NMAT - Idioms & Phrases 1000+ MCQ [Solved] PDF Download

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

2. My sincere advice to my maidservant fell on stony ground.
A. was counter productive
B. had a strong impact
C. made on stubborn
D. had little success
Answer : D

3. He made away with ten thousand rupees in the course of three months.
A. earned
B. ran away with
C. squandered
D. saved
Answer : C

4. To drink like a fish :
A. To drink little
B. To drink alone
C. To be a drunkard
D. To drink in the company of others
Answer : C

5. To cry wolf.
A. To listen eagerly
B. To give false alarm
C. To turn pale
D. To keep off starvation
Answer : B

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. Lions share
A. look angrily
B. minor share
C. heart of the prey
D. major share
Answer : D

10. All and Sundry
A. only rich person
B. together
C. selected people
D. Everybody without distinction
Answer : D

11. 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

12. To take people by storm :
A. To put people in utter surprise
B. To captivate them unexpectedly
C. To exploit peoples agitation
D. To bring out something sensational attracting peoples attention
Answer : B

13. 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

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

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

16. To catch a tartar
A. To trap wanted criminal with great difficulty
B. To catch a dangerous person
C. To meet with disaster
D. To deal with a person who is more than one's match
Answer : B

17. To strike ones colours :
A. To fight vigorously
B. To work hard
C. To surrender
D. To make a rude gesture
Answer : C

18. 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

19. 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

20. To give/get the bird :
A. To get the awaited
B. To have good luck
C. To send away
D. To get the impossible
Answer : C

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

22. To bear the palm :
A. To win
B. To accept a challenge
C. To accept defeat
D. To endure something
Answer : A

23. 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

24. To give a false colouring :
A. To misrepresent
B. To submit the false report
C. To be dishonest
D. To conceal the facts
Answer : A

25. In the teeth of
A. in the end
B. real cause
C. in the face of
D. to chase
Answer : C