Direction.
Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom / phrase.
To ride hell for Leather :
To ride with furious speed
To adopt flase means to succeed
To work hard for a small accomplishment
To earn money by all means
Correct Answer :
A. To ride with furious speed
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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
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 pull strings :
To exert hidden influence
To tease someone
To speed up
To start something
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
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
does not hold water
Cannot be belived
cannot be valued
does not fulfil the reqiurements
does not deserve appreciation
To ride hell for Leather :
To ride with furious speed
To adopt flase means to succeed
To work hard for a small accomplishment
To earn money by all means
To drive home.
To find ones root
To return to place of rest
Back to original position
To emphasise
He made my day by telling me how important I was to him.
gave me great pleasure
displeased me
spoiled my day
made me resentful
My sincere advice to my maidservant fell on stony ground.
was counter productive
had a strong impact
made on stubborn
had little success
For some people, writing verse is as duck takes to water .
like taking the duck to water
like bursting out suddenly
like dropping the duck in the water
like easily and naturally speaking
To bear the palm :
To win
To accept a challenge
To accept defeat
To endure something
At a loss
at a relation loss
at a business loss
none of above
to be unable to decide
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
To split hours :
To sidetrack the issue
To quarrel over trifles
To indulge in over-refined arguments
To find faults with other
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
To bring ones eggs to a bad market :
To face on humiliating situation
To bring ones commodities to a market where there is no demand for them
To show ones talents before audience which is incapable of appreciating them
To fail in ones plans because one goes to the wrong people for help
Lions share
look angrily
minor share
heart of the prey
major share
To be above board
To have a good height
To be honest in any business deal
They have no debts
To try to be beautiful
He made away with ten thousand rupees in the course of three months.
earned
ran away with
squandered
saved
To have ones heart in ones boots :
To be deeply depressed
To be frightened
To get angry
To keep a secret
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 take with a grain of salt :
To take with some reservation
To take with total disbelief
To take whole heartedly
To take seriously
A bull in a china shop :
A person who is very ugly but loves the beautiful things of life
A person who takes a sadistic delight in harming innocient people
A person who becomes too excited where no excitment is warranted
A person who is rought and clumsy where skill and care are required
To show the white feather :
To show signs to cowardice
To seek peace
To show arrogance
To become polite
To worship the rising sun :
To honour a man who is coming into office
To honour to promising people
To indulge in flattery
To welcome the coming events
To oil the knocker :
To instigate a person to do a job
To do a work with increased pace
To tip the office-boy
To revive old enmity
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
To speak daggers :
To abuse someone
To indulge in varacious talks
To speak to a person with hostility
None of these
Harp on :
To comment
To criticise
To keeep on talking
To keep on insulting