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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. At the spur of the moment
2. You will succeed if you follow my advice to the letter .
3. played havoc
4. To take the bull by the horns :
5. To set one's face against
6. out and out
7. All and sundry :
8. To bring ones eggs to a bad market :
9. To give/get the bird :
10. With great difficulty, he was able to carve out a niche for himself.
11. To take the wind out of anothers sails :
12. To bear the palm :
13. He made away with ten thousand rupees in the course of three months.
14. The man changed colours when I questioned him on the allocation of funds.
15. To leave someone in the lurch
16. The students found it hard to go at equal speed with the professor.
17. Be in the mire :
18. To speak daggers :
19. We cannot depend on him for this assignment as it needs careful handling and he is like a bull in a…
20. The convict claimed innocence and stood his ground in spite of the repeated accusations.
21. By leaps and bounds
22. To beg the question
23. To have ones heart in ones boots :
24. At arm's length
25. To save ones face :
26. The sailors nailed their colours to their mast.
27. A fools errand :
28. Adolescence is a period of halcyon days.
29. To cry wolf .
30. To ride hell for Leather :