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 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
Correct Answer :
B. prepare for a difficult situation
THe idiom batten down the hatches means to prepare for difficult times.
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All in all
Every person
Call all at once
Most important
Particular thing same in all
To take people by storm :
To put people in utter surprise
To captivate them unexpectedly
To exploit peoples agitation
To bring out something sensational attracting peoples attention
The students found it hard to go at equal speed with the professor.
get away from
put up with
keep up with
race against
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
To hit the jackpot :
To gamble
To get an unexpected victory
To be wealthy
To make money unexpectedly
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 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
fair and square
auhtorative
business like
honest
active
Be in the mire :
Be under dept
Be in love
Be in difficulties
Be uneasy
A critic's work is to read between the lines .
to comprehend the meaning
to appreciate the inner beauty
to understand the inner meaning
to read carefully
An apple of discord
cause of happiness
cause of quarrel
cause of wealth
cause of illness
To pay off old scores :
To have ones revenge
To settle a dispute
To repay the old loan
None of these
To split hours :
To sidetrack the issue
To quarrel over trifles
To indulge in over-refined arguments
To find faults with other
You will succeed if you follow my advice to the letter .
about writing letters
written in the letter
in every detail
very thoughtfully
My sincere advice to my maidservant fell on stony ground.
was counter productive
had a strong impact
made on stubborn
had little success
At logger heads
In difficulty
to be at strife
None of above
very happy together
A black sheep
An unlucky person
A lucky person
An ugly person
None of these
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 be above board .
To have a good height
To be honest in any business deal
Having no debts
To try to be beautiful
To cry wolf .
To listen eagerly
To give false alarm
To turn pale
To keep off starvation
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
A bakers dozen :
Twelve
Charity
Thirteen
Allowance
At one's fingertips
None of above
To take revenge
Matter of shame
Complete knowledge
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 have an axe to grind.
a private end to serve
to fail to arouse interest
to have no result
to work for both sides
At arm's length
Insult
Length of arm
At a distance
Very near
In the teeth of
in the end
real cause
in the face of
to chase
We must work with all our might and main, otherwise we cannot succeed.
full force
complete trust
exceptional skill
full unity
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
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