IDIOMS AND PHRASES

Tick the most appropriate meaning for the Idiom: Cut somebody off

  • (A) Kill somebody
  • (B) Interrupt somebody
  • (C) Defame somebody
  • (D) Operate on somebody contempt
Check Answer
  • (B) Interrupt somebody

Tick the most appropriate meaning for the Idiom: To play up

  • (A) To triumph over
  • (B) To behave frankly
  • (C) To create complexity
  • (D) To over-emphasize a point
Check Answer
  • (D) To over-emphasize a point

Tick the most appropriate meaning for the Idiom: From the bottom of one’s heart

  • (A) Superficially
  •  (B) Nominally
  • (C) Genuinely and deeply
  • (D) Monotony
Check Answer
  • (C) Genuinely and deeply

Tick the most appropriate meaning for the Idiom: To strain every nerve

  • (A) To make utmost efforts
  • (B) To feel unsuccessful
  • (C) To be highly thoughtful
  • (D) To be a realist
Check Answer
  • (A) To make utmost efforts

Tick the most appropriate meaning for the Idiom: To flog a dead horse

  • (A) To enliven a dead horse
  • (B) To attempt to do the impossible
  • (C) To hinder one’s efforts
  • (D) To reframe plans
Check Answer
  • (B) To attempt to do the impossible

Tick the most appropriate meaning for the Idiom: To show a clean pair of heels

  • (A) To compensate for
  • (B) To escape
  • (C) To purchase a pair of shoes
  • (D) To fabricate
Check Answer
  • (B) To escape

Tick the most appropriate meaning for the Idiom: To die in harness

  • (A) To die after a retired life
  • (B) To die in an accident
  • (C) To die while in service
  • (D) To die in surprise
Check Answer
  • (C) To die while in service

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

  • (A) To travel with someone
  • (B) To deceive someone
  • (C) To overcome an enemy
  • (D) To reveal a secret
Check Answer
  • (B) To deceive someone

Tick the most appropriate meaning for the Idiom: At sea

  • (A) Hesitant
  • (B) Capacious
  • (C) Confused
  • (D) Nom-existent
Check Answer
  • (C) Confused

Tick the most appropriate meaning for the Idiom: A bolt from the blue

  • (A) A famously celebrated event
  • (B) An impossible mission
  • (C) An unexpected event
  • (D) An epidemic
Check Answer
  • (C) An unexpected event

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