Directions (1-15): In the following questions, out of the four alternatives select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
Q1. A sheet anchor
Invaluable venture
Main support
An unexpected betrayal
A babbling person
Q2. To send one packing
To dismiss from job
To conceal the facts
To submit the false report
To send someone a surprise gift
Q3. Sail close to the wind
To defeat a person
To become narrow minded
To take risk
To be an object of public notice
Q4. In and of itself
Considering all the other factors
Living all alone
Intrinsically, considered alone
Considering for a short time
Q5. Have something to spare
To have a secret to spill
To have more than enough of something
To possess a hidden talent that not many people know about
To try to trick someone
Q6. Run rings around
To look like a foolish
Be worried for someone
To store or save for future use
Be markedly superior to
Q7. Horse sense
Go insane
Common sense
Lost in thoughts
Some kind of nonsense
Q8. Tickled pink
Utterly unexpected
Utterly shocking
Utterly upset
Utterly pleased
Q9. Egged on
Urged
Hindered
Discouraged
Dampened
Q10. In high dudgeon
To have a time of jubilation
Exhibiting great resentment
In a state of great depression
To have a high satisfaction
Q11. Go postal
To go berserk
To deal with calm
To go to an unusual place
To go with excitement
Q12. Stamp out
To destroy
To love passionately
To endure
To face charges
Q13. A fly on the wall
A person who indulges in an argument intentionally
A person who has not much importance in a group/family
A person who watches others without being noticed
A person who lives all alone and in shambles
Q14. To boot
In anger
In dilemma
Reduction
In addition
Q15. To spin one’s wheels
To take a chance
To do a job quickly
To narrate someone a confusing story
To waste one’s time
SOLUTIONS
1.B
2.A
3.C
4.C
5.B
6.D
7.B
8.D
9.A
10.B
11.A
12.A
13.C
14.D
15.D
