Direction.
Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/ phrase.
To save ones face :
To hide oneself
To oppose
To avade disgrace
To say plainly
Correct Answer :
C. To avade disgrace
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To smell a rat
To see signs of plague epidemic
To get bad small of a bad dead rat
To suspect foul dealings
To be in a bad mood
To give a false colouring :
To misrepresent
To submit the false report
To be dishonest
To conceal the facts
fair and square
auhtorative
business like
honest
active
To give/get the bird :
To get the awaited
To have good luck
To send away
To get the impossible
Swan-song :
Music as sweet as a song of birds
A melodious song in praise of someone
Praise of a woman by her lover
Last work of a poet or musician before death
The man changed colours when I questioned him on the allocation of funds.
turned pale
got numbed
turned happy
get motivated
To end in smoke
To make completely understand
To ruin oneself
To excite great applause
To overcome someone
To drive home.
To find ones root
To return to place of rest
Back to original position
To emphasise
A bakers dozen :
Twelve
Charity
Thirteen
Allowance
To hold somebody to ransom :
To keep captive and demand concession
To humiliate somebody
To offer bribe
To blackmail and extract money
To be old as the hills :
To be very ancient
To be wise tand learned
To be old but foolish
Not being worth the age
To carry the coal to newcastle :
To work hard
To finish a jab
To do unnecessary things
To do menial jobs
All and Sundry
only rich person
together
selected people
Everybody without distinction
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 change colour :
To change appearance
To shift allegiance to
To favour the wrong person
None of these
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
We must work with all our might and main, otherwise we cannot succeed.
full force
complete trust
exceptional skill
full unity
At the spur of the moment
Great Moment
Without Delay
Very Slow
Difficult Moment
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 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
To pull strings :
To exert hidden influence
To tease someone
To speed up
To start something
To cool ones heels :
To rest for sometime
To give no importance to someone
To remain in a comfortable position
To be kept waiting for sometime
We must work with all our might and main, otherwise we cannot succeed.
full force
complete trust
exceptional skill
full unity
To drive home .
To find one's root
To return to place of rest
Back to original position
To emphasise
To let off steam , my friend started murmuring.
to release his tension
to show his anger
to show his approval
to show his disple
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
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 give a rap on the knuckles :
To eulogise
To chatise
To condemn
To rebuke
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
He has all his ducks in a row ; he is complacent.
has everything ready
is well organised
always scores a zero
never gets confused