Q41 . grease the palm
Options:
1) dirty one’s hands
2) work in a garage
3) slip and fall
4) bribe
Correct Answer: bribe
Q42 . To give oneself airs
Options:
1) Space to breathe
2) Time
3) Acting strange
4) Behaving arrogantly
Correct Answer: Behaving arrogantly
Q43 . At a stone’s throw
Options:
1) At a short distance
2) At a place where quarrels take place
3) At a great distance
4) A quarry
Correct Answer: At a short distance
Q44 . Bone of contention
Options:
1) A delicious nonvegetarian item
2) An item which made them content
3) Cause for quarrel
4) A link between them
Correct Answer: Cause for quarrel
Q45 . To eat humble pie
Options:
1) To eat an unsavoury pie
2) To be served food that is rotten
3) To yield under humiliating circumstances
4) To give in to political pressure
Correct Answer: To yield under humiliating circumstances
Q46 . To end in smoke
Options:
1) To fail
2) To create smoke
3) To end
4) To emit smoke
Correct Answer: To fail
Q47 . To spill the beans
Options:
1) To reveal partial truth
2) To be untidy
3) To reveal a secret
4) To conceal a fact
Correct Answer: To reveal a secret
Q48 . Drive home
Options:
1) Find one’s roots
2) Emphasise
3) Refer
4) Draw
Correct Answer: Emphasise
Q49 . To end in smoke
Options:
1) End without any practical result
2) End with positive result
3) Die in a burning house
4) Risk everything in a single venture
Correct Answer: End without any practical result
Q50 . A left handed compliment
Options:
1) A subtle rebuke
2) Wholesome praise
3) An ambiguous compliment
4) A mild compliment
Correct Answer: An ambiguous compliment
Q51 . Cut a sorry figure
Options:
1) Did not stand straight
2) Apologised for his remarks
3) Created a wrong impression
4) Made a poor impression
Correct Answer: Made a poor impression
Q52 . To take to task
Options:
1) Forgave him
2) Slapped him
3) Gave him extra work
4) Reprimanded him
Correct Answer: Reprimanded him
Q53 . Bring to light
Options:
1) Introduced
2) Revealed
3) Seen
4) Brought to life
Correct Answer: Revealed
Q54 . Bark is worse than his bite
Options:
1) Threat is worse than the action taken
2) Temper cannot be controlled
3) Ferocious scolding hurt more than his action
4) Anger is always justified
Correct Answer: Threat is worse than the action taken
Q55 . Throw caution to the winds
Options:
1) To be fearful
2) To warn others not to travel
3) To behave recklessly
4) To behave with care and caution
Correct Answer: To behave recklessly
Q56 . Ill at ease
Options:
1) Unwell
2) Irritated
3) Uneasy
4) Confused
Correct Answer: Uneasy
Q57 . Bad blood
Options:
1) Shooting
2) Anaemia
3) Enmity
4) Mourning
Correct Answer: Enmity
Q58 . To beat about the bush
Options:
1) To try to win favours
2) To talk well
3) To talk about relevant things
4) To talk about irrelevant things
Correct Answer: To talk about irrelevant things
Q59 . Maiden speech
Options:
1) Bachelor’s speech
2) First speech
3) Last speech
4) Extempore speech
Correct Answer: First speech
Q60 . A cuckoo in the nest
Options:
1) One who likes to stay at home
2) A view from a high place
3) An unwelcome intruder
4) One who is chosen as the leader of the group
Correct Answer: An unwelcome intruder
Q61 . A house of cards
Options:
1) An insecure scheme
2) A gambling house
3) A plan with high stakes
4) A place where cards are printed
Correct Answer: An insecure scheme
Q62 . To smell a rat
Options:
1) To see signs of plague epidemic
2) To get the bad smell of a dead rat
3) To suspect foul dealings
4) To be in a bad mood
Correct Answer: To suspect foul dealings
Q63 . Old head on young shoulders
Options:
1) To be intelligent when old
2) To be old and yet look young
3) To be wise beyond his years
4) To be smarter with age
Correct Answer: To be wise beyond his years
Q64 . A wildgoose chase
Options:
1) A fruitful search
2) A pointless search
3) To search for a wildgoose
4) A hunting expedition
Correct Answer: A pointless search
Q65 . Hard of hearing
Options:
1) To be disturbed
2) To be confused
3) To be deaf
4) To be dumb
Correct Answer: To be deaf
Q66 . Burn your boats
Options:
1) Have a burning desire to win
2) Become extremely tired after working very hard
3) Do something that makes it impossible to return to the previous situation
4) Want to spend money as soon as you get it
Correct Answer: Do something that makes it impossible to return to the previous situation
Q67 . Dressingdown
Options:
1) Apply bandage
2) Wear an expensive gown
3) Give a scolding
4) Pretend
Correct Answer: Give a scolding
Q68 . Null and void
Options:
1) Invalid
2) Observant
3) Uncontrolled
4) Homeless
Correct Answer: Invalid
Q69 . A dark horse
Options:
1) A wild animal
2) A black horse
3) An unknown entry
4) A front runner
Correct Answer: An unknown entry
Q70 . Throw cold water
Options:
1) Encourage
2) Discourage
3) Attack
4) Drench
Correct Answer: Discourage
Q71 . Butt in
Options:
1) Record
2) Impose
3) Improvise
4) Interrupt
Correct Answer: Interrupt
Q72 . Couch potato
Options:
1) An old person who has oldfashioned ideas.
2) A person who prefers to watch television.
3) A person who does not seem very friendly.
4) Someone who stays calm and does not show their emotions.
Correct Answer: A person who prefers to watch television.
Q73 . Carry the ball
Options:
1) Decorate the ball
2) Be in charge
3) Take the decision
4) Be the hostess
Correct Answer: Be in charge
Q74 . Turned down
Options:
1) Subject
2) Object
3) Reject
4) Deject
Correct Answer: Reject
Q75 . Catch a tartar
Options:
1) To catch a dangerous person
2) To deal with a person who is more than one’s match
3) To trap a wanted criminal with great difficulty
4) To live carefully and cautiously
Correct Answer: To deal with a person who is more than one’s match
Q76 . Cap in hand
Options:
1) Defiant
2) Screaming
3) Well behaved
4) In a respectful manner
Correct Answer: In a respectful manner
Q77 . In the blues
Options:
1) Cheerless and depressed
2) Violent and angry
3) Wearing blue badges
4) Singing sad songs
Correct Answer: Cheerless and depressed
Q78 . Cheek by jowl
Options:
1) Very close together
2) Arguing
3) Teasing one another
4) Avoiding one another
Correct Answer: Very close together
Q79 . Beyond the pale
Options:
1) Unreasonable or unacceptable
2) Beyond redemption
3) Full of rhetoric
4) Distasteful
Correct Answer: Unreasonable or unacceptable
Q80 . Blow one’s own trumpet
Options:
1) Play some music
2) Surprise oneself
3) Praise oneself
4) Condone oneself
Correct Answer: Praise oneself
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