Q. Four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase in quotation marks in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of idiom/phrase.

Discipline is "on the wane" in schools and colleges these days.

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Q. Four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase in quotation marks in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of idiom/phrase.

In spite of the efforts of all peace loving people, world peace is still a "far cry".

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Q. Four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase in quotation marks in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of idiom/phrase.

I felt that it was a "tall order" to expect Monisha to go home alone at twelve in the night.

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Q. Four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase in quotation marks in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of idiom/phrase.

I cannot get along with a man who "plays fast and loose".

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Q. Four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase in quotation marks in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of idiom/phrase.

There is "no love lost" between two neighbours.

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Q. Four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase in quotation marks in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of idiom/phrase.

The question of abolition of private property is still "a moot point".

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Q. Four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase in quotation marks in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of idiom/phrase.

This regular absenteeism is a "bad business" since on work is being completed.

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Q. Four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase in quotation marks in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of idiom/phrase.

When he tells stories about himself, he is inclined to "draw the long bow".

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Q. Four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase in quotation marks in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of idiom/phrase.

Vikram said that he has got a problem to "square up" with the manager.

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Q. Four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase in quotation marks in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of idiom/phrase.

Although both the parents are running the show for the last ten years but their business is now "on its last legs".

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Q. Four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase in quotation marks in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of idiom/phrase.

The time is running out, you must "look sharp".

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Q. Four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase in quotation marks in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of idiom/phrase.

He is in the habit of "throwing dust in his superiors eyes".

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Q. Four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase in quotation marks in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of idiom/phrase.

In modern democratic societies "lynch law" seems to have become the spheres of life.

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Q. Four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase in quotation marks in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of idiom/phrase.

"He was in high spirits" when I met him in the restaurant.

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Q. Four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase in quotation marks in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of idiom/phrase.

In his youth, he was practically "rolling in money".

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Q. Four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase in quotation marks in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of idiom/phrase.

Jaya had a "chequered career". since I first knew him as an office assistant in the insurance company.

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Q. Four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase in quotation marks in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of idiom/phrase.

The sight of the accident made "my flesh creep".

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Q. Four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase in quotation marks in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of idiom/phrase.

There is no "hard and fast rule" regarding this subject.

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Q. Four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase in quotation marks in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of idiom/phrase.

He "went back on" his promise to vote for me.

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Q. Four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase in quotation marks in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of idiom/phrase.

The old beggar "ran amuck" and began to throw stones at the passerby.

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