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. With the existing management, the future of the company is in doldrums.

bright

secure

dull

uncertain

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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 am ambitious and never want to rest on my laurels.

be dissatisfied

be complacent

be good

be satisfied

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A lady's man

A man working as per a lady's directions

A lover of woman company

A woman-tailor

A timid husband

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In modern democratic societies lynch law seems to have become the spheres of life.

law of the underworld

law of the parliament

law of the mob

law of the constitution

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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. The P.M has pulled up Orissa partymen.

rewarded

reprimanded

elevated

punished

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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 be old as the hills

To be wise and learned

To be very ancient

Not being worth the age

To be old but foolish

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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. The social worker rendered yeoman service to the victims.

needed aid

paid service

excellent service

free, generous help

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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 plough the sands

To advance one's position in life

To afford hope or ground for expecting a good result

To busy oneself in a way which cannot lead to any profitable result

To work hard to achieve one's aim

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The sound lub-dub lub-dub is produced by

Kidney

Heart

Liver

Lung

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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. His friends let him down.

comforted

stood by

succeeded

failed

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