Direction.
Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/ phrase.
A tall order :
A task difficult to perform
A bid problem
A royal summon
A big demand
Correct Answer :
A. A task difficult to perform
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A green horn :
An envious lady
A trainee
An inexperienced man
A soft-hearted man
At the spur of the moment
Great Moment
Without Delay
Very Slow
Difficult Moment
We had (had) better batten down the hatches . The weather is unpredictable.
stay in-door
prepare for a difficult situation
go somewhere safe
face the obstacles
Hard-pressed :
Bewildered
Insulted
Hard discipline
In difficulties
The mother always insists on keeping the house spick and span .
open
locked
safe
tid
To smell a rat
To see signs of plague epidemic
To get bad small of a bad dead rat
To suspect foul dealings
To be in a bad mood
To keep the ball rolling :
To earn more and more
To work constantly
To keep the conversation going
To make the best use of
To cut the gordian knot :
To solve a difficult problem
To be victorious
To break ties with someone
To defeat to powerful person
Will o the wisp :
Anything which eludes or deceives
To act in a childish way
To act in a foolish way
To have desires unbacked by efforts
To snap ones fingers :
To speak abruptly
To accept immediately
To grasp eagerly
To become contemptuous of
To beg the question
To refer to
To take for granted
To raise objections
To be discussed
To pull strings :
To exert hidden influence
To tease someone
To speed up
To start something
By leaps and bounds
aimlessly
very fast
very slow
in details
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
He is on the wrong side of seventy.
more than seventy years old
less than seventy years old
seventy years old
eighty years old
To give chapter and verse for a thing :
To produce the proof of something
To eulogize the qualities of a thing
To make publicity of a thing
To attach artificial value to a thing
To fight to the bitter end :
To fight with poison-tipped arrows
To fight to the last paint of enemy position
To die fighting
To carry on a contest regardless of consequences
It is difficult to have a sensible discussion with her as she flies off at a tangent.
gets carried away
starts discussing something irrelevant
loses her temper easily
does not really understand anything
a white elephant
a proud possession
a rare article
useful mode of transport
costly or truoblesome possession
To give a rap on the knuckles :
To eulogise
To chatise
To condemn
To rebuke
out and out
slightly
totally
simply
merely
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 drive home
To find one's roots
To return to place of rest
Back to original position
To emphasise
Harp on :
To comment
To criticise
To keeep on talking
To keep on insulting
A black sheep
An unlucky person
A lucky person
An ugly person
None of these
It is difficult to have a sensible discussion with her as she flies off at a tangent.
gets carried away
starts discussing something irrelevant
loses her temper easily
does not really understand anything
Apple Pie Order
Related to dry fruit packing
In perfect order
In random order
Related to fruits packing
To hold somebody to ransom :
To keep captive and demand concession
To humiliate somebody
To offer bribe
To blackmail and extract money
a tight corner
in a difficult situation
in a closed room
in a small field
in a meadow
The man changed colours when I questioned him on the allocation of funds.
turned pale
got numbed
turned happy
get motivated