Phrases and Idioms MCQs for Competitive Examination
Select the most appropriate meaning of the given phrase/idiom.
Q. 81
To smell a rat
(A) To smell foul
(B) To see a rat
(C) To chase a rat
(D) To be suspicious
Answer: (D) To be suspicious
Q. 82
To move heaven and earth
(A) To cause an earthquake
(B) To try everything possible
(C) To pray to all Gods
(D) To travel in a rocket
Answer: (B) To try everything possible
Q. 83
To take someone for a ride
(A) To give a ride to someone
(B) To deceive someone
(C) To be indifferent
(D) To disclose a secret
Answer: (B) To deceive someone
Q. 84
In cold blood
(A) Angrily
(B) Deliberately
(C) Excitedly
(D) Slowly
Answer: (B) Deliberately
Q. 85
To put up with
(A) To accommodate
(B) To adjust
(C) To understand
(D) To tolerate
Answer: (D) To tolerate
Q. 86
To take to heart
(A) To be encouraged
(B) To grieve over
(C) To like
(D) To hate
Answer: (B) To grieve over
Q. 87
Weal and woe
(A) Ups and downs
(B) Joys and sorrows
(C) Wholeheartedly
(D) Under suspicion
Answer: (A) Ups and downs
Q. 88
To take to task
(A) Pass over
(B) Reward
(C) Punish
(D) Disappoint
Answer: (C) Punish
Q. 89
Iron will
(A) Good health
(B) Strong determination
(C) Sticks to the point
(D) Has high haemoglobin
Answer: (B) Strong determination
Q. 90
To put an end to
(A) Continue
(B) Start
(C) Stop
(D) Enforce
Answer: (C) Stop
Q. 91
By fits and starts
(A) Regularly
(B) Irregularly
(C) Certainly
(D) Fairly
Answer: (B) Irregularly
Q. 92
Bad blood
(A) Low blood pressure
(B) Feeling of love
(C) Feeling of hatred
(D) High blood pressure
Answer: (C) Feeling of hatred
Q. 94
Die-hard
(A) Unwilling to change
(B) Ready to change
(C) Egoist
(D) Arrogant
Answer: (A) Unwilling to change
Q. 95
Turn down
(A) To accept
(B) Reject
(C) Twist
(D) Weave
Answer: (B) Reject
Q. 96
To pass away
(A) To ignore
(B) Walk past
(C) Die
(D) Revise
Answer: (C) Die
Q. 97
To bite the dust
(A) Eat voraciously
(B) Have nothing to eat
(C) Eat roots
(D) To end in failure
Answer: (D) To end in failure
Q. 98
Fall flat
(A) To fail to stand
(B) To fail to realise
(C) To fail to maintain
(D) To fail to produce intended effect
Answer: (B) Damage
Q. 99
Part and parcel
(A) Partly
(B) Unnecessary part
(C) Essential element
(D) Large part
Answer: (C) Essential element
Q. 100
In black and white
(A) Useless
(B) In writing
(C) In short
(D) In full swing
Answer: (B) In writing