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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

• 

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

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Idioms and Phrases for Competitive Exams

Multiple - choice questions based on idioms and phrases:

Choose the correct option:

A piece of cake:

Very tough

Very confused

Very easy

Ans: very easy

In the nick of time:

Exact time

At the last possible moment

Before time

Ans: At the last possible moment

Turn a blind eye:

Alarming

Total blindness

Pretend not to notice

Ans: Pretend not to notice

A man of straw:

Rigid

Fragile

Weak

Ans: Weak(person)

At sixes and sevens:

Ans: Confused

List of Idioms and Phrases:

1. An iron hand - By force
2. Bite your tongue - To avoid talking
3. kick the bucket - Die
4. Latin and Greek - unable to understand
5. Call a spade a spade - Straight talking
6. Under the thumb - Under his control
7. Cry for the moon - Ask for the impossible
8. At arm's length - To keep at a distance
9. Out of the way - Strange
10. Spread like wildfire - Spread quickly
11. By hook or by crook: By fair or foul means
12. Die in harness - Die while in service
13. In hot water - In trouble
14. In high spirits - Very happy
15. A big gun - An important person
16. In the long run - Ultimately
17. At home - Comfortable
18. At sea - Confused and lost
19. An acid test - A critical test
20. Carry on - To continue
21. Tight spot - A difficult situation
22. Above all - Mainly
23. Behind the scenes - In private
24. At first blush - At first sight
25. Close fisted - Mean

Choose the alternative which expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrases:

My friend was nervous about his new job, but he was eager to call the manager, so I said to him," To hold your horses".

Meaning of - to hold your horses

Excited

Be patient

Happy

Puzzled

Ans: Be patient

I know that you like pizza but don't eat like a horse.

Meaning of - eat like a horse

Gobble

Gulp

Eats a lot 

Eats unhealthy food

Ans: Eats a lot

Rohan worked hard, yet he passed the exam by the skin of his teeth. 

By cheating

with flying colors

Barely/by a small margin

Surprised

Ans: Barely/ by a small margin

Nowadays, I am feeling under the weather, so I will not attend the meeting.

Feeling good

Travelling

Feeling sick

Feeling sad

Ans: Feeling sick

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