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Idiomatic Expressions Test

32. To be vacant in upper storey : 42. To fight tooth and nail :
(A) To lose wealth (A) To fight cowardly
(B) Availability of the upper storey apartment on rent (B) To fight heroically
( C) To be of feeble mind ( C) To make every possible effort to win
(D) To act foolishly (D) To lose everything while engaged in fighting

33. Will ‘o’ the wisp : 43. To meet one’s Waterloo :
(A) To escape (A) To die fighting
(B) Anything which eludes or deceives (B) To die an ignoble death
( C) Very bitter ( C) To meet one’s final defeat
(D) Impossible (D) To suffer humiliation

34. Hobson’s choice : 44. To make an ass of oneself :
(A) No choice at all because there is only one (A) To reduce the size of something
possibility (B) To act foolishly
(B) Choice to live or die ( C) To work very hard
( C) Multiple choice (D) To prove one’s worth
(D) Favourable choice
45. As blind as a bat :
35. To show the white feathers : (A) Unable to see
(A) To act in a dull manner (B) Refusing to see
(B) To show signs of cowardice ( C) Careless person
( C) To fly (D) Deliberately sleeping in an hour of need
(D) To cheat
46. To put in the corner :
36. To get into hot water : (A) To neglect
(A) To get into rouble (B) To starve
(B) To enter waters heated by the sun ( C) To punish
( C) To put oneself in a dangerous situation (D) To dismiss
(D) To be in a confused state of mind
47. To have a jaundiced eye :
37. To keep the ball rolling : (A) To develop disease
(A) To continue the work (B) To lose colour
(B) To do well in business ( C) To be prejudiced
( C) To pass on the latest information (D) To become weak
(D) To play the match
48. No one but the wearer knows where the shoe
38. To grease a person’s palm : pinches :
(A) To assist (A) Only the person who suffers knows the cause of
(B) To forment the pain
( C) To bribe (B) No one can wear the shoe of others
(D) To cheat ( C) Every show has its wearer
(D) Old shows always pinch
39. Black sheep :
(A) An evil mannered member of a family or society 49. To wear one’s heart on one’s sleeve :
(B) People of dark complexion (A) To show plainly one’s feeling
( C) People of one category (B) To keep something secrete
(D) Faithful followers ( C) Leakage of a secret plan
(D) To smile inwardly, while preserving a serious
40. To go into black : countenance
(A) Disappearance
(B) To go underground 50. To put sown in black and white :
( C) To plan secretly (A) To write down on paper
(D) Mourning (B) To record evidence
( C) To justify one’s actions
41. Once in a blue moon : (D) To put a ceiling
(A) Shining
(B) Circular
( C) Rarely (D) Spotted
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