IDIOMS AND PHRASES

Tick the most appropriate meaning for the Idiom: To oil the knocker

• (a) To instigate a person to do a job
• (b) To do a work with increased pace
• (c) To tip the office-boy
• (d) To revive old enmity

Tick the most appropriate meaning for the Idiom: To cut the crackle

• (a) To humiliate
• (b) To annoy someone
• (c) To act in a friendly way
• (d) To stop talking and start

Tick the most appropriate meaning for the Idiom: To take somebody for a ride

• (a) To provide entertainment
• (b) To keep company
• (c) To deceive or humiliate him
• (d) To exploit a person

Tick the most appropriate meaning for the Idiom: To cool one’s heels

• (a) To rest for sometime
• (b) To give no importance to someone
• (c) To remain in a comfortable position
• (d) To be kept waiting for sometime

Tick the most appropriate meaning for the Idiom: By the rule of thumb

• (a) By the use of force
• (b) By the use of trickery
• (c) By cheating and deception
• (d) By practical experience which is rather rough

Tick the most appropriate meaning for the Idiom: A fool’s errand

• (a) A blunder
• (b) An impossible task
• (c) A useless undertaking
• (d) None of these

Tick the most appropriate meaning for the Idiom: To go at each other hammer and tongs

• (a) To fight with weapons
• (b) To argue noisily
• (c) To hug each other
• (d) To go crazy about meeting each other

Tick the most appropriate meaning for the Idiom: To hit the nail on the head

• (a) To touch the exact point
• (b) To move with the time
• (c) To manipulate somehow
•  (d) To beat mercilessly

Tick the most appropriate meaning for the Idiom: At the drop of a hat

• (a) Immediately
• (b) Without delay
• (c) As a follow up of orders
• (d) In a good moment

Tick the most appropriate meaning for the Idiom: To tread on the heels of

• (a) To follow close behind
• (b) To follow the example of another
• (c) To disagree with the conduct of another
• (d) To run away