Direction.
In the following questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase printed in bold in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/ Phrase.
The students of that group have assured their project guide that they will all work against the clock .
work while keeping patience
work with vigour to finish in limited time
work with enthusiasm
work hard to go against the time
- Despite his initial arrogance he had to eat humble pie .
- To give chapter and verse for a thing :
- To have an axe to grind
- All agog :
- To leave someone in the lurch
- We had (had) better batten down the hatches . The weather is unpredictable.
- To pick holes
- To cut the gordian knot :
- At dagger's drawn
- To turn the tables :
- To pay off old scores :
- For this act of indifference he will be taken to task by the authority.
- To hit the jackpot :
- To put one's hand to plough
- To drink like a fish :
- A man of straw
- At logger heads
- To give a rap on the knuckles :
- All and Sundry
- To speak daggers :
- To be above board
- To cry wolf
- To take the wind out of anothers sails :
- To take a leaf out of somebodys book :
- At one's fingertips
- A bull in a china shop :
- To give a false colouring :
- At daggers drawn
- a tight corner
- To split hours :