Direction.
Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/ phrase.
All in all
Every person
Call all at once
Most important
Particular thing same in all
Correct Answer :
C. Most important
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Bed of roses
dull life
very soft bed
belong to
full of joys
By the rule of thumb :
By the use of force
By the use of trickery
By cheating and deception
By practical experience which is rather rough
To hit the jackpot :
To gamble
To get an unexpected victory
To be wealthy
To make money unexpectedly
A green horn :
An envious lady
A trainee
An inexperienced man
A soft-hearted man
To take a leaf out of somebodys book :
To take him as a model
To steal something valuable
To follow the dictates of someone
To conform to others standard
To plough the sands :
To work hard to achieve ones aim
To afford hope or ground for expecting a good result
To busy oneself in a way which cannot lead to any profitable result
To advance ones position in life
To let off steam , my friend started murmuring.
to release his tension
to show his anger
to show his approval
to show his disple
To show the white feather :
To show signs to cowardice
To seek peace
To show arrogance
To become polite
To cry wolf.
To listen eagerly
To give false alarm
To turn pale
To keep off starvation
To make clean breast of
To gain prominence
To praise oneself
To confess without of reserve
To destroy before it blooms
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
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
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
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 bear the palm :
To win
To accept a challenge
To accept defeat
To endure something
You will succeed if you follow my advice to the letter .
about writing letters
written in the letter
in every detail
very thoughtfully
To drive home.
To find ones root
To return to place of rest
Back to original position
To emphasise
My sincere advice to my maidservant fell on stony ground .
was counter productive
had a strong impact
made on stubborn
had little success
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
To set the people by ears :
To box the people
To insult and disgrace the people
To punish heavily
To excite people to a quarrel
does not hold water
Cannot be belived
cannot be valued
does not fulfil the reqiurements
does not deserve appreciation
To bring ones eggs to a bad market :
To face on humiliating situation
To bring ones commodities to a market where there is no demand for them
To show ones talents before audience which is incapable of appreciating them
To fail in ones plans because one goes to the wrong people for help
To pull ones socks up :
To prepare
To try hard
To get ready
To depart
To hold somebody to ransom :
To keep captive and demand concession
To humiliate somebody
To offer bribe
To blackmail and extract money
We cannot depend on him for this assignment as it needs careful handling and he is like a bull in a china shop .
a felicitous person
a clumsy person
a tactful person
a no-nonsense person
At one's wit's end
Clear Up
Perplexed
Explain
Enlighten
To speak daggers :
To abuse someone
To indulge in varacious talks
To speak to a person with hostility
None of these
To split hours :
To sidetrack the issue
To quarrel over trifles
To indulge in over-refined arguments
To find faults with other
fair and square
auhtorative
business like
honest
active
An apple of discord
cause of happiness
cause of quarrel
cause of wealth
cause of illness