Idioms and Phrases Practice Question and Answer
8 Q:Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Snake in the grass
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645a1c58ab9384ee0ad88848- 1Co-operative personfalse
- 2Treacherous persontrue
- 3Sensitive personfalse
- 4Successful personfalse
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Answer : 2. "Treacherous person"
Q: Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Cover up
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643fcbd82d621da1169d93f4Cover up
- 1Put a carpet underfalse
- 2Ignore insults madefalse
- 3Hide or concealtrue
- 4Close something foreverfalse
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Answer : 3. "Hide or conceal "
Q:Select the correct option of the idiom/phrase.
"A bolt from the blue"
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6322fc0c4eed097ecb57a02a- 1An unexpected piece of news or eventtrue
- 2Not to leave a good impressionfalse
- 3Womenfalse
- 4A weak, unreliable personfalse
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Answer : 1. "An unexpected piece of news or event"
Q: Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Be under a cloud
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6458ddf87f8252086628d4c3- 1To be very happyfalse
- 2To be gloomyfalse
- 3To be untrustworthytrue
- 4To have a hidden talentfalse
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Answer : 3. "To be untrustworthy"
Explanation :
The correct answer is under suspicion. Key Points. The idiom "Under a cloud" means one is under suspicion of doing something fishy. Hence the correct option for the idiom "under a cloud" is "under suspicion".
Q:Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Sit on the fence
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64916dfedad6f2e01f50ad0b- 1Poke fun at peoplefalse
- 2Protect somethingfalse
- 3Create conflictsfalse
- 4Avoid making a decisiontrue
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Answer : 4. "Avoid making a decision"
Explanation :
"Sit on the fence" means to remain neutral or undecided in a situation where a decision is required.
Q: Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom in the given sentence.
I had never seen him lose his temper, and he governed our company with an iron hand.
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642ac7f972ca731a991546f4- 1In anxietyfalse
- 2At the servicefalse
- 3To any degreefalse
- 4strict and harsh controltrue
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Answer : 4. "strict and harsh control"
Q:In the following question, two columns are given containing three phrases each. In the first column, phrases are A, B, and C, and in the second column, the phrases are D, E, and F. A phrase from the first column may or may not connect with a phrase from the second column to make a grammatically and contextually correct sentence. There are five options, four of which display the sequence(s) in which the phrases can be joined to form a grammatically and contextually correct sentence. If none of the options forms a correct sentence after combination, select ‘None of these’ as your answer.
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- 1A-Ffalse
- 2B-F, C-Dfalse
- 3A-E, B-F and C-Dtrue
- 4B-F, C-Efalse
- 5None of thesefalse
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Answer : 3. "A-E, B-F and C-D"
Q:Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Achilles’ Heel
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649abf0a3662c8741dfe22d3- 1Irrelevant thingfalse
- 2Vulnerable pointtrue
- 3Fast runnerfalse
- 4Costly itemfalse
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Answer : 2. "Vulnerable point"
Explanation :
An "Achilles' Heel" is a person's area of weakness or vulnerability.

