Direction.
Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom / phrase.
To drive home.
To find ones root
To return to place of rest
Back to original position
To emphasise
Correct Answer :
D. To emphasise
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To turn the tables :
To defeat
To oppose
To create chaos
To change the sorry scheme
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
She wanted to go hitch-hiking but her mother put her foot down and now she's going by bus.
took a firm stand
expressed her displeasure
scolded her badly
got irritated
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
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
All and sundry :
Greater share
All of a sudden
Completion of work
Everyone without distinction
To make clean breast of
To gain prominence
To praise oneself
To confess without of reserve
To destroy before it blooms
To live fast :
To lead a life of dissipation
To accomplish a purpose
to do a task hurriedly
To use up ones income as fast as it comes in
To save ones face :
To hide oneself
To oppose
To avade disgrace
To say plainly
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 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 give a rap on the knuckles :
To eulogise
To chatise
To condemn
To rebuke
out and out
slightly
totally
simply
merely
To let off steam , my friend started murmuring.
to release his tension
to show his anger
to show his approval
to show his disple
A fools errand :
A blunder
An impossible task
A useless undertaking
None of these
Ins and Outs
full details
major share
no details
finally
Spick and span :
Neat and clean
Outspoken
A ready-made thing
Garrulous
Lions share
look angrily
minor share
heart of the prey
major share
By leaps and bounds
aimlessly
very fast
very slow
in details
To pay off old scores :
To have ones revenge
To settle a dispute
To repay the old loan
None of these
To take with a grain of salt :
To take with some reservation
To take with total disbelief
To take whole heartedly
To take seriously
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 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
To drive home
To find one's roots
To return to place of rest
Back to original position
To emphasise
To hit the jackpot :
To gamble
To get an unexpected victory
To be wealthy
To make money unexpectedly
To play second fiddle
To be happy, cheerful and healthy
To reduce importance of one's senior
To support the role and view of another person
To do back seat driving
To snap ones fingers :
To speak abruptly
To accept immediately
To grasp eagerly
To become contemptuous of
For this act of indifference he will be taken to task by the authority.
he will get an offical reprimand from the authority.
he will be rewarded by the authority.
he will tender his resignation to the authority.
he will be entrusted with an official job.
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