A partner who takes no share of the profits

A man working as per a lady's directions

To have good and pleasing terms

To make an exaggerated statement

To get good marks in an examination

To make good one's previous loss

To find oneself in an awkward predicament

To get into irritating circumstances

Practice Idioms And Phrases Multiple Choice Questions Quiz-4

Q.1

Sobhraj could be easily arrested because the police were tipped off in a advance.

Toppled over
Bribed
Given advance information
Threatened

Q.2

I met him after a long time, but he gave me the cold shoulder.

scolded me
insulted me
abused me
ignored me

Q.3

A black sheep

An unlucky person
A lucky person
An ugly person
A partner who takes no share of the profits
None of these

Q.4

The cricket match proved to be a big draw.

a keen contest
a huge attraction
a lovely spectacle
a game without any result

Q.5

When he heard that he had once again not been selected he lost heart.

became desperate
felt sad
became angry
became discouraged

Q.6

To keep one's head

To be agile and active
To keep calm
To think coherently
None of these

Q.7

A man of straw

A man of no substance
A very active person
A worthy fellow
An unreasonable person
None of these

Q.8

A lady's man

A woman-tailor
A lover of woman company
A man working as per a lady's directions
A timid husband

Q.9

To hold something in leash

To restrain
To disappoint
To dismiss
To discourage

Q.10

To give chapter and verse for a thing

To produce the proof of something
To eulogize the qualities of a thing
To make publicity of a thing
To attach artificial value to a thing

Q.11

All Agog

Everbody
All ready
Restless
Almighty

Q.12

To throw dust in one's eyes

To show false things
To make blind
To harm someone
To deceive

Q.13

To draw a bead upon

To make prayers
To cause hindrance in work
To count the benefits
To take aim at

Q.14

To tempt providence

To invite punishment
To achieve a fortune
To take reckless risks
To have God's favour

Q.15

To haul over the coals

To put hand in a wrong task
To throw into the fire
To put to task
To say the wrong words

Q.16

To have brush with

To start painting
To have good and pleasing terms
To be impressed
To have a slight encounter

Q.17

To set the people by ears

To box the people
To insult and disgrace the people
To punish heavily
To excite people to a quarrel

Q.18

To lose face

To look angry
To be humiliated
To be helpless
To look vacant

Q.19

To draw the long bow

To over-estimate oneself
To put up high demands
To demand a very high price
To make an exaggerated statement

Q.20

To make the grade

To fail in a task
To get good marks in an examination
To come out successful
To make good one's previous loss

Q.21

To fly off the handle

To take off
To be indifferent
To dislocate
To lose one's temper

Q.22

To frame a person

To befool someone
To make one appear guilty
To praise someone
A narrow escape

Q.23

To give/get the bird

To get the awaited
To have good luck
To send away
To get the impossible

Q.24

To be rolling in money

Wasting a lot of money
Very rich
Borrowing money liberally
Spending more than his income

Q.25

To get into a scrape

To get into a muddle
To find oneself in an awkward predicament
To get into irritating circumstances
To be trapped in a conspiracy

Q.26

To have an easy time of it

To take the world lightly
To indulge in frivolities
To squander away resources
To live in quiet and comfort

Q.27

A chip off the old block

A piece of wood
An old friend
Characteristics of one's ancestors
A good bargain

Q.28

Hobson's choice

Feeling of insecurity
Accept or leave the offer
Feeling of strength
Excellent choice

Q.29

To throw up the sponge

To surrender or give up a contest
To offer a challenge
To become utterly disappointed
To maintain grit and enthusiasm until the end

Q.30

To give up the ghost

To suffer
To fight evil forces
To die
To become rational

Q.31

A tall order

A task difficult to perform
A big problem
A royal summon
A big demand

Q.32

To play fast and loose

To beguile others
To be winning sometimes and losing at other times
To play with someone's feelings
To play tricks

Q.33

To hit below the belt

To work confidentially
To harm unfairly
To strike at the exact position
To hit the correct mark

Q.34

To wash one's dirty linen in public

To criticise one's nature in public
To quarrel in the open
To do some ugly work in public
To discuss dirty and scandalous matters of personal nature in the presence of strangers

Q.35

To take the bull by the horns

To punish a person severely for his arrogance
To grapple courageously with a difficulty that lies in our way
To handle it by fierce attack
To bypass the legal process and take action according to one's own whims

Q.36

To take people by storm

To put people in utter surprise
To captivate them unexpectedly
To exploit people's agitation
To bring out something sensational attracting people's attention

Q.37

To stand to one's guns

To keep the guns close to oneself even amid danger
To persevere when hardships press
To maintain dignified and unbending attitude
To maintain one's position

Q.38

To smell a rat

To detect bad smell
To misunderstand
To suspect a trick or deceit
To see hidden meaning

Q.39

To get cold feet

To run for life
To be afraid
To fall sick
To become discourteous

Q.40

To spill the beans

To reveal secret information
To misbehave
To keep secrets
To talk irrelevant

Q.41

To save one's face

To hide oneself
To oppose
To evade disgrace
To say plainly

Q.42

To wrangle over an ass's shadow

To act in a foolish way
To quarrel over trifles
To waste time on petty things
To do something funny

Q.43

To take a leap in the dark

To take risk
To hazard oneself
To do a task secretly
To do a hazardous thing without any idea of the result

Q.44

To cast pearls before a swine

To spend recklessly
To spend a lot of money on the unkeep of domestic hogs
To waste money over trifles
To offer a person a thing which he cannot appreciate

Q.45

To bring one's eggs to a bad market

To face a humiliating situation
To bring one's commodities to a market where there is no demand for them
To show one's talents before audience which is incapable of appreciating them
To fail in one's plan because one goes to the wrong people for help

Q.46

To take with a grain of salt

To take with some reservation
To take with total disbelief
To take wholeheartedly
To take seriously

Q.47

By the skin of one's teeth

Hardly
In time
Hurriedly
Only just

Q.48

Harp on

To comment
To criticise
To keep on talking
To keep on insulting

Q.49

A snake in the grass

Secret or hidden enemy
Unforeseen happening
Unrecognisable danger
Irreliable person

Q.50

The old beggar ran amuck and began to throw stones at the passerby.

became desperate
ran about wildly
become annoyed
felt disgusted