IDIOMS AND PHRASES

Tick the most appropriate meaning for the Idiom: Hammer and tongs

• (A) With deficiency
• (B) With insecurity
• (C) With split strength
• (D) With all one’s strength

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Tick the most appropriate meaning for the Idiom: Put in cold storage

• (A) To forget or neglect something
• (B) To have respite
• (C) To refrigerate
• (D) To enjoy cold weather

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Tick the most appropriate meaning for the Idiom: To take a thing lying down

• (A) To make strong resistance
• (B) To submit without resistance
• (C) To disperse stealthily
• (D) To humiliate

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Tick the most appropriate meaning for the Idiom: To change color

• (A) To heighten in rank
• (B) To blush or grow pale
• (C) To assume power
• (D) To ridicule

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Tick the most appropriate meaning for the Idiom: Keep a level head

• (A) To shirk responsibility
• (B) To consolidate
• (C) To revolt
• (D) To remain calm in the hour of crisis

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Tick the most appropriate meaning for the Idiom: In the throes of

• (A) Within the reach of
• (B) In the grip of
• (C) In the depth of
• (D) In the face of

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Tick the most appropriate meaning for the Idiom: Tarred with the same brush

• (A) Having no faults
• (B) Having the same faults
• (C) Having animal instinct
• (D) Having great painting experience

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Tick the most appropriate meaning for the Idiom: Turn the corner

• (A) To accommodate
• (B) To litigate
• (C) To entangle
• (D) To overcome

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Tick the most appropriate meaning for the Idiom: Bear out

• (A) To tolerate
• (B) To confirm
• (C) To captivate
• (D) To confiscate

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Tick the most appropriate meaning for the Idiom: On the shelf

• (A) Expiry
• (B) Assortment
• (C) To be sacked from a job
• (D) Blockheadedness

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