Direction.
In the following questions, four alternatives are given for the idiom / phrase and bold italicised in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom / phrase.
You will succeed if you follow my advice to the letter .
about writing letters
written in the letter
in every detail
very thoughtfully
Correct Answer :
C. in every detail
Related Questions
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
Bag and baggage
Without any belonging
All the clothing
With all one's belongings
Leave
To show the white feather :
To show signs to cowardice
To seek peace
To show arrogance
To become polite
Lions share
look angrily
minor share
heart of the prey
major share
Bed of roses
dull life
very soft bed
belong to
full of joys
To save ones face :
To hide oneself
To oppose
To avade disgrace
To say plainly
To snap ones fingers :
To speak abruptly
To accept immediately
To grasp eagerly
To become contemptuous of
An apple of discord
cause of happiness
cause of quarrel
cause of wealth
cause of illness
I tried to feel his pulse on the issue, but in vain.
find his views
enlighten him
argue with him
guide him
We must work with all our might and main, otherwise we cannot succeed.
full force
complete trust
exceptional skill
full unity
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
Swan-song :
Music as sweet as a song of birds
A melodious song in praise of someone
Praise of a woman by her lover
Last work of a poet or musician before death
At logger heads
In difficulty
to be at strife
None of above
very happy together
A fools errand :
A blunder
An impossible task
A useless undertaking
None of these
To catch a tartar
To trap wanted criminal with great difficulty
To catch a dangerous person
To meet with disaster
To deal with a person who is more than one's match
To read between the lines :
To concentrate
To read carefully
To suspect
To grasp the hidden meaning
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 be above board.
To have a good height
To be honest in any business deal
Having no debts
To try to be beautiful
To fight to the bitter end :
To fight with poison-tipped arrows
To fight to the last paint of enemy position
To die fighting
To carry on a contest regardless of consequences
To cool ones heels :
To rest for sometime
To give no importance to someone
To remain in a comfortable position
To be kept waiting for sometime
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
You will succeed if you follow my advice to the letter .
about writing letters
written in the letter
in every detail
very thoughtfully
A man of straw
A man of no substance
A very active person
A worthy fellow
An unreasonable person
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
a white elephant
a proud possession
a rare article
useful mode of transport
costly or truoblesome possession
By leaps and bounds
aimlessly
very fast
very slow
in details
To oil the knocker :
To instigate a person to do a job
To do a work with increased pace
To tip the office-boy
To revive old enmity
green thumb
one has a green tatto on the thumb
to have a natural intrest in gardening
one is articstic
ones nails are painted green
He is on the wrong side of seventy .
more than seventy years old
less than seventy years old
seventy years old
eighty years old