be expressive and explicit
Q.23
To read between the lines
To concentrate
To read carefully
To suspect
To grasp the hidden meaning
Q.24
To turn the tables
To defeat
To oppose
To create chaos
To change the sorry scheme
To change completely the position of disadvantage
Q.25
To put the cart before the horse
To offer a person what he cannot eat
To force a person to do something
To raise obstacles
To reverse the natural order of things
Q.26
To ride hell for Leather
To ride with furious speed
To adopt false means to succeed
To work hard for a small accomplishment
To earn money by all means
Q.27
To strike one's colours
To fight vigorously
To work hard
To surrender
To make a rude gesture
Q.28
To put one on one's mettle
To rouse one to do one's best
To ruin somebody
To discourage a person
To incite a person to fight
Q.29
To hold somebody to ransom
To keep captive and demand concession
To humiliate
To offer bribe
To blackmail and extract money
Q.30
To set the thames on fire
To do something remarkable
To try to do the impossible
To burn something to ashes
To fling ironical remarks
Q.31
The boy
turned a deaf ear
to the pleadings of all his well-wishers.
listened carefully
was deadly opposed
posed indifference
did not pay any attention
Q.32
I am ambitious and never want to
rest on my laurels
.
be dissatisfied
be satisfied
be complacent
be good
Q.33
The aroma from the kitchen
makes my mouth water
.
makes me sick
makes me giddy
makes me vomit
stimulates my appetite
Q.34
Things are progressing well. Don't do anything
to rock the boat
.
create difficulties
conspire against
upset the balance
agitate against
Q.35
To turn the other cheek
To sulk and suffer
To respond to violence with violence
To respond to violence with non-violence
To be indifferent to peace overtures
Q.36
To beggars description
A poor statement
To describe things without care
Beyond one's power to describe adequately
None of these
Q.37
Tall order
Simple
Difficult
Customary
Too much
Q.38
To blaze trail
To set on fire
To be annoyed
To vehemently oppose
To initiate work in a movement
Q.39
To give a rap on the knuckles
To eulogise
To chatise
To condemn
To rebuke
Q.40
To cry wolf
To grieve over something which cannot be recovered
To cry from grief inconsolably
To raise a false alarm
To announce to one and all
Q.41
To keep the ball rolling
To earn more and more
To work constantly
To keep the conversation going
To make the best use of
Q.42
To go to each other hammer and tongs
To fight with weapons
To argue noisily
To hug each other
To go crazy about meeting each other
Q.43
To cut the Gordian knot
To solve a difficult problem
To be victorious
To break ties with someone
To defeat a powerful person
Q.44
To make a shot
To retaliate
To hit someone
To make a guess
To achieve one's objective
Q.45
To be a good Samaritan
To be law-abiding
A wise person
A religious person
A genuinely charitable person
Q.46
To have one's heart in one's boots
To be deeply depressed
To be frightened
To get angry
To keep a secret
Q.47
Pell-mell
In hurried disorder
Gaiety and excitement
Extremely worried
None of these
Q.48
To live fast
To live a life of dissipation
To accomplish a purpose
To do a task hurriedly
To use up one's income as fast as it comes in
Q.49
To beat the air
To make frantic efforts
To act foolishly
To make efforts that are useless or vain
To make every possible effort
Q.50
To wrangle over an ass's shadow
To act in a foolish way
To do something funny
To quarrel over trifles
To quarrel over the possession of an ass
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