Idioms and Phrases MCQs

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Q21.
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.
Discuss
Answer: (b).Too much
Q22.
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".
Discuss
Answer: (a).behaves in an unreliable and insincere way
Q23.
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.
Discuss
Answer: (c).intense dislike
Q24.
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".
Discuss
Answer: (a).undecided
Q25.
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.
Discuss
Answer: (c).An unfortunate event
Q26.
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".
Discuss
Answer: (c).exaggerate
Q27.
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.
Discuss
Answer: (c).settle
Q28.
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".
Discuss
Answer: (b).About to perish
Q29.
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".
Discuss
Answer: (b).make haste
Q30.
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".
Discuss
Answer: (c).To deceive
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