Directions (1-15): In the following question, out of the four alternatives select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
Q1. Get ducks in a row
(a) Succeeding in your enterprise
(b) To get one's affairs in order or organized
(c) Doing something that will cause your own failure
(d) To become very rich from being poor
Q2. Can of worms
(a) Something very useful
(b) Complete change of policy
(c) Concealment
(d) An unsolvable dilemma
Q3. All agog
(a) To become a fool
(b) Excited, in high spirits.
(c) To suffer from an injury
(d) To complete a task finally
Q4. Under the aegis of
(a) Under the shelter of a tree
(b) Under suspicion
(c) Under the protection of
(d) To be in debt
Q5. Wax and wane
(a) To give importance to useless things
(b) To alternatingly increase and decrease.
(c) To speak loudly and slowly alternatively
(d) To alternatingly save and spend money
Q6. Vent one’s spleen
(a) To spread happiness
(b) To get angry with oneself
(c) To give one’s best to get the outcome
(d) To voice one's anger
Q7. Red ink
(a) A euphemism for financial loss
(b) A warning or an alert
(c) Covered in bruises
(d) Covetousness
Q8. Bring to the table
(a) To reveal a secret after a long time
(b) To deceive others
(c) To provide or offer a useful skill or attribute
(d) To make a last effort to win over something
Q9. Cut a rug
(a) To lose one’s temper
(b) To dance
(c) To argue to hide one’s wrong deeds
(d) To face a loss
Q10. Let on
(a) Becomes less intense or strong.
(b) To disappoint someone.
(c) To raise someone or something to a higher level.
(d) To tell something that is a secret or private.
Q11. Tip off
(a) To take a bribe
(b) Supply with secret or private information.
(c) To be threatened
(d) boosting the claims of
Q12. Bowl over
(a) Proclaim
(b) In poor health
(c) Run about wildly
(d) Overwhelm
Q13. To hold a brief for
(a) To kill someone
(b) To defend someone
(c) To stay on for a brief period
(d) To humiliate somebody
Q14. Talk shop
(a) To discuss matters related to one's job or profession.
(b) To abuse someone
(c) To tell a secret without intending to do so
(d) To fling ironical remarks
Q15 Hard-pressed
(a) To get insulted
(b) To be disciplined to achieve goal
(c) Having difficulty doing something
(d) To be enthusiastic to do something
SOLUTIONS
1.B
2.D
3.B
4.C
5.B
6.D
7.A
8.C
9.B
10.D
11.B
12.D
13.B
14.A
15.C
Q1. Get ducks in a row
(a) Succeeding in your enterprise
(b) To get one's affairs in order or organized
(c) Doing something that will cause your own failure
(d) To become very rich from being poor
Q2. Can of worms
(a) Something very useful
(b) Complete change of policy
(c) Concealment
(d) An unsolvable dilemma
Q3. All agog
(a) To become a fool
(b) Excited, in high spirits.
(c) To suffer from an injury
(d) To complete a task finally
Q4. Under the aegis of
(a) Under the shelter of a tree
(b) Under suspicion
(c) Under the protection of
(d) To be in debt
Q5. Wax and wane
(a) To give importance to useless things
(b) To alternatingly increase and decrease.
(c) To speak loudly and slowly alternatively
(d) To alternatingly save and spend money
Q6. Vent one’s spleen
(a) To spread happiness
(b) To get angry with oneself
(c) To give one’s best to get the outcome
(d) To voice one's anger
Q7. Red ink
(a) A euphemism for financial loss
(b) A warning or an alert
(c) Covered in bruises
(d) Covetousness
Q8. Bring to the table
(a) To reveal a secret after a long time
(b) To deceive others
(c) To provide or offer a useful skill or attribute
(d) To make a last effort to win over something
Q9. Cut a rug
(a) To lose one’s temper
(b) To dance
(c) To argue to hide one’s wrong deeds
(d) To face a loss
Q10. Let on
(a) Becomes less intense or strong.
(b) To disappoint someone.
(c) To raise someone or something to a higher level.
(d) To tell something that is a secret or private.
Q11. Tip off
(a) To take a bribe
(b) Supply with secret or private information.
(c) To be threatened
(d) boosting the claims of
Q12. Bowl over
(a) Proclaim
(b) In poor health
(c) Run about wildly
(d) Overwhelm
Q13. To hold a brief for
(a) To kill someone
(b) To defend someone
(c) To stay on for a brief period
(d) To humiliate somebody
Q14. Talk shop
(a) To discuss matters related to one's job or profession.
(b) To abuse someone
(c) To tell a secret without intending to do so
(d) To fling ironical remarks
Q15 Hard-pressed
(a) To get insulted
(b) To be disciplined to achieve goal
(c) Having difficulty doing something
(d) To be enthusiastic to do something
SOLUTIONS
1.B
2.D
3.B
4.C
5.B
6.D
7.A
8.C
9.B
10.D
11.B
12.D
13.B
14.A
15.C