Direction.
Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/ phrase.
To split hours :
To sidetrack the issue
To quarrel over trifles
To indulge in over-refined arguments
To find faults with other
Correct Answer :
C. To indulge in over-refined arguments
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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 save ones face :
To hide oneself
To oppose
To avade disgrace
To say plainly
At a loss
at a relation loss
at a business loss
none of above
to be unable to decide
To hold somebody to ransom :
To keep captive and demand concession
To humiliate somebody
To offer bribe
To blackmail and extract money
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 cast pearls before a swine :
To offer some a thing which he cannot appreciate
To bring something good before the eyes of a greedy person
To spend racklessly on a useless fellow
To indulge in fruitless endeavours
At daggers drawn
at enmity
to be puzzled
at friendship
real cause
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
I tried to feel his pulse on the issue, but in vain.
find his views
enlighten him
argue with him
guide him
The convict claimed innocence and stood his ground in spite of the repeated accusations.
knelt
surrendered
kept standing
refused to yield
He made away with ten thousand rupees in the course of three months.
earned
ran away with
squandered
saved
The sailors nailed their colours to their mast.
put up a colourful mast
refused to climb down
took over the ship
decided to abandon the ship
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 be above board.
To have a good height
To be honest in any business deal
Having no debts
To try to be beautiful
To give a rap on the knuckles :
To eulogise
To chatise
To condemn
To rebuke
To cry wolf
To listen eagerly
To give false alarm
To turn pale
To keep off starvation
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
Bag and baggage
Without any belonging
All the clothing
With all one's belongings
Leave
does not hold water
Cannot be belived
cannot be valued
does not fulfil the reqiurements
does not deserve appreciation
A black sheep
An unlucky person
A lucky person
An ugly person
None of these
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 change colour :
To change appearance
To shift allegiance to
To favour the wrong person
None of these
Adolescence is a period of halcyon days.
hard days
of mental pressure
happy days
days of preparation
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 have ones heart in ones boots :
To be deeply depressed
To be frightened
To get angry
To keep a secret
He has all his ducks in a row; he is complacent.
has everything ready
is well organised
always scores a zero
never gets confused
a tight corner
in a difficult situation
in a closed room
in a small field
in a meadow
To pour oil in troubled water :
To forment trouble
To add to the trouble
To instigate
To calm a quarrel with sooting words
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 have an axe to grind .
a private end to serve
to fail to arouse interest
to have no result
to work for both sides