IDIOMS AND PHRASES

Tick the most appropriate meaning for the Idiom: To be old as the hills

  • (a) To be very ancient
  • (b) To be wise and learned
  • (c) To be old but foolish
  • (d) Not being worth the age
Check Answer
  • (a) To be very ancient

Tick the most appropriate meaning for the Idiom: To look sharp

  • (a) To concentrate
  • (b) To speak roughly
  • (c) To be inactive
  • (d) To act quickly
Check Answer
  • (d) To act quickly

Tick the most appropriate meaning for the Idiom: To show one’s teeth

  • (a) To ridicule
  • (b) To face difficulties
  • (c) To adopt a threatening attitude
  • (d) To be humble
Check Answer
  • (c) To adopt a threatening attitude

Tick the most appropriate meaning for the Idiom: To pour oil in troubled water

  • (a) To foment trouble
  • (b) To add to the trouble
  • (c) To instigate
  • (d) To calm a quarrel with soothing words
Check Answer
  • (d) To calm a quarrel with soothing words

Tick the most appropriate meaning for the Idiom: To play on a fiddle

  • (a) To play upon a musical instrument
  • (b) To play an important role
  • (c) To be busy over trifles
  • (d) To be busy over important matter
Check Answer
  • (c) To be busy over trifles

Tick the most appropriate meaning for the Idiom: To mind one’s P’s and Q’s

  • (a) To be cautious
  • (b) To be accurate and precise
  • (c) To be careful of one’s accounts
  • (d) To be careful of one’s personality
Check Answer
  • (b) To be accurate and precise

Tick the most appropriate meaning for the Idiom: At one’s beck and call

  • (a) Enjoying oneself without caring for others
  • (b) To be always at one’s service
  • (c) To be under one’s subjugation
  • (d) To be in an advantageous position
Check Answer
  • (b) To be always at one’s service

Tick the most appropriate meaning for the Idiom: Swan-song

  • (a) Music as sweet as a song of birds
  • (b) A melodious song in praise of someone
  • (c) Praise of a woman by her lover
  • (d) Last work of a poet or musician before death
Check Answer
  • (d) Last work of a poet or musician before death

Tick the most appropriate meaning for the Idiom: To play to the gallery

  • (a) To work hard to achieve the best
  • (b) Trying to get appreciation from least intelligent people
  • (c) Use wrong means to achieve success
  • (d) To be able to do a work easily
Check Answer
  • (b) Trying to get appreciation from least intelligent people

Tick the most appropriate meaning for the Idiom: To break the ice

  • (a) To start quarreling
  • (b) To end the hostility
  • (c) To start a conversation
  • (d) To end up partnership
Check Answer
  • (c) To start a conversation

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