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
- To oil the knocker :
- We must work with all our might and main, otherwise we cannot succeed.
- You will succeed if you follow my advice to the letter .
- To beg the question
- A tall order :
- Swan-song :
- Bed of roses
- Despite his initial arrogance he had to eat humble pie .
- Spick and span :
- To flog a dead horse :
- To plough the sands :
- A fools errand :
- It is difficult to have a sensible discussion with her as she flies off at a tangent.
- To read between the lines :
- To be above board .
- To end in smoke
- To bear the palm :
- To have ones heart in ones boots :
- It is difficult to have a sensible discussion with her as she flies off at a tangent.
- Ins and Outs
- To wrangle over an asss shadow :
- Hard-pressed :
- To drink like a fish :
- To play fast and loose :
- He is on the wrong side of seventy .
- To save ones face :
- A bull in a china shop :
- A black sheep
- To have an axe to grind .
- At dagger's drawn