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

Directions:

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

[SSC CGL Tier-I 2016]

Question : 1

to spill the beans

a) to be untidy

b) to reveal a secret

c) to conceal a fact

d) to reveal partial truth

Answer: (b)

to spill the beans : reveal secret information indiscreetly.

Here, to reveal a secret is the right option.

Look at the sentence : I spilled the beans about the surprise party, by telling the birthday girl.

Question : 2

dressing-down

a) wear an expensive gown

b) give a scolding

c) pretend

d) apply bandage

Answer: (b)

dressing-down (N.) : an occasion when somebody speaks angrily to a person because they have done something wrong.

Here, give a scolding is the right option.

Look at the sentence : I’m really late. I know my parents will dress me down when I get home

Question : 3

straw in the wind

a) a lucky charm

b) a game that kids play

c) an indication of what might happen

d) a light-weight object

Answer: (c)

straw in the wind : a small sign of what might happen in the near future.

Here, an indication of what might happen is the right option.

Look at the sentence : There were straws in the wind that suggested a strike was likely.

Question : 4

every inch a gentleman

a) partly

b) entirely

c) calculatively

d) somewhat

Answer: (b)

every inch a gentleman : completely; entirely.

Here, entirely is the right option.

Question : 5

turn turtle

a) turn like a turtle

b) over-turn

c) a game turtles play

d) slow like a turtle

Answer: (b)

over-turn

Turn turtle = turn upsidedown.

Look at the sentence : But en route at Chavara the ambulance met with an accident and turned turtle.

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