Direction.
Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/ phrase.
At one's fingertips
None of above
To take revenge
Matter of shame
Complete knowledge
Correct Answer :
D. Complete knowledge
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The mother always insists on keeping the house spick and span .
open
locked
safe
tid
Bed of roses
dull life
very soft bed
belong to
full of joys
To carry the coal to newcastle :
To work hard
To finish a jab
To do unnecessary things
To do menial jobs
Be in the mire :
Be under dept
Be in love
Be in difficulties
Be uneasy
To give/get the bird :
To get the awaited
To have good luck
To send away
To get the impossible
He has all his ducks in a row ; he is complacent.
has everything ready
is well organised
always scores a zero
never gets confused
At dagger's drawn
to be very friendly
to have bitter enmity
to be very familiar
to be unknown
All agog :
Everybody
All ready
Restless
Almighty
At logger heads
In difficulty
to be at strife
None of above
very happy together
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
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
To set one's face against
To oppose with determination
To judge by appearence
To get out of difficulty
To look at one steadily
For some people, writing verse is as duck takes to water .
like taking the duck to water
like bursting out suddenly
like dropping the duck in the water
like easily and naturally speaking
To drive home.
To find ones root
To return to place of rest
Back to original position
To emphasise
I tried to feel his pulse on the issue, but in vain.
find his views
enlighten him
argue with him
guide him
Swan-song :
Music as sweet as a song of birds
A melodious song in praise of someone
Praise of a woman by her lover
Last work of a poet or musician before death
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
At daggers drawn
at enmity
to be puzzled
at friendship
real cause
To ride hell for Leather :
To ride with furious speed
To adopt flase means to succeed
To work hard for a small accomplishment
To earn money by all means
To cut the gordian knot :
To solve a difficult problem
To be victorious
To break ties with someone
To defeat to powerful person
To pour oil in troubled water :
To forment trouble
To add to the trouble
To instigate
To calm a quarrel with sooting words
A tall order :
A task difficult to perform
A bid problem
A royal summon
A big demand
To pull strings :
To exert hidden influence
To tease someone
To speed up
To start something
To take the wind out of anothers sails :
To manouevre ot mislead another on the high seas
To cause harm to another
To defeat the motives of another
To anticipate another and to gain advantage over him
By leaps and bounds
aimlessly
very fast
very slow
in details
To put one's hand to plough
To take up agricultural farming
To take a difficult task
To get entangled into unnecessary things
Take interest in technical work
To cry wolf .
To listen eagerly
To give false alarm
To turn pale
To keep off starvation
To give a rap on the knuckles :
To eulogise
To chatise
To condemn
To rebuke
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 pick holes
To find some reason to quarrel
To destroy something
To criticise someone
To cut some part of an item