idioms & phrases Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

Directions:

In the following questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase in bold in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.

[SSC Graduate Level Tier-I 2013]

Question : 1

Students must learn to keep their belongings in apple-pie order.

a) in perfect order

b) ordering for apple pie

c) arranging apples neatly

d) orderly preparation of apple pie

Answer: (a)

in apple-pie order : incomplete order; in perfect order

I always put my table in apple-pie order before leaving.

The best option is in perfect order

Question : 2

For this act of indifference he will be taken to task by the authority.

a) rewarded

b) tender his resignation

c) entrusted with an official job.

d) get an official reprimand

Answer: (d)

taken to task : punished

The teacher took Shalu to task for her misbehaviour.

The best option is get, an official reprimand

Question : 3

To get admission in present-day educational institutions, all children should be born with a silver spoon in the mouth.

a) be born with silver spoon

b) be born in a rich family

c) be born to silver spoon manufacturer

d) always hold a silver spoon

Answer: (b)

be born with a silver spoon in the mouth : having rich parents

Most of the students in the exclusive Public schools are born with silver spoons in their mouths.

The best option is be born in a rich family.

Question : 4

It takes a month of Sundays to chop all that wood.

a) no time

b) a long time

c) a special Sunday

d) a short period

Answer: (b)

a month of Sundays : used to emphasize that something will never happen; a long time

It will take you a month of Sundays to complete the book.

The best option is a long time.

Question : 5

Politicians enjoy blowing their own trumpets.

a) to use one’s own trumpet

b) to blow their trumpet loudly

c) to praise others trumpeting

d) to boast about their achievements

Answer: (d)

blowing their own trumpets : boasting

Anyone will tell you she’s one of the best journalists we have got, although she never blows her own trumpet.

The best option is to boast about their achievements.

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