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

Directions:

In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

Question : 41

To get one’s walking papers

a) One can leave

b) One is discharged from a hospital or mental asylum

c) One is free of imprisonment

d) One has the right to entry within a country or community

Answer: (a)

‘To get one’s walking papers’ — One can leave.

Question : 42

By fits and starts

a) Totally

b) Irregularly

c) Occasionally

d) Finally

Answer: (b)

Question : 43

Spick and Span

a) Neat and Clean

b) Dark and Light

c) Happy and Sad

d) High and Low

Answer: (a)

Question : 44

Pale into insignificance

a) was less exciting

b) was less hectic

c) was dull and pale

d) seemed less important

Answer: (d)

pale into insignificance: to seem less important when compared with something else.

Look at the sentence: Last year’s riots pale into insignificance with this latest outburst of violence.

Here, seemed less important is the right option.

Question : 45

Once and for all

a) To be successful in the first attempt

b) To speak for the majority

c) Now and for the last time; finally

d) To do a charitable act for the benefit of everybody

Answer: (c)

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