Direction.
Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/ phrase.
no love lost between
forming a group
have a good understanding
not on good terms
stop loving
Correct Answer :
C. not on good terms
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To play second fiddle
To be happy, cheerful and healthy
To reduce importance of one's senior
To support the role and view of another person
To do back seat driving
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 be above board.
To have a good height
To be honest in any business deal
Having no debts
To try to be beautiful
To strike ones colours :
To fight vigorously
To work hard
To surrender
To make a rude gesture
The man changed colours when I questioned him on the allocation of funds.
turned pale
got numbed
turned happy
get motivated
You will succeed if you follow my advice to the letter .
about writing letters
written in the letter
in every detail
very thoughtfully
As fit as a fiddle
Looks fit but not fit actaully
Recovering from illness
Very weak
None of above
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
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 drive home
To find one's roots
To return to place of rest
Back to original position
To emphasise
By leaps and bounds
aimlessly
very fast
very slow
in details
To cry wolf.
To listen eagerly
To give false alarm
To turn pale
To keep off starvation
To talk through ones hat :
To speak fluently
To talk nonsense
To talk wisdom
To speak at random
Adolescence is a period of halcyon days.
hard days
of mental pressure
happy days
days of preparation
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
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
We must work with all our might and main, otherwise we cannot succeed.
full force
complete trust
exceptional skill
full unity
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 take the wind out of anothers sails :
To manouevre ot mislead another on the high seas
To cause harm to another
To defeat the motives of another
To anticipate another and to gain advantage over him
To be old as the hills :
To be very ancient
To be wise tand learned
To be old but foolish
Not being worth the age
The convict claimed innocence and stood his ground in spite of the repeated accusations.
knelt
surrendered
kept standing
refused to yield
Lions share
look angrily
minor share
heart of the prey
major share
For some people, writing verse is as duck takes to water .
like taking the duck to water
like bursting out suddenly
like dropping the duck in the water
like easily and naturally speaking
played havoc
caused destruciton
caused disease
caused hardship
caused floods
To cry wolf .
To listen eagerly
To give false alarm
To turn pale
To keep off starvation
To plough the sands :
To work hard to achieve ones aim
To afford hope or ground for expecting a good result
To busy oneself in a way which cannot lead to any profitable result
To advance ones position in life
At arm's length
Insult
Length of arm
At a distance
Very near
Dog in the manger :
An undersized bull almost the shape of a dog
A dog that has no kennel of its own
A person who puts himself in difficulties on account of other people
A person who prevents others from enjoying something useless to himself
At a loss
at a relation loss
at a business loss
none of above
to be unable to decide
To make clean breast of
To gain prominence
To praise oneself
To confess without of reserve
To destroy before it blooms