Direction.
In the following questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase underlined in the sentense. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the IdiomPhrase.
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 give/get the bird :
- To bear the palm :
- The students found it hard to go at equal speed with the professor.
- green thumb
- Apple Pie Order
- To fight to the bitter end :
- At a loss
- To break the ice :
- He made away with ten thousand rupees in the course of three months.
- To pay off old scores :
- To mind ones Ps and Qs :
- To drive home .
- A green horn :
- a white elephant
- For some people, writing verse is as duck takes to water .
- At one's fingertips
- To have an axe to grind
- To pour oil in troubled water :
- At daggers drawn
- At arm's length
- out and out
- Hard-pressed :
- The convict claimed innocence and stood his ground in spite of the repeated accusations.
- To have an axe to grind.
- Bag and baggage
- All in all
- To talk through ones hat :
- Dog in the manger :
- An apple of discord
- Adolescence is a period of halcyon days.