Direction.
Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/ phrase.
To be above board
To have a good height
To be honest in any business deal
They have no debts
To try to be beautiful
Correct Answer :
B. To be honest in any business deal
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As fit as a fiddle
Looks fit but not fit actaully
Recovering from illness
Very weak
None of above
We had (had) better batten down the hatches . The weather is unpredictable.
stay in-door
prepare for a difficult situation
go somewhere safe
face the obstacles
A fools errand :
A blunder
An impossible task
A useless undertaking
None of these
The man changed colours when I questioned him on the allocation of funds.
turned pale
got numbed
turned happy
get motivated
To flog a dead horse :
To act in a foolish way
To waste ones efforts
To revive interest in an old subject
To revive old memories
To be above board.
To have a good height
To be honest in any business deal
Having no debts
To try to be beautiful
The mother always insists on keeping the house spick and span .
open
locked
safe
tid
All and Sundry
only rich person
together
selected people
Everybody without distinction
All and sundry :
Greater share
All of a sudden
Completion of work
Everyone without distinction
To pick holes
To find some reason to quarrel
To destroy something
To criticise someone
To cut some part of an item
Apple Pie Order
Related to dry fruit packing
In perfect order
In random order
Related to fruits packing
To plough the sands :
To work hard to achieve ones aim
To afford hope or ground for expecting a good result
To busy oneself in a way which cannot lead to any profitable result
To advance ones position in life
To set the thames on fire :
To do something remarkable
To try to do the impossible
To burn something to ashes
To fling inonical remarks
The students found it hard to go at equal speed with the professor.
get away from
put up with
keep up with
race ag
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
He made away with ten thousand rupees in the course of three months.
earned
ran away with
squandered
saved
To bring ones eggs to a bad market :
To face on humiliating situation
To bring ones commodities to a market where there is no demand for them
To show ones talents before audience which is incapable of appreciating them
To fail in ones plans because one goes to the wrong people for help
Harp on :
To comment
To criticise
To keeep on talking
To keep on insulting
Despite his initial arrogance he had to eat humble pie .
he had to yield under pressure
he maintained composure
he failed to protest eventually
he accepted the food oflfered
Where discipline is concerned I put my foot down .
take a firm stand
take a light stand
take a heavy stand
take a shaky stand
To give chapter and verse for a thing :
To produce the proof of something
To eulogize the qualities of a thing
To make publicity of a thing
To attach artificial value to a thing
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
To drive home .
To find one's root
To return to place of rest
Back to original position
To emphasise
A man of straw
A man of no substance
A very active person
A worthy fellow
An unreasonable person
The sailors nailed their colours to their mast.
put up a colourful mast
refused to climb down
took over the ship
decided to abandon the ship
To be in abeyance :
To be in trouble
Dual minded
In a fighting mood
Insuspense
To split hours :
To sidetrack the issue
To quarrel over trifles
To indulge in over-refined arguments
To find faults with other
He is on the wrong side of seventy .
more than seventy years old
less than seventy years old
seventy years old
eighty years old
To cast pearls before a swine :
To offer some a thing which he cannot appreciate
To bring something good before the eyes of a greedy person
To spend racklessly on a useless fellow
To indulge in fruitless endeavours
To set the people by ears :
To box the people
To insult and disgrace the people
To punish heavily
To excite people to a quarrel