Practice MCQ Questions and Answer on Idioms and Phrases

221.

The secretary and the treasurer are hand in glove with each other.

  • (A) very good friends
  • (B) constantly fighting
  • (C) associates in some action
  • (D) suspicious of each other

222.

To take with a grain of salt

  • (A) To take with some reservation
  • (B) To take with total disbelief
  • (C) To take wholeheartedly
  • (D) To take seriously

223.

To turn the tables

  • (A) To defeat
  • (B) To oppose
  • (C) To create chaos
  • (D) To change the sorry scheme

224.

He is an interesting speaker but tends to go off at a tangent.

  • (A) change the subject immediately
  • (B) forget things in between
  • (C) go on at great length
  • (D) become boisterous

225.

I ran out of money on my European tour.

  • (A) exhausted my stock of
  • (B) did not have enough
  • (C) lost
  • (D) carried a lot

226.

By the skin of one's teeth

  • (A) Hardly
  • (B) In time
  • (C) Hurriedly
  • (D) Only just

227.

To talk through one's hat

  • (A) To speak fluently
  • (B) To talk nonsense
  • (C) To talk wisdom
  • (D) To speak at random

228.

The recent film "Secular India" has tried to keep the pot boiling for Muslim women's.

  • (A) Earning enough to keep body and soul together
  • (B) Keep a controversy alive
  • (C) Boil the bill
  • (D) Boil something in a pot

229.

He sold his house for a song.

  • (A) at a reasonable price
  • (B) at a discount
  • (C) very cheaply
  • (D) at a premium

230.

To beg the question

  • (A) To refer to
  • (B) To take for granted
  • (C) To raise objections
  • (D) To be discussed