PE 1 - Idioms & Phrases | Idioms & Phrases
Directions: Choose the alternative that best expresses the meaning of the given idiom.
To spill the beans
- A.
to misbehave
- B.
to great obstructions
- C.
to keep secrets
- D.
to reveal secret information
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ReportTo save one's face
- A.
to hide oneself
- B.
to oppose
- C.
to evade disgrace
- D.
to protect
To add insult to injury
- A.
To mock someone
- B.
To hurt someone
- C.
To console someone
- D.
To recuperate from a loss
Be under a cloud
- A.
experiencing cloudy weather
- B.
enjoying favourable lunch
- C.
under suspicion
- D.
under observation
To have an axe to grind
- A.
to fail to arouse interest
- B.
to have a selfish reason for doing something
- C.
to have no result
- D.
to work for both sides
To play fast and loose
- A.
to talk aloud
- B.
complete and safe
- C.
to work hard
- D.
to act unreliably
To drive home
- A.
to find one's roots
- B.
to return to place of rest
- C.
back to original position
- D.
to emphasise
To make clean breast of
- A.
to gain prominence
- B.
to praise oneself
- C.
to confess without reserve
- D.
to destroy before it blooms
To keeps one's temper
- A.
to become hungry
- B.
to be in good mood
- C.
to preserve one's energy
- D.
to be aloof from
To catch a tartar
- A.
to trap wanted criminal with great difficulty
- B.
to catch a dangerous person
- C.
to meet with disaster
- D.
to deal with a person who is more than one's match
A black sheep
- A.
An unlucky person
- B.
A lucky person
- C.
An ugly person
- D.
An unworthy person in a family or group
Never-never land
- A.
An imaginary utopian place or situation
- B.
A place that is worse than hell
- C.
A place that you know that you will never be able to visit
- D.
A popular place about which you have heard such stories that you would not like to go there.
Through thick and thin
- A.
To be scared of small dangers
- B.
Passing through a thick forest
- C.
Support under all circumstances
- D.
To be hard hearted in times of loss
To throw dust in one's eyes
- A.
to cheat someone
- B.
to make blind
- C.
to harm someone
- D.
to mislead
To get into hot waters
- A.
to be impatient
- B.
to get into trouble
- C.
to suffer financially
- D.
to be in a confused state
To be rolling in money
- A.
very rich
- B.
borrowing money
- C.
wasting money
- D.
spending more than his income
To fight tooth and nail
- A.
with all their might
- B.
without any other weapon
- C.
resorting to violence
- D.
very cowardly
To cry wolf
- A.
to listen eagerly
- B.
to give false alarm
- C.
to turn pale
- D.
to keep off starvation
To be above board
- A.
to have a good height
- B.
to be honest in any business deal
- C.
they have no debts
- D.
to try to be beautiful
To play second fiddle
- A.
to be happy, cheerful and healthy
- B.
to reduce importance of one's senior
- C.
to support the role and view of another person
- D.
to do back seat driving
To beg the question
- A.
to refer to
- B.
to take for granted
- C.
to raise objections
- D.
to be discussed
To smell a rat
- A.
to see signs of plague epidemic
- B.
to get bad smell of a dead rat
- C.
to suspect four dealings
- D.
to be in a bad mood
To hit the nail right on the head
- A.
to do the right thing
- B.
to destroy one's reputation
- C.
to announce one's fixed views
- D.
to teach someone a lesson
To pull one's socks up
- A.
to depart
- B.
to interfere
- C.
to try hard
- D.
to prepare