Direction.
Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/ phrase.
fair and square
auhtorative
business like
honest
active
Correct Answer :
C. honest
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Bag and baggage
Without any belonging
All the clothing
With all one's belongings
Leave
a tight corner
in a difficult situation
in a closed room
in a small field
in a meadow
He has all his ducks in a row; he is complacent.
has everything ready
is well organised
always scores a zero
never gets confused
To talk through ones hat :
To speak fluently
To talk nonsense
To talk wisdom
To speak at random
To pour oil in troubled water :
To forment trouble
To add to the trouble
To instigate
To calm a quarrel with sooting words
To set one's face against
To oppose with determination
To judge by appearence
To get out of difficulty
To look at one steadily
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 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
played havoc
caused destruciton
caused disease
caused hardship
caused floods
My sincere advice to my maidservant fell on stony ground .
was counter productive
had a strong impact
made on stubborn
had little success
To wrangle over an asss shadow :
To act in a foolish way
To do something funny
To quarrel over trifles
To quarrel over the possession of an ass
All and Sundry
only rich person
together
selected people
Everybody without distinction
To pay off old scores :
To have ones revenge
To settle a dispute
To repay the old loan
None of these
A black sheep
An unlucky person
A lucky person
An ugly person
None of these
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
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 be above board.
To have a good height
To be honest in any business deal
Having no debts
To try to be beautiful
To cry wolf.
To listen eagerly
To give false alarm
To turn pale
To keep off starvation
At dagger's drawn
to be very friendly
to have bitter enmity
to be very familiar
to be unknown
To cut the gordian knot :
To solve a difficult problem
To be victorious
To break ties with someone
To defeat to powerful person
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 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
To give a false colouring :
To misrepresent
To submit the false report
To be dishonest
To conceal the facts
I tried to feel his pulse on the issue, but in vain.
find his views
enlighten him
argue with him
guide him
For this act of indifference he will be taken to task by the authority.
he will get an offical reprimand from the authority.
he will be rewarded by the authority.
he will tender his resignation to the authority.
he will be entrusted with an official job.
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
He made away with ten thousand rupees in the course of three months.
earned
ran away with
squandered
saved
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 the spur of the moment
Great Moment
Without Delay
Very Slow
Difficult Moment
He is on the wrong side of seventy.
more than seventy years old
less than seventy years old
seventy years old
eighty years old