idioms and phrases MCQs – Page 8

Practise focused idioms and phrases questions with marked answers for exam preparation and subject revision.

idioms and phrases Mcqs
141. Choose the correct meaning of idiom Play ones card right:
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A. To get benefit of the opportunity

B. Being to improve

C. Change the parties

D. To do something risky

142. Which word comes from a Greek expression meaning goat-song?
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A. Tragedy

B. Poetry

C. Harmony

D. None of these

143. The phrase Be all ears means:
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A. Having long ears,

B. Listen with interest,

C. Being good listener

D. Suspect something,

144. Bird Brain means _____?
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A. A person that is not too smart; a person that acts stupid

B. A person that is too lazy; a person that acts dull

C. A person that too angry; a person that acts hastly

D. A person that is too smart; a person that acts Sharp

145. At the drop of the hat means____________?
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A. Done easily, without any preparation

B. Done in an instant

C. After something is done

D. As soon as it was spoken

146. His office is always in apple-pie order. What does the idiom/phrase apple-pie order means?
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A. Ornamental

B. Mismanaged

C. Neat & tidy

D. Disordered

147. To pick holes _________?
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A. To cut some part of an item

B. To destroy something

C. To criticize someone

D. To find some reason to quarrel

148. One who praise oneself is called __________?
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A. None of These

B. Nazist

C. Fascist

D. Narcissist
149. Achilles heel means ________?
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A. To endure a painful or unpleasant situation that is unavoidable

B. A metaphor for a fatal weakness in spite of overall strength

C. To action a task; to initiate work

D. A hidden or secret strength, or unrevealed advantage

150. Idiom turned a deaf ear to means?
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A. disputed

B. paid attention to

C. To ignore or refuse to listen to someone or something

D. acknowledged gratefully

151. What it the moaning of the Idiom/proverb To be at loggerheads ?
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A. To be in strong disagreement or dispute

B. To face stiff opposition

C. To tax ones mind and body

D. To cooperate with enemies

152. Choose the meaning of idiom: To break a lance with.
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A. To engage in a competition

B. To fail or to miscarry

C. To entertain friends

D. Get up to be involved in something

153. To end in smoke ________?
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A. To excite great applause

B. To ruin oneself

C. To overcome someone

D. To make completely understand

154. Khan is always ready to Eat anyone,s salt?
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A. An infectious diseas

B. To be one,s guest

C. None

D. To cook tasty dishes

155. Hitting the Nail on the Head means?
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A. Scold someone for their mistake

B. Performing a task with exactness

C. Taking a very dangerous risk

D. Hurting someone without letting them know

156. It was he who put a spoke in my wheel.
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A. tried to cause an accident

B. thwarted in the execution of the plan

C. destroyed the plan

D. helped in the execution of the plan

157. To smell a rat _______?
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A. To get bad small of a bad dead rat

B. To see signs of plague epidemic

C. To suspect foul dealings

D. To be in a bad mood

158. De novo means___________?
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A. Calm in arm

B. New

C. Prominent

D. To any extent

159. Meaning of the idiom Swan song?
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A. Early work

B. Middle work

C. First work

D. Last work
160. when pigs fly means ______?
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A. something that is easy to do

B. something that will never happen or is impossible

C. miss the chance

D. raining very heavily