MCQs on Phrase and Idioms
MCQs on Phrase and Idioms
Q. Choose the correct meaning of the following Phrase and Idioms:
1. At the drop of the hat:
(a) As soon as it was spoken
(b) Done easily, without any preparation
(c) Done in an instant
(d) After something is done
Ans: (b)
2. To eat away:
(a) Finish
(b) Corrode
(c) Destroy
(d) Eat up
Ans: (b)
3. To grow upon:
(a) To grow
(b) Nurture
(c) Get a stronger hold on something gradually
(d) To flourish
Ans: (c)
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4. Long for:
(a) Desire
(b) Long
(c) Far
(d) Age
Ans: (a)
5. To be well off:
(a) Quite far away
(b) To be in comfortable circumstances
(c) Distant
(d) Unrelated
Ans: (b)
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6. Bore away:
(a) Dug up
(b) Get bored
(c) Won
(d) Passed time
Ans: (c)
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7. Get the better of:
(a) Advantage of
(b) Be better off
(c) Take better things
(d) Take advantage of
Ans: (a)
8. Hear someone out:
(a) Hear from far away
(b) Dismiss someone
(c) Keep someone out
(d) Let someone complete what they are saying
Ans: (d)
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9. Trump up:
(a) Encourage
(b) Fabricate
(c) Trump card
(d) Break
Ans: (b)
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10. Break with:
(a) Break
(b) Interval
(c) Relieve
(d) Quarrel
Ans: (d)
11. Put by:
(a) Keep
(b) Kill
(c) Save
(d) Set
Ans: (c)
12. Keep at bay:
(a) Keep at a distance
(b) Keep at the sea-shore
(c) Keep in mind
(d) Keep thinking about something
Ans: (a)
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13. Hold one’s horse:
(a) Keep one’s expectations
(b) Keep one’s gift
(c) Have patience
(d) High on energy
Ans: (c)
14. Hornet’s nest:
(a) A bee’s house
(b) A violent situation
(c) A busy house
(d) A dangerous place
Ans: (b)
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15. Never-never land
(a) An ideal pace
(b) Dreamland
(c) No place
(d) A useless situation
Ans: (a)
16. Cap it all:
(a) Cover everything
(b) Seize everything
(c) To finish
(d) To occur
Ans: (c)
17. Like a sitting duck:
(a) Lazy
(b) Fat
(c) Sleepy
(d) Ignorant
Ans: (d)
18. Pull your socks up
(a) To get ready
(b) To improve
(c) To start
(d) To finish
Ans: (b)
19. At the drop of the ball:
(a) As soon as it was spoken
(b) Done easily, without any preparation
(c) Done in an instant
(d) After something is done
Ans: (b)
20. To eat away:
(a) Finish
(b) Corrode
(c) Destroy
(d) Eat up
Ans: (b)
21. To grow upon:
(a) To grow
(b) Nurture
(c) Get a stronger hold on something gradually
(d) To flourish
Ans: (c)
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22. Long for:
(a) Desire
(b) Long
(c) Far
(d) Age
Ans: (a)
23. With might and main
(a) with full risks
(b) with full force
(c) having full confidence
(d) with full blessings
Ans: (b)
24. Ruffle somebody’s feather
(a) gamble
(b) escape responsibility
(c) annoy somebody
(d) show contempt for
Ans: (c)
25. Cut short
(a) delete
(b) praise
(c) interrupt
(d) to end earlier than expected
Ans: (d)
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26. Dog eat dog
(a) very vigilant
(b) steady manager
(c) ruthlessly competitive
(d) hostile and unhelpful
Ans: (c)
27. Gift of the gab
(a) eloquent
(b) puzzling
(c) deceptive
(d) embarrassing
Ans: (a)
28. To eat one’s own words
(a) to offer bribe with sweet words
(b) to listen carefully
(c) to remain silent
(d) force to retract one’s own statement
Ans: (d)
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29. Steal someone’s thunder
(a) take credit for something someone else did
(b) poor cry
(c) a useless attempt
(d) everything
Ans: (a)
30. Red-tape
(a) official procedures causing delay
(b) label red for something dangerous
(c) to be cleared very fast
(d) a procedure for close scrutiny
Ans: (a)
31. Bad blood
(a) war
(b) ill feeling
(c) threatening
(d) in an infected state of being
Ans: (b)
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32. A laughing stock
(a) an object of laughter
(b) a storehouse of joke
(c) an object of desire
(d) stock of high value
Ans: (a)
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33. Bird’s eye view
(a) vision of a bird
(b) visualize
(c) see without giving attention
(d) a general view from above
Ans: (d)
34. Lay on the thick
(a) an exaggeration
(b) a compulsion
(c) a development
(d) a reality
Ans: (a)
35. Be taken aback
(a) surprised
(b) pleased
(c) hurt
(d) shocked
Ans: (d)
36. Play ducks and drakes
(a) lent
(b) spent lavishly
(c) did not spend
(d) borrowed
Ans: (b)
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37. To eat humble pie
(a) earn praise
(b) suffer humiliation
(c) modest
(d) determine
Ans: (b)
38. As hard as nails
(a) powerful
(b) unrelenting
(c) fearsome
(d) strict
Ans: (b)
39. Under a cloud
(a) of his own accord
(b) in disgrace
(c) with a heavy heart
(d) when it was raining
Ans: (b)
40. In a pickle
(a) in a funny position
(b) in a serious position
(c) in a sad situation
(d) in an embarrassing situation
Ans:: (d)
41. Get on well
(a) have an agreement
(b) have a misunderstanding
(c) have a friendly relationship
(d) fall in love
Ans: (c)
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42. Slip off
(a) steal quietly
(b) go quickly
(c) leave quietly
(d) slide quickly
Ans: (c)
43. Look forward to
(a) afraid of
(b) expecting with pleasure
(c) expecting
(d) confident of
Ans: (b)
44. Strike bad patches
(a) eliminate many difficulties
(b) go through many illnesses
(c) have many professional difficulties
(d) come across bad weather
Ans: (c)
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45. Mockery of justice
(a) mocking at the judgement
(b) a mock trial
(c) have no serious outcome
(d) look ridiculous
Ans: (c)
46. An about-turn
(a) a good announcement
(b) a declaration of war
(c) complete change of opinion
(d) a bold statement
Ans: (c)
47. For good
(a) to seek good fortune
(b) to a good place
(c) to a foreign country
(d) permanently
Ans: (d)
48. To grease the palm
(a) to rub oil on the hand
(b) to lubricate the machine parts
(c) to bribe
(d) to cut the tree
Ans: (c)
49. Get the better of:
(a) Advantage over
(b) Be better off
(c) Take the better things and leave the rest
(d) Take advantage of
Ans: (a)
50. Hear someone out:
(a) Hear from far away
(b) Dismiss someone
(c) Keep someone out
(d) Let someone complete what they are saying
Ans: (d)
51. Black sheep
(a) one who does not cooperate
(b) a person with a bad reputation
(c) one who lives the life of shame
(d) one who is always doing wrong
Ans: (b)
52. Talk over
(a) assess
(b) fight about
(c) discuss
(d) survey
Ans: (c)
53. Cut a sorry figure
(a) Don’t stand straight
(b) Apologise for remarks
(c) Create a wrong impression
(d) Make a poor impression
Ans: (d)
54. Bring to light
(a) Introduce
(b) Reveal
(c) See
(d) Bring to life
Ans:: (b)
55. To be well off:
(a) Quite far away
(b) To be in comfortable circumstances
(c) Distant
(d) Unrelated
Ans: (b)
56. At loggerheads
(a) agree on everything
(b) disagreeing on everything
(c) aloof from each other
(d) abusing each other
Ans: (b)
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57. Feeling under the weather
(a) unhappy
(b) depressed
(c) irritated
(d) sick
Ans: (d)
58. Black and blue
(a) Suddenly
(b) In writing form
(c) In book
(d) Severly
Ans: (d)
59. A man of straw:
(a) A man with no means
(b) A generous man
(c) A man of character
(d) A man of no substance
Ans: (d)
60. Give cold shoulder:
(a) Shiver
(b) Cold meat
(c) To ignore
(d) To support
Ans: (c)
61. To nip in the bud
(a) To fall asleep
(b) To pluck flowers
(c) To grow more plants
(d) To check at the very beginning
Ans: (d)
62. In the middle of the fire
(a) impulsive
(b) sensible
(c) crazy
(d) self centred
Ans: (b)
63. Go for the jugular
(a) forfeit the match
(b) give easy opportunities to the opposite team
(c) give reserve players a chance
(d) attack all out
Ans: (d)
64. Turn over a new leaf
(a) change one’s behaviour for the better
(b) read between the pages of a book.
(c) do a somersault
(d) do a new job.
Ans: (a)
65. Take up the hatchet
(a) behave formally
(b) pursue a chanc
(c) be caught in a trap
(d) prepare for or go to war
Ans: (d)
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66. At loose ends
(a) tie two loose ends of a thread
(b) keep options open
(c) in an uncertain situation
(d) repay debts
Ans: (c)
67. A bone of contention
(a) A good meal
(b) Satisfaction
(c) Angery
(d) Cause of dispute
Ans: (d)
68. By leaps and bounds
(a) Jump about
(b) Rapidly
(c) To bind up
(d) Happy
Ans: (b)
69. To built castles in the air
(a) To be impractical
(b) To go by aeroplane
(c) Severe
(d) To make imaginary schemes
Ans: (d)
70. To end in smoke
(a) To set fire
(b) To succeed
(c) To come to nothing
(d) To be victorious
Ans: (c)
71. Red letter day
(a) Bad Day
(b) Colourful Day
(c) Calender
(d) Memorable Day
Ans: (d)
72. All just make-believe
(a) hatred
(b) treachery
(c) reality
(d) pretence
Ans: (d)
73. From stem to stern
(a) from the front to the back
(b) from the beginning to the end
(c) top of a plant to its roots.
(d) loose pleasantness to become strict
Ans: (a)
74. To hang in the balance
(a) To be uncertain
(c) To be fair
(b) To buy something
(d) To die
Ans: (a)
75. Over egg the pudding
(a) add unnecessary details
(b) fill the pudding excessively with egg.
(c) add details in order to make something more exciting.
(d) add important details to the content of a story.
Ans: (a)
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76. Once in a blue moon
(a) Monthly
(b) Regularly
(c) Rarely
(d) Fortnightly
Ans: (c)
77. In the long run
(a) Long distance
(b) A race
(c) Finally
(d) After the run
Ans: (c)
78. By hook or by crook
(a) Honestly or dishonestly
(b) In a friendly way
(c) To catch fish
(d) Cheat
Ans: (a)
79. Few and far between
(a) Fair
(b) Rare
(c) Abundant
(d) Far away
Ans: (b)
80. In the nick of time
(a) Just in time
(b) Before time
(c) To be late
(d) Once upon a time
Ans: (a)
81. Apple of the eye
(a) An eye disease
(b) Centre of attraction
(b) An apple
(d) Affectionate
Ans: (b)
82. Blow one’s own trumpet
(a) Play a trumpet
(b) A good musician
(c) Blow a horn
(d) Praise oneself
Ans: (d)
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83. A bed of roses
(a) Beautiful bed
(b) A Garden
(c) A soft bed
(d) A Pleasant place
Ans: (d)
84. Man of Letters
(a) Postman
(b) Letter writer
(c) Scholar
(d) Teacher
Ans: (c)
85. With a view to
(a) For absence
(b) For leave
(c) For purpose
(d) For watching
Ans: (c)
86. On account of
(a) Because of
(b) Therefore
(c) That is why
(d) of an account
Ans: (a) 0 0 0
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