Direction.
Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/ phrase.
A bakers dozen :
Twelve
Charity
Thirteen
Allowance
Correct Answer :
C. Thirteen
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To take umbrage :
To feel depressed
To be offended
To be satisfied
To be pleased
She wanted to go hitch-hiking but her mother put her foot down and now she's going by bus.
took a firm stand
expressed her displeasure
scolded her badly
got irritated
To snap ones fingers :
To speak abruptly
To accept immediately
To grasp eagerly
To become contemptuous of
Despite his initial arrogance he had to eat humble pie .
he had to yield under pressure
he maintained composure
he failed to protest eventually
he accepted the food oflfered
Apple Pie Order
Related to dry fruit packing
In perfect order
In random order
Related to fruits packing
At one's wit's end
Clear Up
Perplexed
Explain
Enlighten
To cast pearls before a swine :
To spend recklessly
To spend a lot of money on the unkeep of domestic hogs
To waste monkey over trifles
To offer to a person a thing which he cannot appreciate
To have an axe to grind.
a private end to serve
to fail to arouse interest
to have no result
to work for both sides
The convict claimed innocence and stood his ground in spite of the repeated accusations.
knelt
surrendered
kept standing
refused to yield
To take with a grain of salt :
To take with some reservation
To take with total disbelief
To take whole heartedly
To take seriously
A bakers dozen :
Twelve
Charity
Thirteen
Allowance
He is on the wrong side of seventy.
more than seventy years old
less than seventy years old
seventy years old
eighty years old
He made my day by telling me how important I was to him.
gave me great pleasure
displeased me
spoiled my day
made me resentful
played havoc
caused destruciton
caused disease
caused hardship
caused floods
To keeps one's temper
To become hungry
To be in good mood
To preserve ones energy
To be aloof from
By leaps and bounds
aimlessly
very fast
very slow
in details
He made away with ten thousand rupees in the course of three months.
earned
ran away with
squandered
saved
He has all his ducks in a row ; he is complacent.
has everything ready
is well organised
always scores a zero
never gets confused
To strike ones colours :
To fight vigorously
To work hard
To surrender
To make a rude gesture
Above board
honest and straightforward
a dishonest person
boasting person
a man with arrogance
fair and square
auhtorative
business like
honest
active
To take the wind out of anothers sails :
To manouevre ot mislead another on the high seas
To cause harm to another
To defeat the motives of another
To anticipate another and to gain advantage over him
To change colour :
To change appearance
To shift allegiance to
To favour the wrong person
None of these
To wrangle over an asss shadow :
To act in a foolish way
To quarrel over trifles
To waste time on petty things
To do something funny
To pick holes
To find some reason to quarrel
To destroy something
To criticise someone
To cut some part of an item
To be above board
To have a good height
To be honest in any business deal
They have no debts
To try to be beautiful
To play fast and loose :
To beguile others
To be winning sometimes and losing at other times
To play with someones feeling
To play tricks
At one's fingertips
None of above
To take revenge
Matter of shame
Complete knowledge
To be in abeyance :
To be in trouble
Dual minded
In a fighting mood
Insuspense
To cast pearls before a swine :
To offer some a thing which he cannot appreciate
To bring something good before the eyes of a greedy person
To spend racklessly on a useless fellow
To indulge in fruitless endeavours