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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