idioms and phrases Mcqs
1. The idiom A bolt from blue means?
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A. Unexpected misfortune

B. Expected misfortune

C. Sudden News

D. Good news

2. To face the music means____________?
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A. To be offered warm hospitailty

B. To be greeted rudely

C. To be on the front seat in a concert

D. To bear the consequences
3. Get your goat means _____?
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A. To soothe someone

B. To irritate someone

C. To Hug someone

D. To pacify someone

4. Best of both worlds means ________?
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A. Just the information I have on the subject

B. A phrase implying that a person is never satisfied with their current situation; they think others have it better

C. Peoples intentions can be judged better by what they do than by what they say

D. A situation wherein someone has the privilege of enjoying two different opportunities
5. If you have a finger in the pie, you are _________ in something.
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A. Interested

B. Puzzled

C. Involved

D. None of these

6. One-Trick Pony means:
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A. Unlawful paropaganda

B. Clever planning for enemy

C. Doing work dishonesty

D. A person having one special feature, talent, or area of experti
7. Idiom Star Crossed is__________?
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A. None of these

B. Hard worker

C. Lucky

D. Unlucky
9. To read between the lines means?
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A. To read carefully

B. To concentrate

C. To Grasp the hidden meaning

D. To Suspect

10. Spill the beans ________ ?
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A. Reveal someones secret

B. To stop something at an early stage

C. Frivolously performing a simple task

D. Frivolously performing a simple task

11. What is the meaning of Banton?
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A. Farewell

B. Authority

C. Afresh

D. Good manners
12. En-route means_________?
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A. None of these

B. oneway direction

C. Long distance

D. On the way
13. Yeoman`s Services means: ___________?
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A. Govt services

B. Help in need

C. Free services

D. None of these

14. To leave someone in the lurch _________?
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A. Constant source of annoyance to someone

B. To come to compromise with someone

C. To desert someone in his difficulties

D. To put someone at ease

15. Idiom Tie the knot means?
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A. Enmity

B. Criticism

C. Friendship

D. Getting married
16. My friend is a couch potato. What does the idiom/phrase couch potato means?
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A. busy person

B. angry person

C. lazy person

D. active person

17. What the term Short Story stands for:
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A. A long prose fiction

B. A short prose fiction

C. A story of figurative language

D. Astory of many characters

18. To catch a tartar means:
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A. To meet with disaster

B. To deal with a person who is more than ones match

C. None of above

D. To catch a dangerous person
19. Idiom no love lost means?
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A. stop loving

B. forming a group

C. have good understanding

D. not like each other at all.
20. I met him after a long time, but he gave me the cold shoulder.
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A. insulted me

B. ignored me

C. abused me

D. scolded me

21. To make clean breast of means
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A. To gain prominence

B. To destroy before it blooms

C. To praise oneself

D. To confess without of reserves
22. She turned heads wherever she went. What does the idiom/phrase turn heads mean?
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A. too pleased

B. attract a lot of attention

C. get angry

D. not knowing what to say

E. get acquainted

23. An arm and a leg means _________?
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A. Very expensive or costly. A large amount of money

B. Full throttle; at maximum speed

C. Very cheap or inexpensive. A little amount of money

D. One made powerless or ineffective, as by nerves, panic, or stress

24. Raining cats and dogs means _________?
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A. Raining very heavily

B. one who presents a counter argument

C. Easy option

D. Very rarely

25. Idiom at ones wits end means?
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A. to be puzzled

B. to be a stupid person

C. to understand thoroughly

D. to behave irrationally

26. To hit the nail right on the head _______?
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A. To destroy ones reputation

B. To say something that is exactly right or completely true

C. To announce ones fixed views

D. To teach someone a lesson

27. Choose the correct meaning of idiom Champing at the bit__________?
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A. Extremely Impatient

B. Something difficult to accept

C. A pessimistic Person

D. None of these

28. choose the correct meaning of idiom peddle ones own canoe:
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A. A person with good behaviour

B. To solve ones own issues without any help

C. To be successful

D. To have aims & desires suitable to circumstances

29. beat around the bush means:
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A. To avid talking about what is important.

B. To talk rubbish

C. Making excuses

D. Try to hide in the bush

30. Like a sitting duck means________________?
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A. Sleepy

B. Lazy

C. Ignorant

D. Fat

31. ToJazz Up means to___________?
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A. Go faster

B. Be Strong

C. Make something more exciting

D. Make a lot of noise

32. Cap it all means:____________?
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A. To finish

B. To cover everything

C. To seize everything

D. To occur

33. A group of Apes is called?
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A. Pod

B. Shrewdness

C. Drove

D. Herd

34. Weal and woe means__________?
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A. Up & down

B. Joys & sorrows

C. Extreme hate

D. whole heartedly

35. Feel blue means _________?
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A. Feel happy

B. Feel Sad

C. Feel energetic

D. Feel angry

36. To cry wolf __________?
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A. To keep off starvation

B. To turn pale

C. To give false alarm

D. To listen eagerly

38. Idiom Best of both worlds means?
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A. Master of huge wealth

B. Friendly with everyone

C. None of these

D. benefits of two things and none of the disadvantages.
39. Be poles apparat means:
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A. Affect somebody greatly

B. Leading position in a race

C. Having nothing in common

D. Either of the two poles

40. Pull your socks up:
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A. To finish

B. To get ready

C. To improve

D. To start

41. To set ones face against __________?
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A. To judge by appearance

B. To get out of difficulty

C. To look at one steadily

D. To oppose with determination
42. A bed of roses.
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A. Many roses

B. Difficult option

C. Easy Option

D. Tricky option

43. Play away from the field.
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A. To conduct a game far from home.

B. To have se*ual relationship with someone who is not your usual partner.

C. To conduct a game far from home and town.

D. To have se*ual relationship with someone who is your usual partner.

44. To put ones hand to plough __________?
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A. To take a difficult task

B. To get entangled into unnecessary things

C. To take up agricultural farming

D. Take interest in technical work

45. Brain Drain means__________?
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A. Emigration Of Intellectuals

B. Mad Person

C. Migration Of Skilled Person To Other Country

D. None

46. The idiom once a blue moon means?
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A. Often

B. Rapidly

C. Rarely

D. Slowly

47. Beating a dead horse means ________?
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A. To uselessly dwell on a subject far beyond its point of resolution

B. An obvious, pressing issue left unaddressed due to its sensitive nature.

C. To speak the truth, even to the point of being blunt and rude

D. To work late into the night, alluding to the time before electric lighting

48. The idiom To keeps ones temper means:
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A. To become hungry

B. To be in good mood

C. To be aloof from

D. T0 preserve ones energy

49. All Hours means___________?
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A. At Regular Times

B. At Irregular Times

C. Every Hour

D. None of these

50. Nod off means?
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A. turn off something

B. sitting down

C. Fall asleep

D. take rest