Direction.
In the following questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase underlined. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.
To drive home .
To find one's root
To return to place of rest
Back to original position
To emphasise
Correct Answer :
D. To emphasise
If you drive something home, that means you are making something completely clear to someone. She didnt have to drive the point home. The movie had done that.
Related Questions
To save ones face :
To hide oneself
To oppose
To avade disgrace
To say plainly
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 a loss
at a relation loss
at a business loss
none of above
to be unable to decide
By leaps and bounds
aimlessly
very fast
very slow
in details
I tried to feel his pulse on the issue, but in vain.
find his views
enlighten him
argue with him
guide him
As fit as a fiddle
Looks fit but not fit actaully
Recovering from illness
Very weak
None of above
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
Ins and Outs
full details
major share
no details
finally
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 read between the lines :
To concentrate
To read carefully
To suspect
To grasp the hidden meaning
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
To have an axe to grind
A private end to serve
To fail to arouse interest
To have no result
To work for both sides
To snap ones fingers :
To speak abruptly
To accept immediately
To grasp eagerly
To become contemptuous of
To turn the tables :
To defeat
To oppose
To create chaos
To change the sorry scheme
To catch a tartar
To trap wanted criminal with great difficulty
To catch a dangerous person
To meet with disaster
To deal with a person who is more than one's match
To turn over a new leaf :
To change completely ones course of action
To shift attention to new problems
To cover up ones faults by wearing new marks
To change the old habits and adopt new ones
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
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
A green horn :
An envious lady
A trainee
An inexperienced man
A soft-hearted man
Be in the mire :
Be under dept
Be in love
Be in difficulties
Be uneasy
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 pull strings :
To exert hidden influence
To tease someone
To speed up
To start something
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 give a false colouring :
To misrepresent
To submit the false report
To be dishonest
To conceal the facts
Despite his initial arrogance he had to eat humble pie .
he had to yield under pressure
he maintained composure
he failed to protest eventually
he accepted the food oflfered
To be above board
To have a good height
To be honest in any business deal
They have no debts
To try to be beautiful
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
To split hours :
To sidetrack the issue
To quarrel over trifles
To indulge in over-refined arguments
To find faults with other
To be at ones fingers end :
To be hopeless
To be highly perplexed
To be completely conversant with
To count things
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