Direction.
Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/ phrase.
At one's wit's end
Clear Up
Perplexed
Explain
Enlighten
Correct Answer :
B. Perplexed
Related Questions
The students found it hard to go at equal speed with the professor.
get away from
put up with
keep up with
race against
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 give a false colouring :
To misrepresent
To submit the false report
To be dishonest
To conceal the facts
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 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 drive home.
To find ones root
To return to place of rest
Back to original position
To emphasise
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 be old as the hills :
To be very ancient
To be wise tand learned
To be old but foolish
Not being worth the age
To carry the coal to newcastle :
To work hard
To finish a jab
To do unnecessary things
To do menial jobs
out and out
slightly
totally
simply
merely
To talk through ones hat :
To speak fluently
To talk nonsense
To talk wisdom
To speak at random
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
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 cast pearls before a swine :
To offer some a thing which he cannot appreciate
To bring something good before the eyes of a greedy person
To spend racklessly on a useless fellow
To indulge in fruitless endeavours
Above board
honest and straightforward
a dishonest person
boasting person
a man with arrogance
To smell a rat
To see signs of plague epidemic
To get bad small of a bad dead rat
To suspect foul dealings
To be in a bad mood
At daggers drawn
at enmity
to be puzzled
at friendship
real cause
To cry wolf .
To listen eagerly
To give false alarm
To turn pale
To keep off starvation
Be in the mire :
Be under dept
Be in love
Be in difficulties
Be uneasy
A black sheep
An unlucky person
A lucky person
An ugly person
None of these
To pull strings :
To exert hidden influence
To tease someone
To speed up
To start something
At a loss
at a relation loss
at a business loss
none of above
to be unable to decide
Spick and span :
Neat and clean
Outspoken
A ready-made thing
Garrulous
To worship the rising sun :
To honour a man who is coming into office
To honour to promising people
To indulge in flattery
To welcome the coming events
To split hours :
To sidetrack the issue
To quarrel over trifles
To indulge in over-refined arguments
To find faults with other
To leave someone in the lurch
To come to compromise with someone
Constant source of annoyance to someone
To put someone at ease
To desert someone in his difficulties
To hit the jackpot :
To gamble
To get an unexpected victory
To be wealthy
To make money unexpectedly
Apple Pie Order
Related to dry fruit packing
In perfect order
In random order
Related to fruits packing
To have ones heart in ones boots :
To be deeply depressed
To be frightened
To get angry
To keep a secret
To drive home
To find one's roots
To return to place of rest
Back to original position
To emphasise