Direction.
In the following questions, four alternatives are given for the idiom / phrase underlined in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom / phrase and mark it in the Answer Sheet.
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
Correct Answer :
B. starts discussing something irrelevant
THe idiom she flies off at a tangent means to pursue a somewhat related or irrelevant course while neglecting the main subject.
Related Questions
To give a false colouring :
To misrepresent
To submit the false report
To be dishonest
To conceal the facts
To end in smoke
To make completely understand
To ruin oneself
To excite great applause
To overcome someone
To cry wolf
To listen eagerly
To give false alarm
To turn pale
To keep off starvation
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
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
A bakers dozen :
Twelve
Charity
Thirteen
Allowance
To split hours :
To sidetrack the issue
To quarrel over trifles
To indulge in over-refined arguments
To find faults with other
A critic's work is to read between the lines .
to comprehend the meaning
to appreciate the inner beauty
to understand the inner meaning
to read carefully
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
To give a rap on the knuckles :
To eulogise
To chatise
To condemn
To rebuke
To pay off old scores :
To have ones revenge
To settle a dispute
To repay the old loan
None of these
At daggers drawn
at enmity
to be puzzled
at friendship
real cause
A man of straw
A man of no substance
A very active person
A worthy fellow
An unreasonable person
To drink like a fish :
To drink little
To drink alone
To be a drunkard
To drink in the company of others
Be in the mire :
Be under dept
Be in love
Be in difficulties
Be uneasy
He has all his ducks in a row; he is complacent.
has everything ready
is well organised
always scores a zero
never gets confused
The students found it hard to go at equal speed with the professor.
get away from
put up with
keep up with
race against
A black sheep
An unlucky person
A lucky person
An ugly person
None of these
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
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 take with a grain of salt :
To take with some reservation
To take with total disbelief
To take whole heartedly
To take seriously
To cool ones heels :
To rest for sometime
To give no importance to someone
To remain in a comfortable position
To be kept waiting for sometime
Bag and baggage
Without any belonging
All the clothing
With all one's belongings
Leave
To pour oil in troubled water :
To forment trouble
To add to the trouble
To instigate
To calm a quarrel with sooting words
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
At arm's length
Insult
Length of arm
At a distance
Very near
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
The man changed colours when I questioned him on the allocation of funds.
turned pale
got numbed
turned happy
get motivated
All agog :
Everybody
All ready
Restless
Almighty
In the teeth of
in the end
real cause
in the face of
to chase