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.
The man changed colours when I questioned him on the allocation of funds.
turned pale
got numbed
turned happy
get motivated
Correct Answer :
A. turned pale
Turned pale means colourless
Related Questions
A black sheep
An unlucky person
A lucky person
An ugly person
None of these
All and sundry :
Greater share
All of a sudden
Completion of work
Everyone without distinction
The students found it hard to go at equal speed with the professor.
get away from
put up with
keep up with
race against
To drink like a fish :
To drink little
To drink alone
To be a drunkard
To drink in the company of others
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
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
To put one's hand to plough
To take up agricultural farming
To take a difficult task
To get entangled into unnecessary things
Take interest in technical work
Spick and span :
Neat and clean
Outspoken
A ready-made thing
Garrulous
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
A man of straw
A man of no substance
A very active person
A worthy fellow
An unreasonable person
To drive home
To find one's roots
To return to place of rest
Back to original position
To emphasise
To pay off old scores :
To have ones revenge
To settle a dispute
To repay the old loan
None of these
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
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 take with a grain of salt :
To take with some reservation
To take with total disbelief
To take whole heartedly
To take seriously
We cannot depend on him for this assignment as it needs careful handling and he is like a bull in a china shop .
a felicitous person
a clumsy person
a tactful person
a no-nonsense person
To fight to the bitter end :
To fight with poison-tipped arrows
To fight to the last paint of enemy position
To die fighting
To carry on a contest regardless of consequences
At a loss
at a relation loss
at a business loss
none of above
to be unable to decide
You will succeed if you follow my advice to the letter .
about writing letters
written in the letter
in every detail
very thoughtfully
He has all his ducks in a row ; he is complacent.
has everything ready
is well organised
always scores a zero
never gets confused
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
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
A fools errand :
A blunder
An impossible task
A useless undertaking
None of these
To take the bull by the horns :
To punish a person severly for his arrogance
To grapple courageously with difficulty that lies in our way
To handle it by fierce attack
To bypass the legal process and take action according to ones own whims
To cry wolf .
To listen eagerly
To give false alarm
To turn pale
To keep off starvation
To set one's face against
To oppose with determination
To judge by appearence
To get out of difficulty
To look at one steadily
We must work with all our might and main, otherwise we cannot succeed.
full force
complete trust
exceptional skill
full unity
To take people by storm :
To put people in utter surprise
To captivate them unexpectedly
To exploit peoples agitation
To bring out something sensational attracting peoples attention
To be at ones fingers end :
To be hopeless
To be highly perplexed
To be completely conversant with
To count things
To drive home .
To find one's root
To return to place of rest
Back to original position
To emphasise