Direction.
In the following questions, four alternatives are given for the idiom / phrase and bold italicised in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom / phrase.
The convict claimed innocence and stood his ground in spite of the repeated accusations.
knelt
surrendered
kept standing
refused to yield
Correct Answer :
D. refused to yield
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green thumb
one has a green tatto on the thumb
to have a natural intrest in gardening
one is articstic
ones nails are painted green
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
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
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
Where discipline is concerned I put my foot down .
take a firm stand
take a light stand
take a heavy stand
take a shaky stand
does not hold water
Cannot be belived
cannot be valued
does not fulfil the reqiurements
does not deserve appreciation
To give/get the bird :
To get the awaited
To have good luck
To send away
To get the impossible
To hold somebody to ransom :
To keep captive and demand concession
To humiliate somebody
To offer bribe
To blackmail and extract money
To beg the question
To refer to
To take for granted
To raise objections
To be discussed
To play fast and loose :
To beguile others
To be winning sometimes and losing at other times
To play with someones feeling
To play tricks
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
To carry the coal to newcastle :
To work hard
To finish a jab
To do unnecessary things
To do menial jobs
An apple of discord
cause of happiness
cause of quarrel
cause of wealth
cause of illness
To give a false colouring :
To misrepresent
To submit the false report
To be dishonest
To conceal the facts
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
At the spur of the moment
Great Moment
Without Delay
Very Slow
Difficult Moment
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
At one's fingertips
None of above
To take revenge
Matter of shame
Complete knowledge
At a loss
at a relation loss
at a business loss
none of above
to be unable to decide
The pros and cons :
For and aginst a thing
Foul and fair
Good and evil
Former and latter
At dagger's drawn
to be very friendly
to have bitter enmity
to be very familiar
to be unknown
All in all
Every person
Call all at once
Most important
Particular thing same in all
To pull ones socks up :
To prepare
To try hard
To get ready
To depart
To make clean breast of
To gain prominence
To praise oneself
To confess without of reserve
To destroy before it blooms
played havoc
caused destruciton
caused disease
caused hardship
caused floods
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 snap ones fingers :
To speak abruptly
To accept immediately
To grasp eagerly
To become contemptuous of
In the teeth of
in the end
real cause
in the face of
to chase
Adolescence is a period of halcyon days .
hard days
of mental pressure
happy days
days of preparation
To drive home
To find one's roots
To return to place of rest
Back to original position
To emphasise