Direction.
Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/ phrase.
To set one's face against
To oppose with determination
To judge by appearence
To get out of difficulty
To look at one steadily
Correct Answer :
A. To oppose with determination
Related Questions
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 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
To wrangle over an asss shadow :
To act in a foolish way
To do something funny
To quarrel over trifles
To quarrel over the possession of an ass
He has all his ducks in a row; he is complacent.
has everything ready
is well organised
always scores a zero
never gets confused
At logger heads
In difficulty
to be at strife
None of above
very happy together
To fight to the bitter end :
To fight with poison-tipped arrows
To fight to the last paint of enemy position
To die fighting
To carry on a contest regardless of consequences
A fools errand :
A blunder
An impossible task
A useless undertaking
None of these
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 flog a dead horse :
To act in a foolish way
To waste ones efforts
To revive interest in an old subject
To revive old memories
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
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
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 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
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 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
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
To set the people by ears :
To box the people
To insult and disgrace the people
To punish heavily
To excite people to a quarrel
Spick and span :
Neat and clean
Outspoken
A ready-made thing
Garrulous
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 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 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 pay off old scores :
To have ones revenge
To settle a dispute
To repay the old loan
None of these
To cry wolf
To listen eagerly
To give false alarm
To turn pale
To keep off starvation
To show the white feather :
To show signs to cowardice
To seek peace
To show arrogance
To become polite
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
To carry the coal to newcastle :
To work hard
To finish a jab
To do unnecessary things
To do menial jobs
Apple Pie Order
Related to dry fruit packing
In perfect order
In random order
Related to fruits packing
To take a leaf out of somebodys book :
To take him as a model
To steal something valuable
To follow the dictates of someone
To conform to others standard
All and Sundry
only rich person
together
selected people
Everybody without distinction