Direction.
Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/ phrase.
To be in abeyance :
To be in trouble
Dual minded
In a fighting mood
Insuspense
Correct Answer :
D. Insuspense
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The convict claimed innocence and stood his ground in spite of the repeated accusations.
knelt
surrendered
kept standing
refused to yield
Be in the mire :
Be under dept
Be in love
Be in difficulties
Be uneasy
A bull in a china shop :
A person who is very ugly but loves the beautiful things of life
A person who takes a sadistic delight in harming innocient people
A person who becomes too excited where no excitment is warranted
A person who is rought and clumsy where skill and care are required
A green horn :
An envious lady
A trainee
An inexperienced man
A soft-hearted man
At dagger's drawn
to be very friendly
to have bitter enmity
to be very familiar
to be unknown
does not hold water
Cannot be belived
cannot be valued
does not fulfil the reqiurements
does not deserve appreciation
All agog :
Everybody
All ready
Restless
Almighty
You will succeed if you follow my advice to the letter .
about writing letters
written in the letter
in every detail
very thoughtfully
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
He has all his ducks in a row; he is complacent.
has everything ready
is well organised
always scores a zero
never gets confused
To take the bull by the horns :
To punish a person severly for his arrogance
To grapple courageously with difficulty that lies in our way
To handle it by fierce attack
To bypass the legal process and take action according to ones own whims
To worship the rising sun :
To honour a man who is coming into office
To honour to promising people
To indulge in flattery
To welcome the coming events
You need to have something up your sleeve if the present plan does not work.
have some honest means
have some hidden sources of money
have a secret pocket in the sleeve
have an alternative plan
To carry the coal to newcastle :
To work hard
To finish a jab
To do unnecessary things
To do menial jobs
To fight to the bitter end :
To fight with poison-tipped arrows
To fight to the last paint of enemy position
To die fighting
To carry on a contest regardless of consequences
To give a rap on the knuckles :
To eulogise
To chatise
To condemn
To rebuke
To talk through ones hat :
To speak fluently
To talk nonsense
To talk wisdom
To speak at random
For some people, writing verse is as duck takes to water .
like taking the duck to water
like bursting out suddenly
like dropping the duck in the water
like easily and naturally speaking
He made my day by telling me how important I was to him.
gave me great pleasure
displeased me
spoiled my day
made me resentful
To have brush with :
To start painting
To have good and pleasing terms
To be impressed
To have a slight encounter
To make clean breast of
To gain prominence
To praise oneself
To confess without of reserve
To destroy before it blooms
A bakers dozen :
Twelve
Charity
Thirteen
Allowance
To turn over a new leaf :
To change completely ones course of action
To shift attention to new problems
To cover up ones faults by wearing new marks
To change the old habits and adopt new ones
Swan-song :
Music as sweet as a song of birds
A melodious song in praise of someone
Praise of a woman by her lover
Last work of a poet or musician before death
To leave someone in the lurch
To come to compromise with someone
Constant source of annoyance to someone
To put someone at ease
To desert someone in his difficulties
To hold somebody to ransom :
To keep captive and demand concession
To humiliate somebody
To offer bribe
To blackmail and extract money
To let off steam , my friend started murmuring.
to release his tension
to show his anger
to show his approval
to show his disple
He is on the wrong side of seventy.
more than seventy years old
less than seventy years old
seventy years old
eighty years old
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 have an axe to grind
A private end to serve
To fail to arouse interest
To have no result
To work for both sides