idioms and phrases Model Questions & Answers, Practice Test for ssc chsl tier 1 (2022)
From stem to stern
Answer: (a)
From stem to stern = from the front to the back especially of a ship
Look at the sentence : Surges of water rocked their boats from stem to stern
Over egg the pudding
Answer: (a)
add unnecessary details to make better or worse.
Over egg the pudding = to spoil something by trying too hard to improve it.
Look at the sentence : As a director, I think he has a tendency to over-egg the pudding, with a few too many gorgeous shots of the country side.
Turn over a new leaf
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.
Take up the hatchet
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.
At loose ends
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.
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