Direction.
Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/ phrase.
To take umbrage :
To feel depressed
To be offended
To be satisfied
To be pleased
Correct Answer :
B. To be offended
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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 pour oil in troubled water :
To forment trouble
To add to the trouble
To instigate
To calm a quarrel with sooting words
To be above board .
To have a good height
To be honest in any business deal
Having no debts
To try to be beautiful
The convict claimed innocence and stood his ground in spite of the repeated accusations.
knelt
surrendered
kept standing
refused to yield
An apple of discord
cause of happiness
cause of quarrel
cause of wealth
cause of illness
For this act of indifference he will be taken to task by the authority.
he will get an offical reprimand from the authority.
he will be rewarded by the authority.
he will tender his resignation to the authority.
he will be entrusted with an official job.
At one's fingertips
None of above
To take revenge
Matter of shame
Complete knowledge
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
A tall order :
A task difficult to perform
A bid problem
A royal summon
A big demand
To change colour :
To change appearance
To shift allegiance to
To favour the wrong person
None of these
We must work with all our might and main, otherwise we cannot succeed.
full force
complete trust
exceptional skill
full unity
To give a false colouring :
To misrepresent
To submit the false report
To be dishonest
To conceal the facts
To take with a grain of salt :
To take with some reservation
To take with total disbelief
To take whole heartedly
To take seriously
The pros and cons :
For and aginst a thing
Foul and fair
Good and evil
Former and latter
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 take umbrage :
To feel depressed
To be offended
To be satisfied
To be pleased
With great difficulty, he was able to carve out a niche for himself.
became a sculptor
did the best he could do
destroyed his career
developed a specific position for himself
To wrangle over an asss shadow :
To act in a foolish way
To quarrel over trifles
To waste time on petty things
To do something funny
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 pull strings :
To exert hidden influence
To tease someone
To speed up
To start something
At a loss
at a relation loss
at a business loss
none of above
to be unable to decide
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
My sincere advice to my maidservant fell on stony ground .
was counter productive
had a strong impact
made on stubborn
had little success
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
At daggers drawn
at enmity
to be puzzled
at friendship
real cause
To put one's hand to plough
To take up agricultural farming
To take a difficult task
To get entangled into unnecessary things
Take interest in technical work
A black sheep
An unlucky person
A lucky person
An ugly person
None of these
At dagger's drawn
to be very friendly
to have bitter enmity
to be very familiar
to be unknown
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 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