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Directions:

In each of 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 as your answer.

Question : 11

Our school is within a stone’s throw of the railway station.

a) very far off

b) at a short distance

c) within a definite distance

d) within a certain radius

Discuss »

Answer: (b)

within a stone’s throw : a very short distance away.

We live just a stone’s throw from here.

The best option is at a short distance

Question : 12

a close-fisted person

a) a miser

b) a close friend

c) a cowardly person

d) a powerful person

Discuss »

Answer: (a)

A close-fisted (person) : not willing to spend or give much money ; mean; stingy.

My uncle is a close-fisted person.

The best option is a miser

Question : 13

Deepak did not care for his family, he wanted to gather roses only.

a) to paint a rosy picture of the past

b) to seek all enjoyments of life

c) to obtain fame by hard work

d) to save money miserly

Discuss »

Answer: (b)

to gather roses only : to seek all the enjoyments of life

Gathering roses only, without taking care of parents is not a good quality in any child.

The best option is to seek all enjoyments of life.

Question : 14

You have been trying to solve this puzzle for a long time, be careful so that you avoid barking up the wrong tree.

a) trying to find something at a wrong place

b) keep working constantly

c) climbing the wrong tree

d) trying to solve problems

Discuss »

Answer: (a)

barking up the wrong tree : to have the wrong idea about how to get or achieve it.

You’re barking up the wrong tree if you’re expecting us to lend you any money.

The best option is trying to find something at a wrong place

Question : 15

to feather one’s nest

a) to build one’s house

b) to enrich oneself when opportunity occurs

c) to get something in abundance

d) to harbour ill feelings

Discuss »

Answer: (b)

to feather one’s nest : to make oneself richer, especially by spending money on oneself that should be spent on something else.

Bob’s many profitable assignments enabled him to feather his nest comfortably.

The best option is to enrich one self when opportunity occurs.

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