Direction.

Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/ phrase.

1. Apple Pie Order
2. At one's fingertips
3. To drink like a fish :
4. To take the wind out of anothers sails :
5. To bear the palm :
6. He is on the wrong side of seventy.
7. At one's wit's end
8. An apple of discord
9. For this act of indifference he will be taken to task by the authority.
10. To leave someone in the lurch
11. Dog in the manger :
12. To snap ones fingers :
13. She wanted to go hitch-hiking but her mother put her foot down and now she's going by bus.
14. To beg the question
15. To have ones heart in ones boots :
16. Will o the wisp :
17. I tried to feel his pulse on the issue, but in vain.
18. A bakers dozen :
19. We had (had) better batten down the hatches . The weather is unpredictable.
20. To cool ones heels :
21. To cry wolf
22. To keep the ball rolling :
23. The mother always insists on keeping the house spick and span .
24. He made away with ten thousand rupees in the course of three months.
25. All and Sundry
26. You will succeed if you follow my advice to the letter .
27. a white elephant
28. To be above board
29. A man of straw
30. Where discipline is concerned I put my foot down .