Quiz | Idioms And Phrases MCQs |

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To face the music means______?

To be greeted rudely
To be offered warm hospitality
To be on the front seat in a concert
To bear the consequences

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Rule of thumb means______?

Mark of thumb on a legal paper
a rough estimate
an easy choice
an unknown rule

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Have an Axe to Grind means: ______?

To use axe frequently
Selfish motive
To have a dispute with someone
To be fair with someone

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Cock and bull story means_____?

a true story
a lengthy tale
Story told by an idiot
An unbelievable story

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Chose the correct meaning of idiom: Beat about the bush?

Try to meet George Bush
To avoid the main topic
To make noise
To accompany someone in a jungle

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The idiomatic phrase “Spick and Span” means?

Wisdom and foresight
Watch the weather
spotlessly clean
Deceive somebody

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To "Jazz Up” means to ____?

Go faster
Make something more exciting
Make a lot of noise
Be Strong

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There were no opposition to the new policy by the ‘rank and file’ of the Government.

The ordinary members
The official machinery
The majority
The cabinet ministers

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Meaning of the idiom ‘Swan song”?

Last work
First work
Middle work
Early work

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He is busy with his work: _____?

inns and out
up to neck
up to the hilt
kith and kin

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“All Hours” means_____?

At Regular Times
At Irregular Times
Every Hour
None of these

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Idiom “A slap on the wrist” means?

Hard Punishment
Beating Someone
Warning or Small Punishment
Make someone sad

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Idiom “To cut long story short” means?

Tell the story briefly
Come to the point
Miss the main points
None of above

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Idiom” To make amend for” means ______?

Make possible effort
To compensate for damage
To bring chance in something
None of these

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“Brain Drain” means________?

Mad Person
Migration of skilled person to other country
Emigration of Intellectuals
None

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The idiom “To bury the hatchet” mean?

To make peace
To make a foolish choice
To make a wrong decision
To lose something

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Complete the idiom “Hell hath no fury like a _?

A women scorned
A burned women
A woman forgotten
A devil’s advocate

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Idiom “Tie the knot” means?

Friendship
Getting married
Enmity
Criticism

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One-Trick Pony means:

A person having one special feature, talent, or area of expertise
Doing work dishonestly
Unlawful propaganda
Clever planning for enemy

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His office is always in apple-pie order. What does the idiom/phrase “apple-pie order” mean?

Neat & tidy
Disordered
Mismanaged
Ornamental

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“Hold one’s horse” means _______?

Keep one’s expectations
Keep one’s gift
Have patience
High on energy

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“Give cold shoulder” means ______?

To support
To ignore
Cold meat
Shiver

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To catch a tartar means:

To meet with disaster
To catch a dangerous person
To deal with a person who is more than one’s match
None of above

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To make clean breast of means

To gain prominence
To praise oneself
To destroy before it blooms
To confess without of reserves

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She turned heads wherever she went. What does the idiom/phrase “turn heads” mean?

too pleased
gets angry
attract a lot of attention
not knowing what to say
get acquainted

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My friend is a couch potato. What does the idiom/phrase “couch potato” means?

active person
busy person
lazy person
angry person

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He Was all at sea when he began his new Job. What does idiom / phrase “at sea” means _____?

happy
sad
puzzled
triumphant

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She goes to her mother’s house off and on. What does idiom / phrase “off and on” means_____?

frequently
rarely
occasionally
sometimes

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“Feel blue” means ______?

Feel Sad
Feel happy
Feel energetic
Feel angry

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“Fender bender” means ______?

A mammoth car accident
A Huge car accident
A small car accident
A major car accident

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“Go Dutch” means _____?

One person paying for everyone
share the cost of something, especially a meal, equally
Enjoy two different opportunities at the same time
To do something badly or cheaply

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“Black and blue” _______?

Full of bruises
A poor plan
False sense of happiness or success
Something that is not understandable

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“A litmus test” means ______?

A decisively indicative test
False sense of happiness or success
Something that is not understandable
To show dislike or disappointment through facial expressions

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“when pigs fly” means ______?

something that is easy to do
raining very heavily
something that will never happen or is impossible
miss the chance

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“Raining cats and dogs” means ______?

Raining very heavily
Easy option
Very rarely
one who presents a counter argument

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“Keep at bay” means ______?

Keep in mind
Keep at a distance
Keep thinking about something
Keep at the seashore

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“At the drop of the hat” means ______?

As soon as it was spoken
Done easily, without any preparation
Done in an instant
After something is done

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“Your guess is as good as mine” means ________?

Join a popular trend or activity
To hear something from the authoritative source
To know the answer
To have no idea

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“Far cry from” means ______?

To present a counter argument
To take on a task that is way to big
The show has come to an end. It’s all over
Very different from

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“Wild goose chase” means _____?

A foolish and hopeless search for or pursuit of something unattainable
To take credit for something someone else did
To not take what someone says too seriously; to treat someone’s words with a degree of skepticism
A phrase implying that one is not proficient at performing a particular task and that they should not try to perform the task professionally

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“Spill the beans” means ________?

Frivolously performing a simple task
Reveal someone’s secret
To stop something at an early stage
Frivolously performing a difficult task

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“Get your goat” means ____?

To pacify someone
To irritate someone
To soothe someone
To Hug someone

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“Drop a dime” means _______?

To be an informant
Almost free. Very cheap
To stop something at an early stage
To leave

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“Chew the fat” means _____?

To action a task; to initiate work
To become silent; to stop talking
To take offense; to get worked up, aggravated, or annoyed
To chat idly or generally waste time talking

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“Bird Brain” means _______?

A person that is not too smart; a person that acts stupid
A person that is too smart; a person that acts Sharp
A person that is too lazy; a person that acts dull
A person that too angry; a person that acts hastily

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“Best of both worlds” means ______?

A phrase implying that a person is never satisfied with their current situation; they think others have it better
People’s intentions can be judged better by what they do than by what they say
A situation wherein someone has the privilege of enjoying two different opportunities
Just the information I have on the subject

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“Beating a dead horse” means ______?

To uselessly dwell on a subject far beyond its point of resolution
An obvious, pressing issue left unaddressed due to its sensitive nature.
To speak the truth, even to the point of being blunt and rude
To work late into the night, alluding to the time before electric lighting

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“Basket case” means _______?

An area of vulnerability
Narrowly; barely. Usually used in regard to a narrow escape from a disaster
To treat a topic, but omit its main points, often intentionally or to delay or avoid talking about something difficult or unpleasant
One made powerless or ineffective, as by nerves, panic, or stress

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“Apple of discord” means ______?

Anything causing trouble, discord, or jealousy
A person that is not too smart; a person that acts stupid
To further a loss with sarcasm or indignity; to worsen an unfavorable situation
To speak the truth, even to the point of being blunt and rude

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“An arm and a leg” means _______?

Full throttle; at maximum speed
Very cheap or inexpensive. A little amount of money
Very expensive or costly. A large amount of money
One made powerless or ineffective, as by nerves, panic, or stress

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“Elephant in the room” means _______?

An obvious, pressing issue left unaddressed due to its sensitive nature
In good physical health
Someone can perceive things and events that are outside of their field of vision
You learned something through means of a rumor

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“Achilles’ heel” means ________?

To action a task; to initiate work
A metaphor for a fatal weakness in spite of overall strength
A hidden or secret strength, or unrevealed advantage
To endure a painful or unpleasant situation that is unavoidable

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“Ace in the hole” means _______?

A hidden or secret strength, or unrevealed advantage
A metaphor for a fatal weakness in spite of overall strength
Anything causing trouble, discord, or jealousy
Without any hesitation; instantly

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“A hot potato” means _______?

The one tiny drawback that ruins it
To go to bed to sleep
To find fault with something that has been received as a gift or favor
A controversial issue or situation that is awkward or unpleasant to deal with

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A bitter pill means ______?

Anything causing trouble, discord, or jealousy
A controversial issue or situation that is awkward or unpleasant to deal with
A situation or information that is unpleasant but must be accepted
When an attempt fails, and it’s time to start planning all over again

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“Like a sitting duck” means ______?

Lazy
Fat
Sleepy
Ignorant

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It was he who “put a spoke in my wheel” means______?

tried to cause an accident
helped in the execution of the plan
thwarted in the execution of the plan
destroyed the plan

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Do not trust a man who “blows his own trumpet”

flatters
praises others
admonishes others
praises himself

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In the armed forces, it is considered a great privilege to “die in harness”.

die on a horse back
die in the battlefield
die while still working
die with honor

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He “passed himself off” as a noble man.

Was regarded as
Pretended to be
Was thought to be
Was looked upon

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

scolded me
insulted me
abused me
ignored me

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He could be easily arrested because the police were tipped off in a advance. tipped off means ______?

Toppled over
Bribed
Given advance information
Threatened

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To set one’s face against ______?

To oppose with determination
To judge by appearance
To get out of difficulty
To look at one steadily

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To hit the nail right on the head ______?

To say something that is exactly right or completely true
To announce one’s fixed views
To destroy one’s reputation
To teach someone a lesson

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To smell a rat means ________?

To see signs of plague epidemic
To get bad small of a bad dead rat
To suspect foul dealings
To be in a bad mood

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A man of straw ______?

A man of no substance
A very active person
A worthy fellow
An unreasonable person

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To leave someone in the lurch ______?

To come to compromise with someone
Constant source of annoyance to someone
To put someone at ease
To desert someone in his difficulties

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To pick holes ______?

To find some reason to quarrel
To destroy something
To criticize someone
To cut some part of an item

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To put one’s hand to plough _______?

To take up agricultural farming
To take a difficult task
To get entangled into unnecessary things
Take interest in technical work

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To end in smoke _______?

To make completely understand
To ruin oneself
To excite great applause
To overcome someone

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To cry wolf _______?

To listen eagerly
To give false alarm
To turn pale
To keep off starvation

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To have an axe to grind ______?

A private end to serve
To fail to arouse interest
To have no result
To work for both sides

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To make clean breast of _______?

To gain prominence
To praise oneself
To confess without of reserve
To destroy before it blooms

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“Hornet’s nest” means: "_______?

A bee’s house
A violent situation
A good situation
A dangerous place

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“Never-never land” means: _______?

An ideal pace
Dream land
A worthless place
A useless situation

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“Cap it all” means: ______?

To cover everything
To seize everything
To finish
To occur

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"Pull your socks up" means ____?

To get ready
To finish
To start
To improve

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He was undecided. He “let the grass grow under his feet”.

loitered around
stayed out
sat unmoving
moved away

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What do you mean by Novel ?

Short prose
A long fictional prose with many characters
A short narrative prose
A literary work on the stage

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What the term Short Story stands for:

A long prose fiction
A story of figurative language
A story of many characters
A short prose fiction

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“Clique” means ______?

A group of animals
A group of birds
A group of people
None of above

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“Prosaic” means ______?

Good
Dull
Beautiful
None

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What is the meaning of Banton?

Afresh
Good manners
Farewell
Authority

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“De novo” means _______?

Calm in arm
New
Prominent
To any extent

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“Inter alia” means __________?

In between
By the fact
Under concentration
At the end

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“En-route” means ________?

one-way direction
On the way
Long distance
None of these

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Foreign phrase” De Jure” means?

By law
Successful
Illegal
Compromising

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The Government ruled by Women is called?

Petticoat government
Corporatocracy
Patriarchy
None of these

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“Icing (also frosting) on the cake” means ______?

An ugly but essential addition or enhancement
An ugly & inessential removal or diminution
Be very expensive
An attractive but inessential addition or enhancement