Direction.
Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/ phrase.
Spick and span :
Neat and clean
Outspoken
A ready-made thing
Garrulous
Correct Answer :
A. Neat and clean
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You will succeed if you follow my advice to the letter .
about writing letters
written in the letter
in every detail
very thoughtfully
You will succeed if you follow my advice to the letter .
about writing letters
written in the letter
in every detail
very thoughtfully
My sincere advice to my maidservant fell on stony ground.
was counter productive
had a strong impact
made on stubborn
had little success
To be in abeyance :
To be in trouble
Dual minded
In a fighting mood
Insuspense
She wanted to go hitch-hiking but her mother put her foot down and now she's going by bus.
took a firm stand
expressed her displeasure
scolded her badly
got irritated
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 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
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
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
At one's fingertips
None of above
To take revenge
Matter of shame
Complete knowledge
To hold somebody to ransom :
To keep captive and demand concession
To humiliate somebody
To offer bribe
To blackmail and extract money
To drive home .
To find one's root
To return to place of rest
Back to original position
To emphasise
Ins and Outs
full details
major share
no details
finally
To change colour :
To change appearance
To shift allegiance to
To favour the wrong person
None of these
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 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
As fit as a fiddle
Looks fit but not fit actaully
Recovering from illness
Very weak
None of above
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
a tight corner
in a difficult situation
in a closed room
in a small field
in a meadow
To set the people by ears :
To box the people
To insult and disgrace the people
To punish heavily
To excite people to a quarrel
no love lost between
forming a group
have a good understanding
not on good terms
stop loving
To give/get the bird :
To get the awaited
To have good luck
To send away
To get the impossible
To bear the palm :
To win
To accept a challenge
To accept defeat
To endure something
He is on the wrong side of seventy.
more than seventy years old
less than seventy years old
seventy years old
eighty years old
To drive home.
To find ones root
To return to place of rest
Back to original position
To emphasise
To mind ones Ps and Qs :
To be cautious
To be accurate and precise
To be careful of ones accounts
To be careful of ones personality
Adolescence is a period of halcyon days.
hard days
of mental pressure
happy days
days of preparation
To cry wolf.
To listen eagerly
To give false alarm
To turn pale
To keep off starvation
My sincere advice to my maidservant fell on stony ground .
was counter productive
had a strong impact
made on stubborn
had little success