Practice MCQ Questions and Answer on Idioms and Phrases
91.
To haul over the coals
- (A) To put hand in a wrong task
- (B) To throw into the fire
- (C) To put to task
- (D) To say the wrong words
92.
To cry wolf
- (A) To listen eagerly
- (B) To give false alarm
- (C) To turn pale
- (D) To keep off starvation
93.
In spite of the immense pressure exerted by the militants, the Government has decided not to give in.
- (A) accede
- (B) yield
- (C) oblige
- (D) confirm
94.
To put the cart before the horse
- (A) To offer a person what he cannot eat
- (B) To force a person to do something
- (C) To raise obstacles
- (D) To reverse the natural order of things
95.
There has been bad blood between the two communities even before shouting.
- (A) Impure blood
- (B) Ill feeling
- (C) loody fights
- (D) Quarrels
96.
His friends let him down.
- (A) failed
- (B) comforted
- (C) succeeded
- (D) stood by
97.
The university will have to shelve its plans for expansion in view of present situation
- (A) cancel
- (B) discuss
- (C) reconsider
- (D) postpone
98.
The class could not keep a straight face on hearing the strange pronunciation of the new teacher.
- (A) remain silent
- (B) remain serious
- (C) remain mute
- (D) remain disturbed
99.
This matter has been hanging fire for the last many months and must therefore be decided one way or the other.
- (A) going on slowly
- (B) hotly debated
- (C) stuck up
- (D) ignored
100.
To make clean breast of
- (A) To gain prominence
- (B) To praise oneself
- (C) To confess without of reserve
- (D) To destroy before it blooms