Idioms & Phrases 1000+ MCQ with answer for CLAT PG

1. Spick and span :
A. Neat and clean
B. Outspoken
C. A ready-made thing
D. Garrulous
Answer : A

2. Bed of roses
A. dull life
B. very soft bed
C. belong to
D. full of joys
Answer : D

3. He has all his ducks in a row; he is complacent.
A. has everything ready
B. is well organised
C. always scores a zero
D. never gets confused
Answer : B

4. To carry the coal to newcastle :
A. To work hard
B. To finish a jab
C. To do unnecessary things
D. To do menial jobs
Answer : C

5. To snap ones fingers :
A. To speak abruptly
B. To accept immediately
C. To grasp eagerly
D. To become contemptuous of
Answer : D

6. He is on the wrong side of seventy .
A. more than seventy years old
B. less than seventy years old
C. seventy years old
D. eighty years old
Answer : A

7. Hard-pressed :
A. Bewildered
B. Insulted
C. Hard discipline
D. In difficulties
Answer : D

8. To split hours :
A. To sidetrack the issue
B. To quarrel over trifles
C. To indulge in over-refined arguments
D. To find faults with other
Answer : C

9. A bull in a china shop :
A. A person who is very ugly but loves the beautiful things of life
B. A person who takes a sadistic delight in harming innocient people
C. A person who becomes too excited where no excitment is warranted
D. A person who is rought and clumsy where skill and care are required
Answer : D

10. With great difficulty, he was able to carve out a niche for himself.
A. became a sculptor
B. did the best he could do
C. destroyed his career
D. developed a specific position for himself
Answer : D

11. She wanted to go hitch-hiking but her mother put her foot down and now she's going by bus.
A. took a firm stand
B. expressed her displeasure
C. scolded her badly
D. got irritated
Answer : A

12. To beg the question
A. To refer to
B. To take for granted
C. To raise objections
D. To be discussed
Answer : B

13. To change colour :
A. To change appearance
B. To shift allegiance to
C. To favour the wrong person
D. None of these
Answer : B

14. To be at ones fingers end :
A. To be hopeless
B. To be highly perplexed
C. To be completely conversant with
D. To count things
Answer : C

15. To keep the ball rolling :
A. To earn more and more
B. To work constantly
C. To keep the conversation going
D. To make the best use of
Answer : C

16. To bring ones eggs to a bad market :
A. To face on humiliating situation
B. To bring ones commodities to a market where there is no demand for them
C. To show ones talents before audience which is incapable of appreciating them
D. To fail in ones plans because one goes to the wrong people for help
Answer : D

17. By the rule of thumb :
A. By the use of force
B. By the use of trickery
C. By cheating and deception
D. By practical experience which is rather rough
Answer : D

18. To take the bull by the horns :
A. To punish a person severly for his arrogance
B. To grapple courageously with difficulty that lies in our way
C. To handle it by fierce attack
D. To bypass the legal process and take action according to ones own whims
Answer : B

19. An apple of discord
A. cause of happiness
B. cause of quarrel
C. cause of wealth
D. cause of illness
Answer : B

20. To be above board .
A. To have a good height
B. To be honest in any business deal
C. Having no debts
D. To try to be beautiful
Answer : B

21. To put one's hand to plough
A. To take up agricultural farming
B. To take a difficult task
C. To get entangled into unnecessary things
D. Take interest in technical work
Answer : B

22. To be above board
A. To have a good height
B. To be honest in any business deal
C. They have no debts
D. To try to be beautiful
Answer : B

23. green thumb
A. one has a green tatto on the thumb
B. to have a natural intrest in gardening
C. one is articstic
D. ones nails are painted green
Answer : B

24. Atlogger heads
A. In difficulty
B. to be at strife
C. None of above
D. very happy together
Answer : B

25. A critic's work is to read between the lines .
A. to comprehend the meaning
B. to appreciate the inner beauty
C. to understand the inner meaning
D. to read carefully
Answer : C

26. We cannot depend on him for this assignment as it needs careful handling and he is like a bull in a china shop .
A. a felicitous person
B. a clumsy person
C. a tactful person
D. a no-nonsense person
Answer : B

27. Once the case reached the court, the police washed their hands off it .
A. waited for a response to
B. claimed credit for
C. disassociated themselves from
D. seemed eager to continue
Answer : C

28. To hit the nail right on the head
A. To do the right thing
B. To destroy one's reputation
C. To announce one's fixed views
D. To teach someone a lesson
Answer : A

29. All in all
A. Every person
B. Call all at once
C. Most important
D. Particular thing same in all
Answer : C

30. The mother always insists on keeping the house spick and span .
A. open
B. locked
C. safe
D. tid
Answer : D

31. To cast pearls before a swine :
A. To offer some a thing which he cannot appreciate
B. To bring something good before the eyes of a greedy person
C. To spend racklessly on a useless fellow
D. To indulge in fruitless endeavours
Answer : A

32. To smell a rat
A. To see signs of plague epidemic
B. To get bad small of a bad dead rat
C. To suspect foul dealings
D. To be in a bad mood
Answer : C

33. To end in smoke
A. To make completely understand
B. To ruin oneself
C. To excite great applause
D. To overcome someone
Answer : B

34. To pull ones socks up :
A. To prepare
B. To try hard
C. To get ready
D. To depart
Answer : B

35. To worship the rising sun :
A. To honour a man who is coming into office
B. To honour to promising people
C. To indulge in flattery
D. To welcome the coming events
Answer : A

36. As fit as a fiddle
A. Looks fit but not fit actaully
B. Recovering from illness
C. Very weak
D. None of above
Answer : D

37. We had (had) better batten down the hatches . The weather is unpredictable.
A. stay in-door
B. prepare for a difficult situation
C. go somewhere safe
D. face the obstacles
Answer : B

38. a tight corner
A. in a difficult situation
B. in a closed room
C. in a small field
D. in a meadow
Answer : A

39. The sailors nailed their colours to their mast.
A. put up a colourful mast
B. refused to climb down
C. took over the ship
D. decided to abandon the ship
Answer : B

40. To pull strings :
A. To exert hidden influence
B. To tease someone
C. To speed up
D. To start something
Answer : A

41. To have an axe to grind.
A. a private end to serve
B. to fail to arouse interest
C. to have no result
D. to work for both sides
Answer : A

42. At daggers drawn
A. at enmity
B. to be puzzled
C. at friendship
D. real cause
Answer : A

43. The convict claimed innocence and stood his ground in spite of the repeated accusations.
A. knelt
B. surrendered
C. kept standing
D. refused to yield
Answer : D

44. To pick holes
A. To find some reason to quarrel
B. To destroy something
C. To criticise someone
D. To cut some part of an item
Answer : C

45. Where discipline is concerned I put my foot down .
A. take a firm stand
B. take a light stand
C. take a heavy stand
D. take a shaky stand
Answer : A

46. To set one's face against
A. To oppose with determination
B. To judge by appearence
C. To get out of difficulty
D. To look at one steadily
Answer : A

47. You will succeed if you follow my advice to the letter .
A. about writing letters
B. written in the letter
C. in every detail
D. very thoughtfully
Answer : C

48. To give a rap on the knuckles :
A. To eulogise
B. To chatise
C. To condemn D. To rebuke
Answer : D