Direction.
Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom / phrase.
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
Correct Answer :
A. To offer some a thing which he cannot appreciate
Related Questions
The man changed colours when I questioned him on the allocation of funds.
turned pale
got numbed
turned happy
get motivated
The pros and cons :
For and aginst a thing
Foul and fair
Good and evil
Former and latter
To cry wolf.
To listen eagerly
To give false alarm
To turn pale
To keep off starvation
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
At daggers drawn
at enmity
to be puzzled
at friendship
real cause
A tall order :
A task difficult to perform
A bid problem
A royal summon
A big demand
Once the case reached the court, the police washed their hands off it.
waited for a response to
claimed credit for
disassociated themselves from
seemed eager to continue
Hobsons choice :
Feeling of insecurity
Accept or leave the other
Feeling of strength
Excellent choice
To drive home
To find one's roots
To return to place of rest
Back to original position
To emphasise
Harp on :
To comment
To criticise
To keeep on talking
To keep on insulting
By the rule of thumb :
By the use of force
By the use of trickery
By cheating and deception
By practical experience which is rather rough
To pull ones socks up :
To prepare
To try hard
To get ready
To depart
played havoc
caused destruciton
caused disease
caused hardship
caused floods
At one's fingertips
None of above
To take revenge
Matter of shame
Complete knowledge
Above board
honest and straightforward
a dishonest person
boasting person
a man with arrogance
To show the white feather :
To show signs to cowardice
To seek peace
To show arrogance
To become polite
To wrangle over an asss shadow :
To act in a foolish way
To do something funny
To quarrel over trifles
To quarrel over the possession of an ass
We cannot depend on him for this assignment as it needs careful handling and he is like a bull in a china shop .
a felicitous person
a clumsy person
a tactful person
a no-nonsense person
does not hold water
Cannot be belived
cannot be valued
does not fulfil the reqiurements
does not deserve appreciation
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 keeps one's temper
To become hungry
To be in good mood
To preserve ones energy
To be aloof from
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
Spick and span :
Neat and clean
Outspoken
A ready-made thing
Garrulous
He is on the wrong side of seventy .
more than seventy years old
less than seventy years old
seventy years old
eighty years old
With great difficulty, he was able to carve out a niche for himself.
became a sculptor
did the best he could do
destroyed his career
developed a specific position for himself
Bed of roses
dull life
very soft bed
belong to
full of joys
Apple Pie Order
Related to dry fruit packing
In perfect order
In random order
Related to fruits packing
All and Sundry
only rich person
together
selected people
Everybody without distinction
To take umbrage :
To feel depressed
To be offended
To be satisfied
To be pleased
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