Direction.
Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/ phrase.
To pull ones socks up :
To prepare
To try hard
To get ready
To depart
Correct Answer :
B. To try hard
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At logger heads
In difficulty
to be at strife
None of above
very happy together
To take the bull by the horns :
To punish a person severly for his arrogance
To grapple courageously with difficulty that lies in our way
To handle it by fierce attack
To bypass the legal process and take action according to ones own whims
To cry wolf .
To listen eagerly
To give false alarm
To turn pale
To keep off starvation
To talk through ones hat :
To speak fluently
To talk nonsense
To talk wisdom
To speak at random
The convict claimed innocence and stood his ground in spite of the repeated accusations.
knelt
surrendered
kept standing
refused to yield
My sincere advice to my maidservant fell on stony ground.
was counter productive
had a strong impact
made on stubborn
had little success
To drive home .
To find one's root
To return to place of rest
Back to original position
To emphasise
By the rule of thumb :
By the use of force
By the use of trickery
By cheating and deception
By practical experience which is rather rough
All in all
Every person
Call all at once
Most important
Particular thing same in all
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 pull ones socks up :
To prepare
To try hard
To get ready
To depart
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
A bakers dozen :
Twelve
Charity
Thirteen
Allowance
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
He is on the wrong side of seventy.
more than seventy years old
less than seventy years old
seventy years old
eighty years old
We must work with all our might and main, otherwise we cannot succeed.
full force
complete trust
exceptional skill
full unity
A man of straw
A man of no substance
A very active person
A worthy fellow
An unreasonable person
To be above board .
To have a good height
To be honest in any business deal
Having no debts
To try to be beautiful
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 one's fingertips
None of above
To take revenge
Matter of shame
Complete knowledge
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 be in abeyance :
To be in trouble
Dual minded
In a fighting mood
Insuspense
To pour oil in troubled water :
To forment trouble
To add to the trouble
To instigate
To calm a quarrel with sooting words
All agog :
Everybody
All ready
Restless
Almighty
Apple Pie Order
Related to dry fruit packing
In perfect order
In random order
Related to fruits packing
He has all his ducks in a row ; he is complacent.
has everything ready
is well organised
always scores a zero
never gets confused
does not hold water
Cannot be belived
cannot be valued
does not fulfil the reqiurements
does not deserve appreciation
A green horn :
An envious lady
A trainee
An inexperienced man
A soft-hearted man
We must work with all our might and main, otherwise we cannot succeed.
full force
complete trust
exceptional skill
full unity
To mind ones Ps and Qs :
To be cautious
To be accurate and precise
To be careful of ones accounts
To be careful of ones personality