Direction.
Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom / phrase.
To pay off old scores :
To have ones revenge
To settle a dispute
To repay the old loan
None of these
Correct Answer :
B. To settle a dispute
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Above board
honest and straightforward
a dishonest person
boasting person
a man with arrogance
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 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
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 cry wolf.
To listen eagerly
To give false alarm
To turn pale
To keep off starvation
To beg the question
To refer to
To take for granted
To raise objections
To be discussed
To let off steam , my friend started murmuring.
to release his tension
to show his anger
to show his approval
to show his disple
At dagger's drawn
to be very friendly
to have bitter enmity
to be very familiar
to be unknown
To set one's face against
To oppose with determination
To judge by appearence
To get out of difficulty
To look at one steadily
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
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
To make clean breast of
To gain prominence
To praise oneself
To confess without of reserve
To destroy before it blooms
Adolescence is a period of halcyon days .
hard days
of mental pressure
happy days
days of preparation
A fools errand :
A blunder
An impossible task
A useless undertaking
None of these
To drink like a fish :
To drink little
To drink alone
To be a drunkard
To drink in the company of others
The students found it hard to go at equal speed with the professor.
get away from
put up with
keep up with
race ag
At arm's length
Insult
Length of arm
At a distance
Very near
To drive home
To find one's roots
To return to place of rest
Back to original position
To emphasise
To cut the gordian knot :
To solve a difficult problem
To be victorious
To break ties with someone
To defeat to powerful person
To pull strings :
To exert hidden influence
To tease someone
To speed up
To start something
In the teeth of
in the end
real cause
in the face of
to chase
To read between the lines :
To concentrate
To read carefully
To suspect
To grasp the hidden meaning
To leave someone in the lurch
To come to compromise with someone
Constant source of annoyance to someone
To put someone at ease
To desert someone in his difficulties
To speak daggers :
To abuse someone
To indulge in varacious talks
To speak to a person with hostility
None of these
A critic's work is to read between the lines .
to comprehend the meaning
to appreciate the inner beauty
to understand the inner meaning
to read carefully
To keeps one's temper
To become hungry
To be in good mood
To preserve ones energy
To be aloof from
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 carry the coal to newcastle :
To work hard
To finish a jab
To do unnecessary things
To do menial jobs
The students found it hard to go at equal speed with the professor.
get away from
put up with
keep up with
race against
At the spur of the moment
Great Moment
Without Delay
Very Slow
Difficult Moment