Direction.
Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/ phrase.
To fight to the bitter end :
To fight with poison-tipped arrows
To fight to the last paint of enemy position
To die fighting
To carry on a contest regardless of consequences
Correct Answer :
D. To carry on a contest regardless of consequences
Related Questions
To take umbrage :
To feel depressed
To be offended
To be satisfied
To be pleased
At a loss
at a relation loss
at a business loss
none of above
to be unable to decide
fair and square
auhtorative
business like
honest
active
A man of straw
A man of no substance
A very active person
A worthy fellow
An unreasonable person
To hit the nail right on the head
To do the right thing
To destroy one's reputation
To announce one's fixed views
To teach someone a lesson
To pick holes
To find some reason to quarrel
To destroy something
To criticise someone
To cut some part of an item
To keep the ball rolling :
To earn more and more
To work constantly
To keep the conversation going
To make the best use of
To be at ones fingers end :
To be hopeless
To be highly perplexed
To be completely conversant with
To count things
To turn the tables :
To defeat
To oppose
To create chaos
To change the sorry scheme
To save ones face :
To hide oneself
To oppose
To avade disgrace
To say plainly
To be above board .
To have a good height
To be honest in any business deal
Having no debts
To try to be beautiful
A bakers dozen :
Twelve
Charity
Thirteen
Allowance
A tall order :
A task difficult to perform
A bid problem
A royal summon
A big demand
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
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
All and sundry :
Greater share
All of a sudden
Completion of work
Everyone without distinction
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
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 hold somebody to ransom :
To keep captive and demand concession
To humiliate somebody
To offer bribe
To blackmail and extract money
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
does not hold water
Cannot be belived
cannot be valued
does not fulfil the reqiurements
does not deserve appreciation
You will succeed if you follow my advice to the letter .
about writing letters
written in the letter
in every detail
very thoughtfully
He made away with ten thousand rupees in the course of three months.
earned
ran away with
squandered
saved
It is difficult to have a sensible discussion with her as she flies off at a tangent.
gets carried away
starts discussing something irrelevant
loses her temper easily
does not really understand anything
To be old as the hills :
To be very ancient
To be wise tand learned
To be old but foolish
Not being worth the age
Be in the mire :
Be under dept
Be in love
Be in difficulties
Be uneasy
To ride hell for Leather :
To ride with furious speed
To adopt flase means to succeed
To work hard for a small accomplishment
To earn money by all means
In the teeth of
in the end
real cause
in the face of
to chase
As fit as a fiddle
Looks fit but not fit actaully
Recovering from illness
Very weak
None of above