IDIOMS AND PHRASES

Tick the most appropriate meaning for the Idiom: To hold water

• (A) To pass away
• (B) To dig up a well
• (C) To be exposed to heavy rains
• (D) To be valid in

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Tick the most appropriate meaning for the Idiom: Feather one’s own nest

• (A) To make money by unfair means
• (B) To make others richer at one’s own expense
• (C) To construct one’s house
• (D) To domesticate birds

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Tick the most appropriate meaning for the Idiom: To give oneself airs

• (A) To behave in a natural manner
• (B) To praise others on merit
• (C) To declare oneself out of control
• (D) To behave in an affected manner to impress others

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Tick the most appropriate meaning for the Idiom: Make up for

• (A) Compensate for
• (B) Reinforce
• (C) Head to
• (D) Visualize

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Tick the most appropriate meaning for the Idiom: A bottleneck

• (A) Extraordinary haste
• (B) An easy achievement
• (C) Anything that causes delay
• (D) A probability

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Tick the most appropriate meaning for the Idiom: To play one false

• (A) To betray
• (B) To lead astray
• (C) To take a U-turn
• (D) To stand by

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Tick the most appropriate meaning for the Idiom: To count upon

• (A) To recollect
• (B) To be extremely possessive
• (C) To demoralize
• (D) To depend upon

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Tick the most appropriate meaning for the Idiom: To come to grief

• (A) To face calamity
• (B) To be unsuccessful
• (C) To suffer monetarily
• (D) To be deprived of lent money

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Tick the most appropriate meaning for the Idiom: To be at sea

• (A) Confused
• (B) Detained
• (C) Out of reach
• (D) Unconnected

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Tick the most appropriate meaning for the Idiom: To bear in mind

• (A) To forget to recollect
• (B) To remember
• (C) To tolerate
• (D) To resist

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