Direction.
Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/ phrase.
At arm's length
Insult
Length of arm
At a distance
Very near
Correct Answer :
C. At a distance
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To hit the jackpot :
To gamble
To get an unexpected victory
To be wealthy
To make money unexpectedly
To turn the tables :
To defeat
To oppose
To create chaos
To change the sorry scheme
To break the ice :
To start quarreling
To end the hostility
To start to conversation
To end up partnership
To speak daggers :
To abuse someone
To indulge in varacious talks
To speak to a person with hostility
None of these
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
The students found it hard to go at equal speed with the professor.
get away from
put up with
keep up with
race against
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 have an axe to grind .
a private end to serve
to fail to arouse interest
to have no result
to work for both sides
At daggers drawn
at enmity
to be puzzled
at friendship
real cause
With great difficulty, he was able to carve out a niche for himself.
became a sculptor
did the best he could do
destroyed his career
developed a specific position for himself
The students found it hard to go at equal speed with the professor.
get away from
put up with
keep up with
race ag
To snap ones fingers :
To speak abruptly
To accept immediately
To grasp eagerly
To become contemptuous of
To bear the palm :
To win
To accept a challenge
To accept defeat
To endure something
A bull in a china shop :
A person who is very ugly but loves the beautiful things of life
A person who takes a sadistic delight in harming innocient people
A person who becomes too excited where no excitment is warranted
A person who is rought and clumsy where skill and care are required
Bed of roses
dull life
very soft bed
belong to
full of joys
out and out
slightly
totally
simply
merely
To drive home
To find one's roots
To return to place of rest
Back to original position
To emphasise
Hard-pressed :
Bewildered
Insulted
Hard discipline
In difficulties
To pull strings :
To exert hidden influence
To tease someone
To speed up
To start something
To be above board .
To have a good height
To be honest in any business deal
Having no debts
To try to be beautiful
a white elephant
a proud possession
a rare article
useful mode of transport
costly or truoblesome possession
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 give/get the bird :
To get the awaited
To have good luck
To send away
To get the impossible
Harp on :
To comment
To criticise
To keeep on talking
To keep on insulting
To talk through ones hat :
To speak fluently
To talk nonsense
To talk wisdom
To speak at random
To pull ones socks up :
To prepare
To try hard
To get ready
To depart
To let off steam , my friend started murmuring.
to release his tension
to show his anger
to show his approval
to show his disple
Once the case reached the court, the police washed their hands off it .
waited for a response to
claimed credit for
disassociated themselves from
seemed eager to continue
played havoc
caused destruciton
caused disease
caused hardship
caused floods
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