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Questions : With might and main

(a) with full risks

(b) with full force

(c) having full confidence

(d) with full blessings

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (b) 

with full force

With might and main = with all one's power or strength; to the best of one's ability; with as much effort as possible.

Look at the sentence : They shouted with might and main but nobody came to rescue them.

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Question : 1

Ruffle somebody’s feather

a) gamble

b) escape responsibility

c) annoy somebody

d) show contempt for

Answer: (c)

annoy somebody

Ruffle somebody’s feather = to cause someone to be upset.

Look at the sentence : Mohan ruffled a few feathers when he suggested cutting the teacher’s salaries.

Question : 2

Cut short

a) delete

b) praise

c) interrupt

d) slice into small pieces

Answer: (c)

interrupt

Cut short = to have to stop doing something before it is finished.

Look at the sentence : Their conversation was cut short by the arrival of more guests.

Question : 3

Bad blood

a) war

b) ill feeling

c) threatening attitude

d) in an infected state of being

Answer: (b) 

ill feeling

Bad blood = feelings of hate between people because of arguments in the past.

Look at the sentence : There has been bad blood between the two families for years.

Question : 4

At loose ends

a) tie two loose ends of a thread

b) keep options open

c) in an uncertain situation

d) repay debts

Answer: (c) 

in an uncertain situation

At a loose end = to have nothing to do At loose ends = not knowing what to do, especially because of an upsetting change.

Look at the sentences : If you find yourself at loose ends, you could always clean the bathroom.

I was at loose ends after finishing school and not being able to find a job.

Question : 5

Take up the hatchet

a) behave formally

b) pursue a chanc

c) be caught in a trap

d) prepare for or go to war

Answer: (d) 

prepare for or go to war

Take up the hatchet = to make or declare war

Look at the sentence : He induced the tribes to take up the hatchet against the English.

Question : 6

Turn over a new leaf

a) change one’s behaviour for the better

b) read between the pages of a book.

c) do a somersault

d) do a new job.

Answer: (a) 

change one’s behaviour for the better

Turn over a new leaf = start to act or or behave in a better or more responsible way; improve; to start behaving in a better way.

Look at the sentence : Apparently he has turned over a new leaf and he is not smoking any more.

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