Direction.
Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/ phrase.
To give a false colouring :
To misrepresent
To submit the false report
To be dishonest
To conceal the facts
Correct Answer :
A. To misrepresent
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At the spur of the moment
Great Moment
Without Delay
Very Slow
Difficult Moment
A man of straw
A man of no substance
A very active person
A worthy fellow
An unreasonable person
Hobsons choice :
Feeling of insecurity
Accept or leave the other
Feeling of strength
Excellent choice
To pull strings :
To exert hidden influence
To tease someone
To speed up
To start something
To turn the tables :
To defeat
To oppose
To create chaos
To change the sorry scheme
At daggers drawn
at enmity
to be puzzled
at friendship
real cause
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 drive home
To find one's roots
To return to place of rest
Back to original position
To emphasise
My sincere advice to my maidservant fell on stony ground.
was counter productive
had a strong impact
made on stubborn
had little success
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 have brush with :
To start painting
To have good and pleasing terms
To be impressed
To have a slight encounter
Swan-song :
Music as sweet as a song of birds
A melodious song in praise of someone
Praise of a woman by her lover
Last work of a poet or musician before death
To be in abeyance :
To be in trouble
Dual minded
In a fighting mood
Insuspense
Lions share
look angrily
minor share
heart of the prey
major share
To strike ones colours :
To fight vigorously
To work hard
To surrender
To make a rude gesture
To cry wolf.
To listen eagerly
To give false alarm
To turn pale
To keep off starvation
The convict claimed innocence and stood his ground in spite of the repeated accusations.
knelt
surrendered
kept standing
refused to yield
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
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 keeps one's temper
To become hungry
To be in good mood
To preserve ones energy
To be aloof from
To drive home.
To find ones root
To return to place of rest
Back to original position
To emphasise
The new manager ruled the roost to every one.
exercised authority
rushed through work
got paid very handsomely
created good impression
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
In the teeth of
in the end
real cause
in the face of
to chase
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.
A fools errand :
A blunder
An impossible task
A useless undertaking
None of these
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
Above board
honest and straightforward
a dishonest person
boasting person
a man with arrogance
Be in the mire :
Be under dept
Be in love
Be in difficulties
Be uneasy
The sailors nailed their colours to their mast.
put up a colourful mast
refused to climb down
took over the ship
decided to abandon the ship