Idioms and Phrases MCQs

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Q81.
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 was no opposition to the new policy by the "rank and file" of the Government.
Discuss
Answer: (b).the ordinary members
Q82.
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 clerk "wiped the nose" of his employer by submitting a false bill and was dismissed from his job.
Discuss
Answer: (b).Cheated
Q83.
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 have a bone to pick" with you in this matter.
Discuss
Answer: (b).Am angry
Q84.
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 new C.M "stuck his neck out" today and promised 10kgs. free wheat a month for all rural families.
Discuss
Answer: (b).took a risk
Q85.
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 recent film Secular India has tried to keep the pot of Muslim women's Bill "boiling".
Discuss
Answer: (b).Keep a controversy alive
Q86.
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 robber "took to his heels" when the police arrived.
Discuss
Answer: (c).ran off
Q87.
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.

You cannot "have your cake and eat it too".
Discuss
Answer: (b).Have it both ways
Q88.
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 rebels "held out" for about a month
Discuss
Answer: (d).resisted
Q89.
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 new economic policy is "likely to run into rough weather".
Discuss
Answer: (b).encounter difficulties
Q90.
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 father "brought" home the moral of unity by asking each of his sons to break the bundle of sticks
Discuss
Answer: (a).emphasised