Direction.
Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom / phrase.
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
Correct Answer :
C. To tip the office-boy
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To drive home
To find one's roots
To return to place of rest
Back to original position
To emphasise
At daggers drawn
at enmity
to be puzzled
at friendship
real cause
To play fast and loose :
To beguile others
To be winning sometimes and losing at other times
To play with someones feeling
To play tricks
In the teeth of
in the end
real cause
in the face of
to chase
To cut the gordian knot :
To solve a difficult problem
To be victorious
To break ties with someone
To defeat to powerful person
A fools errand :
A blunder
An impossible task
A useless undertaking
None of these
My sincere advice to my maidservant fell on stony ground.
was counter productive
had a strong impact
made on stubborn
had little success
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
Hobsons choice :
Feeling of insecurity
Accept or leave the other
Feeling of strength
Excellent choice
To take people by storm :
To put people in utter surprise
To captivate them unexpectedly
To exploit peoples agitation
To bring out something sensational attracting peoples attention
To bring ones eggs to a bad market :
To face on humiliating situation
To bring ones commodities to a market where there is no demand for them
To show ones talents before audience which is incapable of appreciating them
To fail in ones plans because one goes to the wrong people for help
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
Above board
honest and straightforward
a dishonest person
boasting person
a man with arrogance
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
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 set one's face against
To oppose with determination
To judge by appearence
To get out of difficulty
To look at one steadily
Adolescence is a period of halcyon days.
hard days
of mental pressure
happy days
days of preparation
green thumb
one has a green tatto on the thumb
to have a natural intrest in gardening
one is articstic
ones nails are painted green
At the spur of the moment
Great Moment
Without Delay
Very Slow
Difficult Moment
To take with a grain of salt :
To take with some reservation
To take with total disbelief
To take whole heartedly
To take seriously
To end in smoke
To make completely understand
To ruin oneself
To excite great applause
To overcome someone
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
He made away with ten thousand rupees in the course of three months.
earned
ran away with
squandered
saved
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
An apple of discord
cause of happiness
cause of quarrel
cause of wealth
cause of illness
Despite his initial arrogance he had to eat humble pie .
he had to yield under pressure
he maintained composure
he failed to protest eventually
he accepted the food oflfered
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 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
We must work with all our might and main, otherwise we cannot succeed.
full force
complete trust
exceptional skill
full unity
To pull ones socks up :
To prepare
To try hard
To get ready
To depart