IDIOM QUIZ

For each of the following sentences four alternatives are given. You are required to choose the correct meaning of the idiom or phrase given or underlined in the sentence. Let us admit that we could not heap coals of fire on his head.

make him feel sorry

put him to shame

incite him to a fight

agitate him

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For each of the following sentences four alternatives are given. You are required to choose the correct meaning of the idiom or phrase given or underlined in the sentence. I felt that it was a tall order to expect Monisha to go home alone at twelve in the night.

Difficult

Customary

Too much

Simple

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Fully nature human RBC has

Nucleus may or may not be present

No nucleus

None of these

A nucleus

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For each of the following sentences four alternatives are given. You are required to choose the correct meaning of the idiom or phrase given or underlined in the sentence. A good teacher should have the gift of the gab.

an interest in discipline

a talent for speaking

a talent for acting

a good personality

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Despite the trust bestowed on the minister he turned out to be a snake in the grass during the revolution.

an unforeseen danger

an unexpected misfortune

a secret enemy

a treacherous person

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Some people now wonder whether we just pay lip service or genuinely subscribe to democracy.

show only outward respect

remain indifferent

pay oral tribute

attach no value

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A red letter day

An important day

An auspicious day

A dangerous day

An unimportant day

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For each of the following sentences four alternatives are given. You are required to choose the correct meaning of the idiom or phrase given or underlined in the sentence. He is a person after my own heart.

a happy go lucky fellow

an emotional man

an object of mockery

exactly to one's own liking

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For each of the following sentences four alternatives are given. You are required to choose the correct meaning of the idiom or phrase given or underlined in the sentence. To turn the tables

To create chaos

To defeat

To change the sorry scheme

To change completely the position of disadvantage

To oppose

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For each of the following sentences four alternatives are given. You are required to choose the correct meaning of the idiom or phrase given or underlined in the sentence. As a politician he is used to being in the limelight all the time.

an object of public notice

giving speeches

the object of admiration

the centre of attraction

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