Direction.
In the following questions, four alternatives are given for the idiom / phrase underlined in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom / phrase and mark it in the Answer Sheet.
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
Correct Answer :
B. a clumsy person
a clumsy person means plump
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To cry wolf
To listen eagerly
To give false alarm
To turn pale
To keep off starvation
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
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 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
The students found it hard to go at equal speed with the professor.
get away from
put up with
keep up with
race ag
We must work with all our might and main, otherwise we cannot succeed.
full force
complete trust
exceptional skill
full unity
The convict claimed innocence and stood his ground in spite of the repeated accusations.
knelt
surrendered
kept standing
refused to yield
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 snap ones fingers :
To speak abruptly
To accept immediately
To grasp eagerly
To become contemptuous of
Adolescence is a period of halcyon days.
hard days
of mental pressure
happy days
days of preparation
To carry the coal to newcastle :
To work hard
To finish a jab
To do unnecessary things
To do menial jobs
To strike ones colours :
To fight vigorously
To work hard
To surrender
To make a rude gesture
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
To hit the nail right on the head
To do the right thing
To destroy one's reputation
To announce one's fixed views
To teach someone a lesson
To read between the lines :
To concentrate
To read carefully
To suspect
To grasp the hidden meaning
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
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
Adolescence is a period of halcyon days .
hard days
of mental pressure
happy days
days of preparation
Above board
honest and straightforward
a dishonest person
boasting person
a man with arrogance
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
You will succeed if you follow my advice to the letter .
about writing letters
written in the letter
in every detail
very thoughtfully
To make clean breast of
To gain prominence
To praise oneself
To confess without of reserve
To destroy before it blooms
To set one's face against
To oppose with determination
To judge by appearence
To get out of difficulty
To look at one steadily
a white elephant
a proud possession
a rare article
useful mode of transport
costly or truoblesome possession
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
For some people, writing verse is as duck takes to water .
like taking the duck to water
like bursting out suddenly
like dropping the duck in the water
like easily and naturally speaking
At one's fingertips
None of above
To take revenge
Matter of shame
Complete knowledge
He made my day by telling me how important I was to him.
gave me great pleasure
displeased me
spoiled my day
made me resentful
To change colour :
To change appearance
To shift allegiance to
To favour the wrong person
None of these
To keeps one's temper
To become hungry
To be in good mood
To preserve ones energy
To be aloof from