Direction.
Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom / phrase.
To cry wolf.
To listen eagerly
To give false alarm
To turn pale
To keep off starvation
Correct Answer :
B. To give false alarm
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To drive home
To find one's roots
To return to place of rest
Back to original position
To emphasise
To show the white feather :
To show signs to cowardice
To seek peace
To show arrogance
To become polite
You will succeed if you follow my advice to the letter .
about writing letters
written in the letter
in every detail
very thoughtfully
To talk through ones hat :
To speak fluently
To talk nonsense
To talk wisdom
To speak at random
He is on the wrong side of seventy.
more than seventy years old
less than seventy years old
seventy years old
eighty years old
A man of straw
A man of no substance
A very active person
A worthy fellow
An unreasonable person
To strike ones colours :
To fight vigorously
To work hard
To surrender
To make a rude gesture
All in all
Every person
Call all at once
Most important
Particular thing same in all
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
As fit as a fiddle
Looks fit but not fit actaully
Recovering from illness
Very weak
None of above
To set one's face against
To oppose with determination
To judge by appearence
To get out of difficulty
To look at one steadily
A tall order :
A task difficult to perform
A bid problem
A royal summon
A big demand
I tried to feel his pulse on the issue, but in vain.
find his views
enlighten him
argue with him
guide him
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 cry wolf.
To listen eagerly
To give false alarm
To turn pale
To keep off starvation
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
a white elephant
a proud possession
a rare article
useful mode of transport
costly or truoblesome possession
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
To cut the gordian knot :
To solve a difficult problem
To be victorious
To break ties with someone
To defeat to powerful person
Bed of roses
dull life
very soft bed
belong to
full of joys
To smell a rat
To see signs of plague epidemic
To get bad small of a bad dead rat
To suspect foul dealings
To be in a bad mood
To oil the knocker :
To instigate a person to do a job
To do a work with increased pace
To tip the office-boy
To revive old enmity
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
To turn the tables :
To defeat
To oppose
To create chaos
To change the sorry scheme
All and Sundry
only rich person
together
selected people
Everybody without distinction
My sincere advice to my maidservant fell on stony ground .
was counter productive
had a strong impact
made on stubborn
had little success
To beg the question
To refer to
To take for granted
To raise objections
To be discussed
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 speak daggers :
To abuse someone
To indulge in varacious talks
To speak to a person with hostility
None of these
To pull strings :
To exert hidden influence
To tease someone
To speed up
To start something