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Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/ phrase.

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To break the ice :

A. To start quarreling

B. To end the hostility

C. To start to conversation

D. To end up partnership

Correct Answer :

C. To start to conversation


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To keep the ball rolling :

A. To earn more and more

B. To work constantly

C. To keep the conversation going

D. To make the best use of

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All in all

A. Every person

B. Call all at once

C. Most important

D. Particular thing same in all

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To be in abeyance :

A. To be in trouble

B. Dual minded

C. In a fighting mood

D. Insuspense

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To set the thames on fire :

A. To do something remarkable

B. To try to do the impossible

C. To burn something to ashes

D. To fling inonical remarks

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To keeps one's temper

A. To become hungry

B. To be in good mood

C. To preserve ones energy

D. To be aloof from

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To give/get the bird :

A. To get the awaited

B. To have good luck

C. To send away

D. To get the impossible

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To hold somebody to ransom :

A. To keep captive and demand concession

B. To humiliate somebody

C. To offer bribe

D. To blackmail and extract money

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As fit as a fiddle

A. Looks fit but not fit actaully

B. Recovering from illness

C. Very weak

D. None of above

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A critic's work is to read between the lines .

A. to comprehend the meaning

B. to appreciate the inner beauty

C. to understand the inner meaning

D. to read carefully

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Be in the mire :

A. Be under dept

B. Be in love

C. Be in difficulties

D. Be uneasy

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played havoc

A. caused destruciton

B. caused disease

C. caused hardship

D. caused floods

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Swan-song :

A. Music as sweet as a song of birds

B. A melodious song in praise of someone

C. Praise of a woman by her lover

D. Last work of a poet or musician before death

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To be old as the hills :

A. To be very ancient

B. To be wise tand learned

C. To be old but foolish

D. Not being worth the age

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To oil the knocker :

A. To instigate a person to do a job

B. To do a work with increased pace

C. To tip the office-boy

D. To revive old enmity

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For this act of indifference he will be taken to task by the authority.

A. he will get an offical reprimand from the authority.

B. he will be rewarded by the authority.

C. he will tender his resignation to the authority.

D. he will be entrusted with an official job.

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To read between the lines :

A. To concentrate

B. To read carefully

C. To suspect

D. To grasp the hidden meaning

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We must work with all our might and main, otherwise we cannot succeed.

A. full force

B. complete trust

C. exceptional skill

D. full unity

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To play fast and loose :

A. To beguile others

B. To be winning sometimes and losing at other times

C. To play with someones feeling

D. To play tricks

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He is on the wrong side of seventy.

A. more than seventy years old

B. less than seventy years old

C. seventy years old

D. eighty years old

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To leave someone in the lurch

A. To come to compromise with someone

B. Constant source of annoyance to someone

C. To put someone at ease

D. To desert someone in his difficulties

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To flog a dead horse :

A. To act in a foolish way

B. To waste ones efforts

C. To revive interest in an old subject

D. To revive old memories

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To give chapter and verse for a thing :

A. To produce the proof of something

B. To eulogize the qualities of a thing

C. To make publicity of a thing

D. To attach artificial value to a thing

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At logger heads

A. In difficulty

B. to be at strife

C. None of above

D. very happy together

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At arm's length

A. Insult

B. Length of arm

C. At a distance

D. Very near

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Ins and Outs

A. full details

B. major share

C. no details

D. finally

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He has all his ducks in a row ; he is complacent.

A. has everything ready

B. is well organised

C. always scores a zero

D. never gets confused

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To have ones heart in ones boots :

A. To be deeply depressed

B. To be frightened

C. To get angry

D. To keep a secret

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To bear the palm :

A. To win

B. To accept a challenge

C. To accept defeat

D. To endure something

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To talk through ones hat :

A. To speak fluently

B. To talk nonsense

C. To talk wisdom

D. To speak at random

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By the rule of thumb :

A. By the use of force

B. By the use of trickery

C. By cheating and deception

D. By practical experience which is rather rough