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