Direction.
Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/ phrase.
To take with a grain of salt :
To take with some reservation
To take with total disbelief
To take whole heartedly
To take seriously
Correct Answer :
A. To take with some reservation
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To drink like a fish :
To drink little
To drink alone
To be a drunkard
To drink in the company of others
The pros and cons :
For and aginst a thing
Foul and fair
Good and evil
Former and latter
An apple of discord
cause of happiness
cause of quarrel
cause of wealth
cause of illness
To give a rap on the knuckles :
To eulogise
To chatise
To condemn
To rebuke
To carry the coal to newcastle :
To work hard
To finish a jab
To do unnecessary things
To do menial jobs
He has all his ducks in a row; he is complacent.
has everything ready
is well organised
always scores a zero
never gets confused
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
To split hours :
To sidetrack the issue
To quarrel over trifles
To indulge in over-refined arguments
To find faults with other
To strike ones colours :
To fight vigorously
To work hard
To surrender
To make a rude gesture
Despite his initial arrogance he had to eat humble pie .
he had to yield under pressure
he maintained composure
he failed to protest eventually
he accepted the food oflfered
To make clean breast of
To gain prominence
To praise oneself
To confess without of reserve
To destroy before it blooms
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 end in smoke
To make completely understand
To ruin oneself
To excite great applause
To overcome someone
To take with a grain of salt :
To take with some reservation
To take with total disbelief
To take whole heartedly
To take seriously
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 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 pull ones socks up :
To prepare
To try hard
To get ready
To depart
The man changed colours when I questioned him on the allocation of funds.
turned pale
got numbed
turned happy
get motivated
A tall order :
A task difficult to perform
A bid problem
A royal summon
A big demand
To be above board
To have a good height
To be honest in any business deal
They have no debts
To try to be beautiful
All and Sundry
only rich person
together
selected people
Everybody without distinction
At daggers drawn
at enmity
to be puzzled
at friendship
real cause
To pay off old scores :
To have ones revenge
To settle a dispute
To repay the old loan
None of these
To read between the lines :
To concentrate
To read carefully
To suspect
To grasp the hidden meaning
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
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 live fast :
To lead a life of dissipation
To accomplish a purpose
to do a task hurriedly
To use up ones income as fast as it comes in
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
To have ones heart in ones boots :
To be deeply depressed
To be frightened
To get angry
To keep a secret
no love lost between
forming a group
have a good understanding
not on good terms
stop loving