Direction.
Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/ phrase.
To turn over a new leaf :
To change completely ones course of action
To shift attention to new problems
To cover up ones faults by wearing new marks
To change the old habits and adopt new ones
Correct Answer :
D. To change the old habits and adopt new ones
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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 strike ones colours :
To fight vigorously
To work hard
To surrender
To make a rude gesture
To show the white feather :
To show signs to cowardice
To seek peace
To show arrogance
To become polite
To have ones heart in ones boots :
To be deeply depressed
To be frightened
To get angry
To keep a secret
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 mind ones Ps and Qs :
To be cautious
To be accurate and precise
To be careful of ones accounts
To be careful of ones personality
At one's wit's end
Clear Up
Perplexed
Explain
Enlighten
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
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 end in smoke
To make completely understand
To ruin oneself
To excite great applause
To overcome someone
My sincere advice to my maidservant fell on stony ground .
was counter productive
had a strong impact
made on stubborn
had little success
Spick and span :
Neat and clean
Outspoken
A ready-made thing
Garrulous
To read between the lines :
To concentrate
To read carefully
To suspect
To grasp the hidden meaning
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 drive home .
To find one's root
To return to place of rest
Back to original position
To emphasise
To be above board.
To have a good height
To be honest in any business deal
Having no debts
To try to be beautiful
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 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
At the spur of the moment
Great Moment
Without Delay
Very Slow
Difficult Moment
All and sundry :
Greater share
All of a sudden
Completion of work
Everyone without distinction
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
Bed of roses
dull life
very soft bed
belong to
full of joys
a tight corner
in a difficult situation
in a closed room
in a small field
in a meadow
To play fast and loose :
To beguile others
To be winning sometimes and losing at other times
To play with someones feeling
To play tricks
All in all
Every person
Call all at once
Most important
Particular thing same in all
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
At dagger's drawn
to be very friendly
to have bitter enmity
to be very familiar
to be unknown
To save ones face :
To hide oneself
To oppose
To avade disgrace
To say plainly
To cry wolf .
To listen eagerly
To give false alarm
To turn pale
To keep off starvation
To leave someone in the lurch
To come to compromise with someone
Constant source of annoyance to someone
To put someone at ease
To desert someone in his difficulties