Direction.
Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom / phrase.
To cut the gordian knot :
To solve a difficult problem
To be victorious
To break ties with someone
To defeat to powerful person
Correct Answer :
A. To solve a difficult problem
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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
Above board
honest and straightforward
a dishonest person
boasting person
a man with arrogance
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
Adolescence is a period of halcyon days .
hard days
of mental pressure
happy days
days of preparation
does not hold water
Cannot be belived
cannot be valued
does not fulfil the reqiurements
does not deserve appreciation
To give a rap on the knuckles :
To eulogise
To chatise
To condemn
To rebuke
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
To catch a tartar
To trap wanted criminal with great difficulty
To catch a dangerous person
To meet with disaster
To deal with a person who is more than one's match
To cool ones heels :
To rest for sometime
To give no importance to someone
To remain in a comfortable position
To be kept waiting for sometime
To give/get the bird :
To get the awaited
To have good luck
To send away
To get the impossible
The man changed colours when I questioned him on the allocation of funds.
turned pale
got numbed
turned happy
get motivated
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 put one's hand to plough
To take up agricultural farming
To take a difficult task
To get entangled into unnecessary things
Take interest in technical work
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
Spick and span :
Neat and clean
Outspoken
A ready-made thing
Garrulous
Will o the wisp :
Anything which eludes or deceives
To act in a childish way
To act in a foolish way
To have desires unbacked by efforts
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 drink like a fish :
To drink little
To drink alone
To be a drunkard
To drink in the company of others
To strike ones colours :
To fight vigorously
To work hard
To surrender
To make a rude gesture
An apple of discord
cause of happiness
cause of quarrel
cause of wealth
cause of illness
To set one's face against
To oppose with determination
To judge by appearence
To get out of difficulty
To look at one steadily
All and sundry :
Greater share
All of a sudden
Completion of work
Everyone without distinction
To read between the lines :
To concentrate
To read carefully
To suspect
To grasp the hidden meaning
To split hours :
To sidetrack the issue
To quarrel over trifles
To indulge in over-refined arguments
To find faults with other
To take people by storm :
To put people in utter surprise
To captivate them unexpectedly
To exploit peoples agitation
To bring out something sensational attracting peoples attention
He is on the wrong side of seventy .
more than seventy years old
less than seventy years old
seventy years old
eighty years old
The convict claimed innocence and stood his ground in spite of the repeated accusations.
knelt
surrendered
kept standing
refused to yield
A green horn :
An envious lady
A trainee
An inexperienced man
A soft-hearted man
To pay off old scores :
To have ones revenge
To settle a dispute
To repay the old loan
None of these
To give a false colouring :
To misrepresent
To submit the false report
To be dishonest
To conceal the facts