Direction.
Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom / phrase.
To set the thames on fire :
To do something remarkable
To try to do the impossible
To burn something to ashes
To fling inonical remarks
Correct Answer :
B. To try to do the impossible
Related Questions
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
To take umbrage :
To feel depressed
To be offended
To be satisfied
To be pleased
To turn the tables :
To defeat
To oppose
To create chaos
To change the sorry scheme
Above board
honest and straightforward
a dishonest person
boasting person
a man with arrogance
To split hours :
To sidetrack the issue
To quarrel over trifles
To indulge in over-refined arguments
To find faults with other
To cry wolf
To listen eagerly
To give false alarm
To turn pale
To keep off starvation
He is on the wrong side of seventy.
more than seventy years old
less than seventy years old
seventy years old
eighty years old
To be at ones fingers end :
To be hopeless
To be highly perplexed
To be completely conversant with
To count things
Hard-pressed :
Bewildered
Insulted
Hard discipline
In difficulties
To read between the lines :
To concentrate
To read carefully
To suspect
To grasp the hidden meaning
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 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
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
Where discipline is concerned I put my foot down .
take a firm stand
take a light stand
take a heavy stand
take a shaky stand
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 cry wolf.
To listen eagerly
To give false alarm
To turn pale
To keep off starvation
You will succeed if you follow my advice to the letter .
about writing letters
written in the letter
in every detail
very thoughtfully
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
At arm's length
Insult
Length of arm
At a distance
Very near
To pull strings :
To exert hidden influence
To tease someone
To speed up
To start something
At dagger's drawn
to be very friendly
to have bitter enmity
to be very familiar
to be unknown
The convict claimed innocence and stood his ground in spite of the repeated accusations.
knelt
surrendered
kept standing
refused to yield
To be in abeyance :
To be in trouble
Dual minded
In a fighting mood
Insuspense
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
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
To drive home
To find one's roots
To return to place of rest
Back to original position
To emphasise
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 end in smoke
To make completely understand
To ruin oneself
To excite great applause
To overcome someone
To speak daggers :
To abuse someone
To indulge in varacious talks
To speak to a person with hostility
None of these
To bear the palm :
To win
To accept a challenge
To accept defeat
To endure something