Direction.
Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom / phrase.
By the rule of thumb :
By the use of force
By the use of trickery
By cheating and deception
By practical experience which is rather rough
Correct Answer :
D. By practical experience which is rather rough
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Bag and baggage
Without any belonging
All the clothing
With all one's belongings
Leave
To be in abeyance :
To be in trouble
Dual minded
In a fighting mood
Insuspense
To hit the nail right on the head
To do the right thing
To destroy one's reputation
To announce one's fixed views
To teach someone a lesson
To oil the knocker :
To instigate a person to do a job
To do a work with increased pace
To tip the office-boy
To revive old enmity
To wrangle over an asss shadow :
To act in a foolish way
To quarrel over trifles
To waste time on petty things
To do something funny
To mind ones Ps and Qs :
To be cautious
To be accurate and precise
To be careful of ones accounts
To be careful of ones personality
To cry wolf.
To listen eagerly
To give false alarm
To turn pale
To keep off starvation
By leaps and bounds
aimlessly
very fast
very slow
in details
Adolescence is a period of halcyon days.
hard days
of mental pressure
happy days
days of preparation
To make clean breast of
To gain prominence
To praise oneself
To confess without of reserve
To destroy before it blooms
To have ones heart in ones boots :
To be deeply depressed
To be frightened
To get angry
To keep a secret
He made away with ten thousand rupees in the course of three months.
earned
ran away with
squandered
saved
To turn the tables :
To defeat
To oppose
To create chaos
To change the sorry scheme
He made my day by telling me how important I was to him.
gave me great pleasure
displeased me
spoiled my day
made me resentful
does not hold water
Cannot be belived
cannot be valued
does not fulfil the reqiurements
does not deserve appreciation
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
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 keeps one's temper
To become hungry
To be in good mood
To preserve ones energy
To be aloof from
The students found it hard to go at equal speed with the professor.
get away from
put up with
keep up with
race ag
At a loss
at a relation loss
at a business loss
none of above
to be unable to decide
To pull ones socks up :
To prepare
To try hard
To get ready
To depart
You need to have something up your sleeve if the present plan does not work.
have some honest means
have some hidden sources of money
have a secret pocket in the sleeve
have an alternative plan
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
At daggers drawn
at enmity
to be puzzled
at friendship
real cause
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
The students of that group have assured their project guide that they will all work against the clock .
work while keeping patience
work with vigour to finish in limited time
work with enthusiasm
work hard to go against the time
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
To flog a dead horse :
To act in a foolish way
To waste ones efforts
To revive interest in an old subject
To revive old memories
To be above board.
To have a good height
To be honest in any business deal
Having no debts
To try to be beautiful