IDIOMS AND PHRASES

Tick the most appropriate meaning for the Idiom: To wash one’s dirty linen in public

• (a) To criticise one’s nature in public
• (b) To quarrel in the open
• (c) To do some ugly work in public
• (d) To discuss dirty and scandalous matters of personal nature in the presence of strangers

Tick the most appropriate meaning for the Idiom: A lady’s man

• (a) A woman-tailor
• (b) A lover of woman company
• (c) A man working as per a lady’s directions
• (d) A timid husband

Tick the most appropriate meaning for the Idiom: To throw dust in one’s eyes

• (a) To show false things
• (b) To make blind
• (c) To harm someone
• (d) To deceive

Tick the most appropriate meaning for the Idiom: To be rolling in money

• (a) “Wasting a lot of money
• (b) Very rich
• (c) Borrowing money liberally
• (d) Spending more than his income

Tick the most appropriate meaning for the Idiom: To get into hot waters

• (a) To be impatient
• (b) To suffer a huge financial loss
• (c) To get into trouble
• (d) To be in a confused state of mind

Tick the most appropriate meaning for the Idiom: Will of the wisp

• (a) Anything which eludes or deceives
• (b) To act in a childish way
• (c) To act in a foolish way
• (d) To have desires unbacked by efforts

Tick the most appropriate meaning for the Idiom: To get into a scrape

• (a) To get into a muddle
• (b) To find oneself in an awkward predicament
• (c) To get into irritating circumstances
• (d) To be trapped in a conspiracy

Tick the most appropriate meaning for the Idiom:

• (a) To takeoff
• (b) To be indifferent
• (c) To dislocate
• (d) To lose one’s temper

Tick the most appropriate meaning for the Idiom: To read between the lines

• (a) To concentrate
• (b) To read carefully
• (c) To suspect
• (d) To grasp the hidden meaning

Tick the most appropriate meaning for the Idiom: To blaze trail

• (a) To set on fire
• (b) To be annoyed
• (c) To vehemently oppose
• (d) To initiate work in a movement