Important Idioms & Phrases Quiz 201-300

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To take stock of
(A) to imagine (B) to supply
(C) to survey (D) to attract
C

A man of straw
(A) a man of no substance
(B) a man without means
(C) a man of character
(D) a generous man
A

Wolf in sheep’s clothing
(A) to act on the sly
(B) to be a good actor
(C) to be a hypocrite
(D) to be money-minded or materialistic
C



To cut someone short
(A) to oblige someone
(B) to assist someone
(C) to interrupt someone
(D) to insult someone
C

To stick to one’s colours
(A) to refuse to yield
(B) to be patriotic
(C) to be notorious
(D) to be straightforward
A

An old head on young shoulders
(A) to be old before one’s age
(B) to be wise beyond one’s age
(C) to be youthful in spite of one’s old
age
(D) to maintain good health
B

To snap one’s fingers at
(A) to honour someone
(B) to greet someone
(C) to beckon someone
(D) to treat with contempt
D

Falling foul of
(A) quarrelling with
(B) becoming friends with
(C) being dishonest with
(D) being scared of
A

Harp on the same string
(A) to play music
(B) to dwell tediously on the same
subject
(C) to beat someone
(D) to acknowledge
B

Keep a good table
(A) to have an artistic taste
(B) to throw a party
(C) to be a good host
(D) to be extravagant
C

Take up the cudgels
(A) to take notice
(B) to accept a present
(C) to defend someone vigorously
(D) to accept a challenge
C
cudgel(noun)>> a short, thick stick used as a weapon. 
vigorous(adjective)>> strong, healthy, and full of energy

Splitting hairs
(A) to be worried
(B) to be venturesome
(C) to trouble someone
(D) to dispute over petty points
D
Petty>>
1    trivial.
2    mean; small-minded.
3    minor

A great hand at
(A) to be a good artist
(B) to be an expert
(C) to be a good player
(D) to be generous
B

To make a pile
(A) to make a fortune
(B) to make a mess
(C) to be absent-minded
(D) to be corrupt
A

Under someone’s wing
(A) to work under someone
(B) to be under someone’s protection
(C) to be alert
(D) to be in the army
B

To sow one’s wild oats
(A) to swear
(B) to be at ease
(C) to engage in youthful excesses
(D) to till the land
C

An olive branch
(A) an offer of peace
(B) an idea
(C) a lady
(D) a wicked person
A

Not worth a rap
(A) worth nothing
(B) very expensive
(C) worth a lot
(D) modestly priced
A

In merry pin
(A) perplexed
(B) merry making
(C) embarrassed
(D) in a cheerful mood
D

To leap the pale
(A) to throw a bucket
(B) to get into debt, to spend more than
one’s income
(C) to have much of fear
(D) to become pale
B

To cut the gordian knot
(A) to perform the opening ceremony
(B) to be present at the opening
ceremony
(C) to solve a difficult problem
(D) to get a sharp cut
C

To sow the wind and reap the
whirlwind
(A) to enjoy the fruits of hard work
(B) to be deprived of one’ s reward
(C) to act wisely
(D) to suffer for one’s foolish conduct
D

To play possum
(A) to play hide and seek
(B) to feign ignorance or pretend the
be sleeping or dead
(C) to cheat somebody
(D) to play seriously
B

A grass widow
(A) a young widow
(B) widow who has illicit relations with
men
(C) a woman whose husband is
temporarily away from her
(D) a working old woman
C

Mad as a March hare
(A) sane
(B) intoxicated
(C) as mad as a hare in spring
(D) slightly touched in the brain
C

Halcyon days
(A) long days
(B) short days
(C) happy and peaceful days
(D) disturbed days
C

Mother wit
(A) to have an intelligent mother
(B) university
(C) silly
(D) common sense
D

A blind date
(A) a cloudy day
(B) unknown future
(C) meeting with someone you do not
know
(D) death-day
C

Much ado about nothing
(A) to take something seriously
(B) to play false
(C) to make a fuss
(D) to add
C
fuss(noun)>>a display of unnecessary or excessive excitement, activity, or interest.

Judas’ kiss
(A) wooing
(B) a narrow escape
(C) hypocritical affection
(D) a religious person
C

To have no truck with
(A) have no means of conveyance
(B) scientifically backward
(C) to have no trade with
(D) to have no dealings with
D

To clean the Augean stables
(A) to purge/ clean the administration
of its abuses
(B) to buy horses
(C) to sell horses
(D) to improve working conditions
A

A fly in the ointment
(A) to clean a thing
(B) to sterilise
(C) Small annoyance that spoils a
pleasant experience.
(D) an unsuccessful attempt
C

Of the deepest dye
(A) of the worst/ extreme type
(B) of the best type
(C) of the most colourless type
(D) of the colourless type
A

To throw up the sponge
(A) to accept the challenge
(B) to forget the past offences
(C) to admit defeat
(D) to send message
C

To rule the roost
(A) to measure the height of something
(B) to measure the depth
(C) to strike with a stick
(D) to dominate
D

Bats in the belfry
(A) to be mad
(B) something needed cleanliness
(C) an impending danger
(D) to be deceived
A

To have a jaundice eye
(A) to have jaundice
(B) to have fever
(C) to be prejudiced
(D) to lose colour
C

Rank and file
(A) Common people
(B) Officers
(C) People of high rank
(D) Army personnel
A

To egg on
(A) to egg on slowly
(B) to destroy slowly
(C) to give a walk over
(D) to instigate/ cause to proceed
further
D

To haul over the coals
(A) to walk over the fire
(B) to burn
(C) to scold for something done wrong
(D) to throw into fire
C

To draw a bead on
(A) to say prayers
(B) to count the beads
(C) to do one’s best
(D) to take careful aim at
D

Fabian policy
(A) dictatorial policy
(B) democratic policy
(C) systematic policy
(D) policy of cautious persistence
D

To play to the gallery
(A) to try to get the appreciation from
the least intelligent people
(B) to try to win appreciation of
intelligent people
(C) to play in the gallery
(D) to disturb people sitting in the
gallery
A

Pyrrhic victory
(A) Permanent victory
(B) Defeat
(C) Easy victory
(D) Victory at high cost
D

Go the whole hog
(A) to do something thoroughly
(B) sleep
(C) to neglect duty
(D) to mishandle the case
A

To bite one’s lips
(A) to feel sorry
(B) to repress one's anger or other
emotions
(C) laugh at others
(D) to have doubt
B

To hold someone in leash
(A) to restrain
(B) to be firm
(C) to be unsure
(D) to touch the exact point
A
Restrain>>prevent from doing something;

To cool one’s heels
(A) to give a cold treatment to somebody
(B) to be kept waiting for sometime
(C) a closed chapter
(D) a hot issue
B

Bag of bones
(A) a bag full of bones
(B) a dead person
(C) a person about to die
(D) an extremely weak person
D

All moonshine
(A) show
(B) lighted only by moon
(C) false
(D) far from reality
D

To shake the dust off one’s feet
(A) to wash feet
(B) to walk fast
(C) to leave a place with a sense of
resentment
(D) to rest after a long journey
C

Off hand
(A) Without preparation
(B) Out of hand
(C) Rehearsed
(D) In hand
A

A bird of passage
(A) a flying bird
(B) an unreliable person
(C) one who stays for a short time
(D) bad time
C

Count on
(A) Depend on
(B) as a result of
(C) ceremonially
(D) to wait for the benefactor
A

With a string
(A) not to give any aid
(B) to give unconditional aid
(C) gift or aid with condition
(D) to accept aid
C

To set stores by
(A) to value highly
(B) to hoard a large quantity of
something
(C) to set up store
(D) fix a price
A

To draw the long bow
(A) to shoot
(B) to exaggerate
(C) to criticize
(D) to admire
B
Exaggerate>>represent (something) as being larger, better, or worse than it really is.

To know the ropes
(A) to recognize the lost things
(B) to do rigging
(C) to know the procedure of doing a
job
(D) to flog
C

To give the devil his due
(A) to be just to a person even though
he does not deserve such treatment
(B) to surrender oneself willingly when
one’s mistake is detected
(C) to punish an innocent person
(D) to punish a guilty person
A

In the swim
(A) knowing latest current things
(B) to cross a river by a boat
(C) to cross a river by swimming
(D) to be in the river
A

To knuckle under
(A) to be in a crisis
(B) to submit
(C) to take rest
(D) to go to bed
B

To have a dig at
(A) to criticise someone
(B) to sow seeds
(C) to weed out
(D) to praise someone
A
criticize or criticise(verb)>>disapprovingly indicate the faults of.

In vogue
(A) in fashion
(B) fair
(C) smooth
(D) total absence
A

Three R’s
(A) radiogram, radiograph, radio
telescope
(B) rabble, rattle, razzle
(C) reading, writing, arithmetic
(D) rail, radar, raft
C

A wild goose chase
(A) foolish and useless enterprise
(B) to hunt
(C) a violent chase
(D) to speak harshly
A

To rest on one’s laurels
(A) to cease to strive for further glory
(B) to be lazy
(C) to be proud of one’s victory
(D) to die
A

Raw deal
(A) unjust treatment
(B) unripe fruit
(C) early stage of business
(D) contract not yet finally decided
A

A forlorn hope
(A) a plan which has remote chances of
success
(B) hope about unforeseeable future
(C) hope of a single person
(D) hope of a silly person
A

Printer’s devil
(A) an apprentice in a printing office
(B) blunder
(C) low type of printed material
(D) delay in printing
A

To call on the carpet
(A) subject to criticism
(B) to summon for a scolding
(C) a heartfelt welcome
(D) on the ground
B

To bring the house down
(A) to appeal greatly to the audience
(B) to pull down a building
(C) to defame one’s family
(D) to pass a bill unanimously
A

To have an edge on
(A) to cut with a knife
(B) to threaten to wound
(C) to be slightly better than
(D) to be in a dangerous situation
C

In sackcloth and ashes
(A) to cremate
(B) in a state of great mourning
(C) dirty clothes
(D) cheap clothes
B

To put two and two together
(A) to progress steadily
(B) to compare the debit and credit
(C) to conclude keeping in view the
merits and demerits
(D) to oppose as a last resort
C

To weather the storm
(A) to face a crisis
(B) to survive a crisis
(C) to be the victim of a crisis
(D) to create crisis
B
Crisis>> time of intense difficulty or danger.

Lump in the throat
(A) to be hoarse
(B) a highly emotional state
(C) food of low type
(D) wind-pipe
B

To fight shy of
(A) to keep aloof from
(B) to fight social evils
(C) to be bold
(D) to fight and win
A

Hobson’s choice
(A) lion’s share
(B) the best choice
(C) option of taking the one offered or
nothing
(D) the last chance
C

To hit it off
(A) to quarrel
(B) to be hostile
(C) to agree or be congenial
(D) to threaten
C

To whitewash
(A) to clean a place
(B) to work hard
(C) to retrieve damaged reputation
(D) to use cosmetics
C

Within an ace of
(A) very close
(B) within one’s means
(C) within a narrow circle
(D) near centre
A

To keep an open mind
(A) to remember
(B) to forget
(C) to come to no decision on a subject
until one knowns all the facts
(D) to be clear-headed
C

Open question
(A) a question put to all
(B) a question without any generally
agreed answer
(C) a permanent problem
(D) a clearly-written/expressed
question
B

On one’s mettle
(A) roused to do one’s best
(B) to put on an overcoat
(C) to safeguard against attack
(D) to use one’s own money properly
A
mettle(noun)>> a person's ability to cope with difficulties.
rouse(verb)>> bring out of sleep

To keep the pot boiling
(A) to maintain interest
(B) to heat
(C) to show anger
(D) to do experiments
A

Grist to one’s mill
(A) grain to be ground
(B) useful for one’s purpose
(C) income from will
(D) to work one’s machine
B

Kangaroo court
(A) a group of kangaroos
(B) the young kangaroo
(C) unofficial court
(D) unofficial estimate
C

Wool gathering
(A) to become a shepherd
(B) to shear sheep
(C) to engage in idle or aimless day
dreaming
(D) to live in the countryside
C

Between Scylla and Charybdis
(A) between two hills
(B) between two rivers
(C) between two enemies
(D) between two dangers
D

Achilles’ heel
(A) bare-foot
(B) to run fast
(C) to wait on somebody
(D) one’s vulnerable or susceptible spot
D

To know which side the bread is
buttered on
(A) to know where one’s interest lies
(B) to be a glutton
(C) to be fond of rich diet
(D) to know how to increase one’s
income
A

To eke out
(A) to subtract
(B) to supplement
(C) to etch
(D) to oust
B

To be in the doldrums
(A) to be in low spirits
(B) to be within doors
(C) to praise loudly
(D) to be in a crisis
A
doldrums>>a state of stagnation or depression.

Wild cat strike
(A) a furious attack
(B) strike not approved by the trade
union
(C) a strike in which violence is
committed
(D) to face a strong enemy
B

Blind alley
(A) blindness due to old age
(B) a dark room
(C) unprofitable action
(D) to continue to make efforts in spite
of confusion
C

Tied to the apron strings of
(A) be independent
(B) to be dominated by
(C) to live together
(D) to fall in love with
B

Our school is within a stone's throw
from the railway station
(A) Very far-off
(B) with a certain radius
(C) at a short distance
(D) within a definite circumference
C

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