Direction.
Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/ phrase.
To read between the lines :
To concentrate
To read carefully
To suspect
To grasp the hidden meaning
Correct Answer :
D. To grasp the hidden meaning
Related Questions
The new manager ruled the roost to every one.
exercised authority
rushed through work
got paid very handsomely
created good impression
Hobsons choice :
Feeling of insecurity
Accept or leave the other
Feeling of strength
Excellent choice
Ins and Outs
full details
major share
no details
finally
At arm's length
Insult
Length of arm
At a distance
Very near
To drive home .
To find one's root
To return to place of rest
Back to original position
To emphasise
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 drive home
To find one's roots
To return to place of rest
Back to original position
To emphasise
To have brush with :
To start painting
To have good and pleasing terms
To be impressed
To have a slight encounter
To play second fiddle
To be happy, cheerful and healthy
To reduce importance of one's senior
To support the role and view of another person
To do back seat driving
Above board
honest and straightforward
a dishonest person
boasting person
a man with arrogance
To take the wind out of anothers sails :
To manouevre ot mislead another on the high seas
To cause harm to another
To defeat the motives of another
To anticipate another and to gain advantage over him
To drive home.
To find ones root
To return to place of rest
Back to original position
To emphasise
To be in abeyance :
To be in trouble
Dual minded
In a fighting mood
Insuspense
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
A green horn :
An envious lady
A trainee
An inexperienced man
A soft-hearted man
At one's wit's end
Clear Up
Perplexed
Explain
Enlighten
The convict claimed innocence and stood his ground in spite of the repeated accusations.
knelt
surrendered
kept standing
refused to yield
To speak daggers :
To abuse someone
To indulge in varacious talks
To speak to a person with hostility
None of these
does not hold water
Cannot be belived
cannot be valued
does not fulfil the reqiurements
does not deserve appreciation
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
To take umbrage :
To feel depressed
To be offended
To be satisfied
To be pleased
At dagger's drawn
to be very friendly
to have bitter enmity
to be very familiar
to be unknown
He is on the wrong side of seventy.
more than seventy years old
less than seventy years old
seventy years old
eighty years old
He made away with ten thousand rupees in the course of three months.
earned
ran away with
squandered
saved
To plough the sands :
To work hard to achieve ones aim
To afford hope or ground for expecting a good result
To busy oneself in a way which cannot lead to any profitable result
To advance ones position in life
She wanted to go hitch-hiking but her mother put her foot down and now she's going by bus.
took a firm stand
expressed her displeasure
scolded her badly
got irritated
To drink like a fish :
To drink little
To drink alone
To be a drunkard
To drink in the company of others
My sincere advice to my maidservant fell on stony ground .
was counter productive
had a strong impact
made on stubborn
had little success
Bag and baggage
Without any belonging
All the clothing
With all one's belongings
Leave
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