Quiz: 02 - IDIOMS AND PHARES


02 - IDIOMS AND PHARESOnline version GENERAL ENGLISH by General English 1 To be light years away a An extremely long time from now in the past or future b To be too distant for human beings to reach c An unlikely event that happened suddenly d When something seems like it is about to happen in the near future 2 A square deal (उचित बर्ताव) a A fair agreement b An unfair agreement c A nice decoration d A dishonest transaction 3 On edge a Keeping things safely b Doing exercises regularly c Nervous and unable to relax d Playing a tiring game 4 The gift of the gab a Loves to give gifts b Writes very well c Used to grabbing others' gift d Talks well and persuasively 5 Feel at sea a Feel comfortable while travelling by water b Feel angry c Feel seasick d Feel lost or confused 6 Twiddling one's thumbs a Feeling hungry b Feeling board c Feeling angry d Feeling sad 7 Out of the blue a beat someone black and blue b Loves to wear only blue colour clothes c Completely honestly d Completely unexpectedly 8 To fan the flames a To resolve the issue amicably b To call for help to solve an issue c To cool the situation d To make a bad situation worse 9 The eradication of corona virus is still a (far cry) a very near b very easy c very fast d very distant 10 Living in a fool's paradise a To believe wrongly that your situation is good b To be fooled by someone c To live in luxuriously after fooling someone d To live in a world of imagination 11 Rules the roost a dependent upon b totally submissive c proved right d in complete control 12 To put one's foot in one's mouth a to deliberately provoke someone b to accidentally embarrass or upset someone c To gather all of one's resources d to be disorderly and stupid 13 Wash your dirty linen in public a Hang clothes outside b Fight with everyone unnecessarily c Discuss private matters in front of others d Complain about everything 14 Newton's work in the field of physics (speaks volumes) about his genius a conveys a great deal b advertises his work c claims fame and honour d does not gives a detailed report 15 To run around like a headless chicken a To do things methodically one by one b To be lazy and unwilling to work c To do many things in a disorganized manner d To be unable to catch escaping chicken 16 A small fry a unimportant b weak c little d important 17 At one's beck and call a To attend a call b To be helped by someone c To be useful to someone d To be dominated by someone 18 The possession of Jerusalem is (a bone of contention) between Israel and Palestine. a a subject of peace b a subject of trade c a subject of dispute d a subject of export 19 A little gush of gratitude a Gradual recovery b Friendly feeling c Excessive labour d Excessive enthusiasm 20 A cock and bull story a An important story b An imaginary story c A long story d A short story 21 At variance with a In one time b In any way c Sometimes d In opposite 22 A snake in the grass a A coward b A friendly person c An honest person d A treacherous person 23 Apple of one's eye a the person who someone loves or cherishes the most b the person who likes apple c the person with wide pupils d the person with sweet tastes 24 A chip on your shoulder a your shoulder is injured b there is burden on your shoulder c you are holding a grudge d you are ill 25 After one's own heart a sharing or having one's tastes or views b Infatuation with a person which is not reciprocated c Memorise something by heart d Don't have the courage to do something bad for a good person 26 A penny for your thoughts a A way of asking what someone is thinking b Another way of saying pennywise pound foolish c An idea is less worth a penny unless it is executed successfully d Willing to share a secret only at a price 27 All in a day's work a Even in routine work one can find instances of fun b Something unusual or difficult accepted as part of someone's normal routine c A lot of work which is done in just one day d Work all day on a job that you love 28 A rainy day a time of amusement b day for adventure c heavy downpour of water d time of difficulty 29 At the eleventh hour a the initial moment b At the last possible moment c at its usual time d At the earliest possible time 30 At loggerheads a to suffer b in conflict with someone c to face tough competition d to be in do or die situation Feedback 7 (अनपेक्षित रूप से)

1

To be light years away

a

An extremely long time from now in the past or future

b

To be too distant for human beings to reach

c

An unlikely event that happened suddenly

d

When something seems like it is about to happen in the near future

2

A square deal (उचित बर्ताव)

a

A fair agreement

b

An unfair agreement

c

A nice decoration

d

A dishonest transaction

3

On edge

a

Keeping things safely

b

Doing exercises regularly

c

Nervous and unable to relax

d

Playing a tiring game

4

The gift of the gab

a

Loves to give gifts

b

Writes very well

c

Used to grabbing others' gift

d

Talks well and persuasively

5

Feel at sea

a

Feel comfortable while travelling by water

b

Feel angry

c

Feel seasick

d

Feel lost or confused

6

Twiddling one's thumbs

a

Feeling hungry

b

Feeling board

c

Feeling angry

d

Feeling sad

7

Out of the blue

a

beat someone black and blue

b

Loves to wear only blue colour clothes

c

Completely honestly

d

Completely unexpectedly

8

To fan the flames

a

To resolve the issue amicably

b

To call for help to solve an issue

c

To cool the situation

d

To make a bad situation worse

9

The eradication of corona virus is still a (far cry)

a

very near

b

very easy

c

very fast

d

very distant

10

Living in a fool's paradise

a

To believe wrongly that your situation is good

b

To be fooled by someone

c

To live in luxuriously after fooling someone

d

To live in a world of imagination

11

Rules the roost

a

dependent upon

b

totally submissive

c

proved right

d

in complete control

12

To put one's foot in one's mouth

a

to deliberately provoke someone

b

to accidentally embarrass or upset someone

c

To gather all of one's resources

d

to be disorderly and stupid

13

Wash your dirty linen in public

a

Hang clothes outside

b

Fight with everyone unnecessarily

c

Discuss private matters in front of others

d

Complain about everything

14

Newton's work in the field of physics (speaks volumes) about his genius

a

conveys a great deal

b

advertises his work

c

claims fame and honour

d

does not gives a detailed report

15

To run around like a headless chicken

a

To do things methodically one by one

b

To be lazy and unwilling to work

c

To do many things in a disorganized manner

d

To be unable to catch escaping chicken

16

A small fry

a

unimportant

b

weak

c

little

d

important

17

At one's beck and call

a

To attend a call

b

To be helped by someone

c

To be useful to someone

d

To be dominated by someone

18

The possession of Jerusalem is (a bone of contention) between Israel and Palestine.

a

a subject of peace

b

a subject of trade

c

a subject of dispute

d

a subject of export

19

A little gush of gratitude

a

Gradual recovery

b

Friendly feeling

c

Excessive labour

d

Excessive enthusiasm

20

A cock and bull story

a

An important story

b

An imaginary story

c

A long story

d

A short story

21

At variance with

a

In one time

b

In any way

c

Sometimes

d

In opposite

22

A snake in the grass

a

A coward

b

A friendly person

c

An honest person

d

A treacherous person

23

Apple of one's eye

a

the person who someone loves or cherishes the most

b

the person who likes apple

c

the person with wide pupils

d

the person with sweet tastes

24

A chip on your shoulder

a

your shoulder is injured

b

there is burden on your shoulder

c

you are holding a grudge

d

you are ill

25

After one's own heart

a

sharing or having one's tastes or views

b

Infatuation with a person which is not reciprocated

c

Memorise something by heart

d

Don't have the courage to do something bad for a good person

26

A penny for your thoughts

a

A way of asking what someone is thinking

b

Another way of saying pennywise pound foolish

c

An idea is less worth a penny unless it is executed successfully

d

Willing to share a secret only at a price

27

All in a day's work

a

Even in routine work one can find instances of fun

b

Something unusual or difficult accepted as part of someone's normal routine

c

A lot of work which is done in just one day

d

Work all day on a job that you love

28

A rainy day

a

time of amusement

b

day for adventure

c

heavy downpour of water

d

time of difficulty

29

At the eleventh hour

a

the initial moment

b

At the last possible moment

c

at its usual time

d

At the earliest possible time

30

At loggerheads

a

to suffer

b

in conflict with someone

c

to face tough competition

d

to be in do or die situation

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02 - IDIOMS AND PHARESOnline version

by General English

To be light years away

A square deal (उचित बर्ताव)

On edge

The gift of the gab

Feel at sea

Twiddling one's thumbs

Out of the blue

To fan the flames

The eradication of corona virus is still a (far cry)

Living in a fool's paradise

Rules the roost

To put one's foot in one's mouth

Wash your dirty linen in public

Newton's work in the field of physics (speaks volumes) about his genius

To run around like a headless chicken

A small fry

At one's beck and call

The possession of Jerusalem is (a bone of contention) between Israel and Palestine.

A little gush of gratitude

A cock and bull story

At variance with

A snake in the grass

Apple of one's eye

A chip on your shoulder

After one's own heart

A penny for your thoughts

All in a day's work

A rainy day

At the eleventh hour

At loggerheads