Direction.
Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/ phrase.
To pick holes
To find some reason to quarrel
To destroy something
To criticise someone
To cut some part of an item
Correct Answer :
C. To criticise someone
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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
no love lost between
forming a group
have a good understanding
not on good terms
stop loving
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 carry the coal to newcastle :
To work hard
To finish a jab
To do unnecessary things
To do menial jobs
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
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
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
The students found it hard to go at equal speed with the professor.
get away from
put up with
keep up with
race ag
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
We had (had) better batten down the hatches . The weather is unpredictable.
stay in-door
prepare for a difficult situation
go somewhere safe
face the obstacles
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 cry wolf .
To listen eagerly
To give false alarm
To turn pale
To keep off starvation
a white elephant
a proud possession
a rare article
useful mode of transport
costly or truoblesome possession
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 split hours :
To sidetrack the issue
To quarrel over trifles
To indulge in over-refined arguments
To find faults with other
A tall order :
A task difficult to perform
A bid problem
A royal summon
A big demand
To hold somebody to ransom :
To keep captive and demand concession
To humiliate somebody
To offer bribe
To blackmail and extract money
To be above board .
To have a good height
To be honest in any business deal
Having no debts
To try to be beautiful
As fit as a fiddle
Looks fit but not fit actaully
Recovering from illness
Very weak
None of above
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 pay off old scores :
To have ones revenge
To settle a dispute
To repay the old loan
None of these
To beg the question
To refer to
To take for granted
To raise objections
To be discussed
Harp on :
To comment
To criticise
To keeep on talking
To keep on insulting
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
Lions share
look angrily
minor share
heart of the prey
major share
Be in the mire :
Be under dept
Be in love
Be in difficulties
Be uneasy
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
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
To drink like a fish :
To drink little
To drink alone
To be a drunkard
To drink in the company of others
To be at ones fingers end :
To be hopeless
To be highly perplexed
To be completely conversant with
To count things