Direction.

Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/ phrase.

1. Where discipline is concerned I put my foot down .
2. A tall order :
3. To strike ones colours :
4. does not hold water
5. To hold somebody to ransom :
6. The students of that group have assured their project guide that they will all work against the clock…
7. To worship the rising sun :
8. At daggers drawn
9. To drive home
10. To take the bull by the horns :
11. Will o the wisp :
12. A black sheep
13. We had (had) better batten down the hatches . The weather is unpredictable.
14. To give/get the bird :
15. To cool ones heels :
16. Lions share
17. To have brush with :
18. To speak daggers :
19. To be old as the hills :
20. Apple Pie Order
21. Ins and Outs
22. With great difficulty, he was able to carve out a niche for himself.
23. To be above board
24. I tried to feel his pulse on the issue, but in vain.
25. At dagger's drawn
26. A green horn :
27. An apple of discord
28. The sailors nailed their colours to their mast.
29. To read between the lines :
30. A fools errand :