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Directions:

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

Question : 6

To bite the dust

a) eat voraciously

b) have nothing to eat

c) eat roots

d) None of the above

Discuss »

Answer: (d)

Idiom bite the dust means :

to fail or to be defeated or destroyed. 

Question : 7

To take to one's heels

a) to walk slowly

b) to hop and jump

c) to run away

d) to march forward

Discuss »

Answer: (c)

Idiom take to your heels means :

to run away from somebody/something.

Question : 8

To be all at sea.

a) a family voyage

b) in the middle of the ocean

c) lost and confused 

d) a string of islands

Discuss »

Answer: (c)

Idiom to be all at sea means :

confused and not knowing what to do

Question : 9

Cold comfort

a) foolish proposal

b) slight satisfaction

c) deception

d) absurdity

Discuss »

Answer: (b)

Cold Comfort (Noun) means :

the fact that something that would normally be good does not make you happy because the whole situation is bad.

Question : 10

A bolt from the blue

a) an unexpected event

b) an unpleasant event

c) a delayed event

d) an inexplicable event

Discuss »

Answer: (a)

Idiom 'a bolt from the blue' means :

an event or a piece of news which is sudden and unexpected; a complete surprise.

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