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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.

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1. All in all
2. played havoc
3. We must work with all our might and main, otherwise we cannot succeed.
4. We cannot depend on him for this assignment as it needs careful handling and he is like a bull in a…
5. To pull strings :
6. To ride hell for Leather :
7. A critic's work is to read between the lines .
8. The students found it hard to go at equal speed with the professor.
9. Be in the mire :
10. To set one's face against
11. Above board
12. The man changed colours when I questioned him on the allocation of funds.
13. She wanted to go hitch-hiking but her mother put her foot down and now she's going by bus.
14. We had (had) better batten down the hatches . The weather is unpredictable.
15. To flog a dead horse :
16. To have an axe to grind.
17. The students found it hard to go at equal speed with the professor.
18. At daggers drawn
19. To be at ones fingers end :
20. To show the white feather :
21. To change colour :
22. To save ones face :
23. To set the people by ears :
24. Despite his initial arrogance he had to eat humble pie .
25. All and Sundry
26. To hold somebody to ransom :
27. To have an axe to grind .
28. Once the case reached the court, the police washed their hands off it .
29. To bring ones eggs to a bad market :
30. To read between the lines :