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Idioms & Phrases for Competitive Exams

Advantages of Idioms and Phrases (For competition) 

Mini Test:

Choose the correct option: 

Uphill task:

• Easy task
• Difficult task
• Different task
• Boring task

Ans: Difficult task

Well - to - do

• Catchy
• Penniless
• Affluent
• Uncourteous

Ans: Affluent

Talk big:

• To repeat
• To boost
• Long talk
• Chatter box

Ans: To boost

Yeoman's service

• Hard work
• Smart work
• Difficult work
• Excellent work

Ans: Excellent work

Queer fish:

• Strange person
• Ordinary person
• Foolish person
• Shrewd person

Ans: Strange person

Spick and span:

• Messy
• Neat and clean
• Stale
• Decompose

Ans: Neat and clean

Miss the beat:

• Continue
• Pulse
• Heartbeat
• To lose an opportunity

Ans: To lose an opportunity

Oily tongue: 

• Blunt
• Outspoken
• Natural
• Flattering words

Ans: Flattering words

In a nutshell:

• In very brief form
• Inside a shell
• In detail
• First of all

Ans: In very brief form

Loin's share:

• Whole part
• Half part
• Tierce
• Large part

Ans: Large part

Apple - pie - order:

• In worst condition
• In strange condition
• In good condition
• In vague condition

Ans: In good condition

At ease:

• Free from work
• Free from imprisonment
• Free from impurities
• Free from pain and anxiety

Ans: Free from pain and anxiety

Body and soul:

• Immaterial soul
• Half heartedly
• Psyche
• Wholeheartedly

Ans: Wholeheartedly

An iron - will:

• Strong will power
• Weak will power
• Lack of will power
• Increase will power

Ans: Strong will power

Draw a line:

• Set a goal
• Set a journey
• Set a plan
• Set a limit

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Ans:  Set a limit

Forty winks

Ans: A short nap 

At draggers drawn:

Ans: In open conflict

Burning question:

• Trivial issue
• Minor issue
• Insignificant issue
• Hot issue

Ans: Hot issue