IDIOMS AND PHRASES

Tick the most appropriate meaning for the Idiom: To disabuse one’s mind

• (a) To conceal something
• (b) To remove a misapprehension
• (c) To banish from one’s mind a thought
• (d) To proceed cautiously so as to avoid risks and dangers

Tick the most appropriate meaning for the Idiom: A storm in a teacup.

• (a) Unexpected event.
• (b) A danger signal
• (c) Much excitement over something trivia
• (d) A great noise

Tick the most appropriate meaning for the Idiom: To play fast and loose

• (a) To beguile others
• (b) To be winning sometimes and losing at other times
• (c) To play with someone’s feelings
• (d) To play tricks

Tick the most appropriate meaning for the Idiom: To tempt providence

• (a) To invite punishment
• (b) To achieve a fortune
• (c) To take reckless risks
• (d) To have God’s favour

Tick the most appropriate meaning for the Idiom: To haul over the coals

• (a) To put hand in a wrong task
• (b) To throw into the fire
• (c) To put to task
• (d) To say the wrong words

Tick the most appropriate meaning for the Idiom: To put the cart before the horse

• (a) To offer a person what he cannot eat
• (b) To force a person to do something
• (c) To raise obstacles
• (d) To reverse the natural order of things

Tick the most appropriate meaning for the Idiom: To accept the Gauntlet

• (a) To accept defeat
• (b) To accept a challenge
• (c) To suffer humiliation
• (d) To accept an honour

Tick the most appropriate meaning for the Idiom: To give currency

• (a) To bestow importance
• (b) To misinterpret
• (c) To make publicly known
• (d) To originate

Tick the most appropriate meaning for the Idiom: French leave

• (a) Long absence
• (b) Leave on the pretext of illness
• (c) Casual leave
• (d) Absence without permission

Tick the most appropriate meaning for the Idiom: Castles in the air

• (a) Romantic designs
• (b) Perfect plans
• (c) Visionary projects
• (d) Fanciful schemes