In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
Q1. Stand the test of time
(a) As time goes by
(b) Remain popular
(c) To blame or punish someone
(d) To wait for someone
Q2. Lay out in Lavender
(a) To scold someone severely
(b) For an indefinitely long time
(c) To be slightly ill
(d) To discover and persue one’s passion
Q3. Milk and water
(a) Partiality
(b) Material interests
(c) To buy something cheap
(d) Weak
Q4. Cup of Joe
(a) A cup of milk
(b) A cup of coffee
(c) To drink wine
(d) Clearly stated
Q5. Fire and Brimstone
(a) That denotes the punishments of hell.
(b) Divided into two equal parts
(c) Without any doubt
(d) Natural and simple
Q6. Fit as a fiddle
(a) To be very wealthy
(b) To be very healthy and strong
(c) To belong to a secular country
(d) To be likely to fail
Q7. Slip through the cracks
(a) To not be noticed or dealt with by a system
(b) Try to persuade someone to do something by offering them a reward
(c) To not go well with someone
(d) To know about someone’s secret
Q8. Go great guns
(a) A situation where a plan fails
(b) Being successful
(c) Getting comparably less successful than before
(d) Wanting expensive things that you cannot afford
Q9. Get the axe
(a) Lose the job
(b) To get a desirable position at your work place
(c) Expert way of doing something
(d) To make fast decisions
Q10. Get the show on the road
(a) To receive applaud for an act
(b) To be reprimanded by parents
(c) Putting up an idea into action
(d) To achieve success suddenly
Q11. Cut to the quick
(a) To live in an unfamiliar surrounding
(b) Hurting someone deeply or offending them
(c) Challenge someone in his own area
(d) To force to a person who doesn’t show his emotions
Q12. Not turn a hair
(a) Getting into tears because of someone’s behavior.
(b) Doing something that will cause you your own failure.
(c) Not exhibiting any emotion where it is expected
(d) Possibility of a bright future
Q13. On the level
(a) To be indifferent
(b) Honest and sincere
(c) To do things very slowly
(d) To bear the consequences
Q14. Dropping like flies
(a) To get physically hurt
(b) Collapsing in large numbers
(c) To think in a same way
(d) To meet someone accidently
Q15. A month of Sundays
(a) A long time
(b) A mystery
(c) Short time
(d) A time of ecstasy
SOLUTIONS
1.B
2.A
3.D
4.B
5.A
6.B
7.A
8.B
9.A
10.C
11.B
12.C
13.B
14.B
15.A
