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 : 26

For a healthy and lasting friendship one must be on the level.

a) honest and sincere

b) mentally compatible

c) ready for sacrifices

d) equally rich

Answer: (a)

Question : 27

to take someone to task

a) to take someone to his place of work

b) to assign work to someone

c) to praise someone for the work done

d) to scold someone

Answer: (d)

Question : 28

Having no arguments to defend his point, the speaker began to beat about the bush.

a) speaking a round-about manner

b) speak in a haphazard manner

c) make use of irrelevant reference

d) wander across the words

Answer: (a)

Question : 29

To fall back on

a) to fail to do something important in time

b) to suffer an injury on the back in an accident

c) to seek support out of necessity

d) to oppose something important

Answer: (c)

Question : 30

My friend turned a deaf ear tomy tale of loss and refused to help me.

a) listened carefully

b) went far away

c) turned his ear away

d) paid no heed

Answer: (d)

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