IDIOMS AND PHRASES

Tick the most appropriate meaning for the Idiom: By the skin of one’s teeth

• (a) Hardly
• (b) In time
• (c) Hurriedly
• (d) Cinly just

Tick the most appropriate meaning for the Idiom: To throw down the glove

• (a) To resort to wrong tactics
• (b) To give a challenge
• (c) To accept defeat
• (d) To reject the prize

Tick the most appropriate meaning for the Idiom: To be in abeyance

• (a) To be in trouble
• (b) Dual minded
• (c) In a fighting mood
• (d) In suspense

Tick the most appropriate meaning for the Idiom: To cast pearls before a swine

• (a) To spend recklessly
• (b) To spend a lot of money on the unkeep of domestic hogs
• (c) To waste money over trifles
• (d) To offer to a person a thing which he cannot appreciate

Tick the most appropriate meaning for the Idiom: A chip off the old block

• (a) A piece of wood
• (b) An old friend
• (c) Characteristics of one’s ancestors
• (d) A good bargain

Tick the most appropriate meaning for the Idiom: To smell a rat

• (a) To detect bad smell
• (b) To misunderstand
• (c) To suspect a trick or deceit
• (d) To see hidden meaning

Tick the most appropriate meaning for the Idiom: To take people by storm

• (a) To put people in utter surprise
• (b) To captivate them unexpectedly
• (c) To exploit people’s agitatior.
• (d) To bring out something sensational attracting people’s attention

Tick the most appropriate meaning for the Idiom: To throw up the sponge

• (a) To surrender or give up a contest
• (b) To offer a challenge
• (c) To become utterly disappointed
• (d) To maintain grit and enthusiasm until the end

Tick the most appropriate meaning for the Idiom: Harp on

• (a) To comment
• (b) To criticise
• (c) To keep on talking
• (d) To keep on insulting

Tick the most appropriate meaning for the Idiom: To catch somebody on the hop

• (a) To give someone a surprise
• (b) To catch somebody off guard
• (c) To stand in the way of someone
• (d) To catch somebody suddenly