Idioms and Phrases questions and answers Practice Question and Answer

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Direction(46): In the following, pick out the correct meaning of the following idioms:
Once in a blue moon

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    Frequently
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    Very rarely
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    Something interesting
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    Very common
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 2. "Very rarely "

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Directions: In question four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase underlined in the sentences. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and mark it is the Answer Sheet.

Eye wash

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    A problem
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    A fact
    Correct
    Wrong
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    A solution
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    A deception
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 4. "A deception"

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Direction: In questions four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase underlined in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and mark it is the Answer Sheet.

In cold blood 

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    Excitedly
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    Slowly
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    Angrily
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    Deliberately
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 4. "Deliberately"

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Answer : 2. "admire"

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In the following question, four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase and mark it in the Answer-Sheet.
To make clean breast of 

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    To gain prominence
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    To praise oneself
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    To make a full disclosure
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    To destroy before it blooms
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 3. "To make a full disclosure "

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Direction: - Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and mark your answer.

When Ram lost the money, he was down in the dumps. 

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    sad and depressed
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    very angry at himself
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    accusing others of stealing
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    searching everywhere
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 1. "sad and depressed "

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Which of the phrases (A), (B), (C) and (D) are given below sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold in the sentence to make it grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is given and ‘No correction is required ‘, mark (E) as the answer.

Peter won the race fair and square.

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    fare and square
    Correct
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  • 2
    fairly and square
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    fair square
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    fair not square
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 5
    No correction required
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 5. "No correction required"

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In each of the questions given below a/an idiom/phrase is given in bold which is then followed by five options which then try to decipher its meaning. Choose the option which gives the correct meaning of the phrases.

Wrap your head around something

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    Create difficulties by your own
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    Understand something complicated
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    Burn the midnight oil
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    Make everything complex
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 5
    Do something impossible
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 2. "Understand something complicated"
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