Direction.
Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/ phrase.
At daggers drawn
at enmity
to be puzzled
at friendship
real cause
Correct Answer :
A. at enmity
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The sailors nailed their colours to their mast.
put up a colourful mast
refused to climb down
took over the ship
decided to abandon the ship
To give a false colouring :
To misrepresent
To submit the false report
To be dishonest
To conceal the facts
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 pull strings :
To exert hidden influence
To tease someone
To speed up
To start something
Lions share
look angrily
minor share
heart of the prey
major share
Bed of roses
dull life
very soft bed
belong to
full of joys
To change colour :
To change appearance
To shift allegiance to
To favour the wrong person
None of these
To give/get the bird :
To get the awaited
To have good luck
To send away
To get the impossible
To drive home.
To find ones root
To return to place of rest
Back to original position
To emphasise
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
To pay off old scores :
To have ones revenge
To settle a dispute
To repay the old loan
None of these
To cry wolf.
To listen eagerly
To give false alarm
To turn pale
To keep off starvation
To strike ones colours :
To fight vigorously
To work hard
To surrender
To make a rude gesture
To be above board.
To have a good height
To be honest in any business deal
Having no debts
To try to be beautiful
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 take people by storm :
To put people in utter surprise
To captivate them unexpectedly
To exploit peoples agitation
To bring out something sensational attracting peoples attention
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
Adolescence is a period of halcyon days .
hard days
of mental pressure
happy days
days of preparation
I tried to feel his pulse on the issue, but in vain.
find his views
enlighten him
argue with him
guide him
To cut the gordian knot :
To solve a difficult problem
To be victorious
To break ties with someone
To defeat to powerful person
My sincere advice to my maidservant fell on stony ground.
was counter productive
had a strong impact
made on stubborn
had little success
To give a rap on the knuckles :
To eulogise
To chatise
To condemn
To rebuke
You will succeed if you follow my advice to the letter .
about writing letters
written in the letter
in every detail
very thoughtfully
To cool ones heels :
To rest for sometime
To give no importance to someone
To remain in a comfortable position
To be kept waiting for sometime
Be in the mire :
Be under dept
Be in love
Be in difficulties
Be uneasy
The man changed colours when I questioned him on the allocation of funds.
turned pale
got numbed
turned happy
get motivated
To pour oil in troubled water :
To forment trouble
To add to the trouble
To instigate
To calm a quarrel with sooting words
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
To turn the tables :
To defeat
To oppose
To create chaos
To change the sorry scheme