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

Directions:

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

Question : 46

to flog a dead horse

a) waste one’s efforts

b) to attempt to do the impossible

c) to take advantage of a weakness

d) to whip a dead horse

Answer: (b)

Question : 47

a damp squib

a) a skirt in a laundry

b) a disappointing result

c) None of the above

d) rainy weather

Answer: (b)

Question : 48

If he phones again, I am going to give him a piece of my mind.

a) To reprimand him

b) To take revenge on him

c) To support him

d) To be nice to him

Answer: (a)

Question : 49

By opposing his proposal he fell foul of him.

a) agreed with

b) felt annoyed with

c) got into trouble with

d) quarrel with

Answer: (c)

Question : 50

The criminal was pardoned at the eleventh hour just as the was about to be hanged.

a) at the very last moment

b) suddenly

c) at midnight

d) at eleven o’ clock

Answer: (a)

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