Direction.
Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/ phrase.
To pour oil in troubled water :
To forment trouble
To add to the trouble
To instigate
To calm a quarrel with sooting words
Correct Answer :
D. To calm a quarrel with sooting words
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To bear the palm :
To win
To accept a challenge
To accept defeat
To endure something
You will succeed if you follow my advice to the letter .
about writing letters
written in the letter
in every detail
very thoughtfully
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
Dog in the manger :
An undersized bull almost the shape of a dog
A dog that has no kennel of its own
A person who puts himself in difficulties on account of other people
A person who prevents others from enjoying something useless to himself
Be in the mire :
Be under dept
Be in love
Be in difficulties
Be uneasy
A bakers dozen :
Twelve
Charity
Thirteen
Allowance
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 end in smoke
To make completely understand
To ruin oneself
To excite great applause
To overcome someone
As fit as a fiddle
Looks fit but not fit actaully
Recovering from illness
Very weak
None of above
The convict claimed innocence and stood his ground in spite of the repeated accusations.
knelt
surrendered
kept standing
refused to yield
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 have an axe to grind
A private end to serve
To fail to arouse interest
To have no result
To work for both sides
does not hold water
Cannot be belived
cannot be valued
does not fulfil the reqiurements
does not deserve appreciation
To turn the tables :
To defeat
To oppose
To create chaos
To change the sorry scheme
To set one's face against
To oppose with determination
To judge by appearence
To get out of difficulty
To look at one steadily
He has all his ducks in a row ; he is complacent.
has everything ready
is well organised
always scores a zero
never gets confused
To keeps one's temper
To become hungry
To be in good mood
To preserve ones energy
To be aloof from
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
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 give chapter and verse for a thing :
To produce the proof of something
To eulogize the qualities of a thing
To make publicity of a thing
To attach artificial value to a thing
The man changed colours when I questioned him on the allocation of funds.
turned pale
got numbed
turned happy
get motivated
A man of straw
A man of no substance
A very active person
A worthy fellow
An unreasonable person
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
To break the ice :
To start quarreling
To end the hostility
To start to conversation
To end up partnership
To drive home.
To find ones root
To return to place of rest
Back to original position
To emphasise
Above board
honest and straightforward
a dishonest person
boasting person
a man with arrogance
I tried to feel his pulse on the issue, but in vain.
find his views
enlighten him
argue with him
guide him
The students found it hard to go at equal speed with the professor.
get away from
put up with
keep up with
race against
a white elephant
a proud possession
a rare article
useful mode of transport
costly or truoblesome possession
A fools errand :
A blunder
An impossible task
A useless undertaking
None of these