Direction.
Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/ phrase.
To drink like a fish :
To drink little
To drink alone
To be a drunkard
To drink in the company of others
Correct Answer :
C. To be a drunkard
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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 give/get the bird :
To get the awaited
To have good luck
To send away
To get the impossible
The new manager ruled the roost to every one.
exercised authority
rushed through work
got paid very handsomely
created good impression
To have brush with :
To start painting
To have good and pleasing terms
To be impressed
To have a slight encounter
To cast pearls before a swine :
To spend recklessly
To spend a lot of money on the unkeep of domestic hogs
To waste monkey over trifles
To offer to a person a thing which he cannot appreciate
You will succeed if you follow my advice to the letter .
about writing letters
written in the letter
in every detail
very thoughtfully
As fit as a fiddle
Looks fit but not fit actaully
Recovering from illness
Very weak
None of above
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
At a loss
at a relation loss
at a business loss
none of above
to be unable to decide
To drive home
To find one's roots
To return to place of rest
Back to original position
To emphasise
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
A critic's work is to read between the lines .
to comprehend the meaning
to appreciate the inner beauty
to understand the inner meaning
to read carefully
To carry the coal to newcastle :
To work hard
To finish a jab
To do unnecessary things
To do menial jobs
My sincere advice to my maidservant fell on stony ground .
was counter productive
had a strong impact
made on stubborn
had little success
Lions share
look angrily
minor share
heart of the prey
major share
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 critic's work is to read between the lines .
to comprehend the meaning
to appreciate the inner beauty
to understand the inner meaning
to read carefully
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 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
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
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 pick holes
To find some reason to quarrel
To destroy something
To criticise someone
To cut some part of an item
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 hold somebody to ransom :
To keep captive and demand concession
To humiliate somebody
To offer bribe
To blackmail and extract money
My sincere advice to my maidservant fell on stony ground.
was counter productive
had a strong impact
made on stubborn
had little success
To change colour :
To change appearance
To shift allegiance to
To favour the wrong person
None of these
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
To pour oil in troubled water :
To forment trouble
To add to the trouble
To instigate
To calm a quarrel with sooting words
I tried to feel his pulse on the issue, but in vain.
find his views
enlighten him
argue with him
guide him
He has all his ducks in a row; he is complacent.
has everything ready
is well organised
always scores a zero
never gets confused