IDIOMS & PHRASES - 2012 - Quiz

Q1 / 55 1.00 mark

Regardless of what her parents said, she wanted to let her hair down that night.

💡 Explanation: Let hair down - मजे करना; (A) पूरी तरह से आनंद लेना By @apna_quiz Team

Q2 / 55 1.00 mark

She wanted to go hitch-hiking but her mother put her foot down and now she's going by bus.

💡 Explanation: Put one's foot down - कोई निर्णायक या मजबूत पक्ष लेना; (A) दृढ़ता से मना करना/दृढ़ रुख अपनाना By @apna_quiz Team

Q3 / 55 1.00 mark

To turn a deaf ear.

💡 Explanation: Turn a deaf ear - अनसुना कर देना; (D) सुनने से मना करना By @apna_quiz Team

Q4 / 55 1.00 mark

To hit the bull's eye.

💡 Explanation: Hit the bull's eye - सही बिंदु तक पहुँचना; (A) सटीक लक्ष्य साधना By @apna_quiz Team

Q5 / 55 1.00 mark

The officer kicked up a row over the issue.

💡 Explanation: Kick up a row - हो-हल्ला मचाना; (D) बहुत बखेड़ा खड़ा करना By @apna_quiz Team

Q6 / 55 1.00 mark

By leaps and bounds.

💡 Explanation: By leaps and bounds - बहुत तेजी से/दिन-दूना रात-चौगुना; (D) बहुत तेज़ी से By @apna_quiz Team

Q7 / 55 1.00 mark

Adolescence is a period of halcyon days.

💡 Explanation: Halcyon days - शांति एवं खुशी के दिन; (C) सुखी और शांत दिन By @apna_quiz Team

Q8 / 55 1.00 mark

To throw mud at.

💡 Explanation: Throw mud at - लांछन लगाना; (C) गलत आरोप लगाना By @apna_quiz Team

Q9 / 55 1.00 mark

"If he does not perform his duties properly, I will **send him packing", said the manager.

💡 Explanation: Send him packing - किसी जगह या पद से हटा देना; (B) सेवा समाप्त कर देना By @apna_quiz Team

Q10 / 55 1.00 mark

Even a small toy can become an apple of discord between two children.

💡 Explanation: Apple of discord - झगड़े की जड़; (B) विवाद का कारण By @apna_quiz Team

Q11 / 55 1.00 mark

To burn the midnight oil.

💡 Explanation: Burn the midnight oil - देर रात तक पढ़ना या कार्य करना; (A) देर रात तक पढ़ाई करना By @apna_quiz Team

Q12 / 55 1.00 mark

His utopian idea was entertaining but not acceptable.

💡 Explanation: Utopian idea - काल्पनिक योजना; (D) ख्याली या काल्पनिक विचार By @apna_quiz Team

Q13 / 55 1.00 mark

He decided to bury the hatchet.

💡 Explanation: Bury the hatchet - दुश्मनी खत्म करके शांति स्थापित करना; (D) शांति स्थापित करना By @apna_quiz Team

Q14 / 55 1.00 mark

To drop a brick.

💡 Explanation: Drop a brick - कोई गलत बात बोलना; (A) गलत या बेवकूफी भरी बात कहना By @apna_quiz Team

Q15 / 55 1.00 mark

I jumped out of my skin when the explosion happened.

💡 Explanation: Jumped out of skin - आश्चर्य या घबराहट हो जाना; (A) बहुत अधिक डर जाना या घबरा जाना By @apna_quiz Team

Q16 / 55 1.00 mark

A good sportsman cannot afford to have a fit of the blues before the game.

💡 Explanation: A fit of the blues - तनाव या उदासी में आना; (D) अवसाद या उदासी By @apna_quiz Team

Q17 / 55 1.00 mark

On the issue of marriage, Sarita put her foot down.

💡 Explanation: Put foot down - अपना मजबूत पक्ष रखना; (B) अडिग रहना By @apna_quiz Team

Q18 / 55 1.00 mark

Do not lose your head in public.

💡 Explanation: Lose your head - क्रोधित व नाराज हो जाना; (C) गुस्सा होना/आपा खोना By @apna_quiz Team

Q19 / 55 1.00 mark

Not fit to hold a candle to his predecessor.

💡 Explanation: Not fit to hold a candle - तुलनात्मक रूप से बहुत नीचे स्तर का होना; (B) तुलना में बहुत पीछे होना By @apna_quiz Team

Q20 / 55 1.00 mark

Do you think this examination is a hard nut to crack?

💡 Explanation: A hard nut to crack - एक कठिन कार्य; (D) कठिन कार्य/मुश्किल काम By @apna_quiz Team

Q21 / 55 1.00 mark

His behaviour indicates that he has blue blood.

💡 Explanation: Blue blood - उच्च व धनी परिवार से सम्बन्धित; (A) राजसी परिवार से होना By @apna_quiz Team

Q22 / 55 1.00 mark

Once the case reached the court, the police washed their hands off it.

💡 Explanation: Wash hands off - अपनी जिम्मेदारी से हाथ वापस खींचना; (C) खुद को अलग कर लेना By @apna_quiz Team

Q23 / 55 1.00 mark

Ram is very calculative and always has an axe to grind.

💡 Explanation: Have an axe to grind - अपना स्वार्थ सिद्ध करना; (C) निजी स्वार्थ होना By @apna_quiz Team

Q24 / 55 1.00 mark

Sarala is always ready to eat anyone's salt.

💡 Explanation: Eat anyone's salt - किसी का मेहमान बनना; (C) मेहमान बनना By @apna_quiz Team

Q25 / 55 1.00 mark

I find myself in a position where I have to choose between the devil and the deep blue sea.

💡 Explanation: Between the devil and the deep blue sea - दो बुरी परिस्थितियों के बीच; (B) दो बुराइयों के बीच By @apna_quiz Team

Q26 / 55 1.00 mark

If you develop friendship with an individual, you must stand by him through thick and thin.

💡 Explanation: Through thick and thin - हर परिस्थिति में चाहे वो कितनी भी मुश्किल हो; (D) सभी परिस्थितियों में By @apna_quiz Team

Q27 / 55 1.00 mark

She didn't realize that the clever salesman was taking her for a ride.

💡 Explanation: Take for a ride - धोखा देने का प्रयास करना; (A) किसी को धोखा देना By @apna_quiz Team

Q28 / 55 1.00 mark

His investments helped him make a killing in the stock market.

💡 Explanation: Make a killing - आर्थिक सफलता पाना/पैसा कमाना; (D) बहुत जल्दी पैसा कमाना By @apna_quiz Team

Q29 / 55 1.00 mark

In cold blood.

💡 Explanation: In cold blood - निर्दयतापूर्वक; (D) क्रूरता से/बेहमी से By @apna_quiz Team

Q30 / 55 1.00 mark

I hope to talk him over to our view.

💡 Explanation: Talk over - विचार-विमर्श करना/मना लेना; (A) राजी करना/समझाना By @apna_quiz Team

Q31 / 55 1.00 mark

The cops were on their toes throughout the day.

💡 Explanation: On one's toes - सतर्क; (B) सावधान/सतर्क By @apna_quiz Team

Q32 / 55 1.00 mark

He has the habit of getting into a row over trivial matters.

💡 Explanation: Get into a row - फालतू के झगड़े में पड़ना; (B) झगड़ा करना By @apna_quiz Team

Q33 / 55 1.00 mark

To pull wool over someone's eyes.

💡 Explanation: Pull wool over eyes - किसी को धोखा देना; (A) धोखा देना By @apna_quiz Team

Q34 / 55 1.00 mark

My sincere advice to my maidservant fell on stony ground.

💡 Explanation: Fall on stony ground - सामने वाले से नकारात्मक भाव प्राप्त करना/कोई प्रभाव न पड़ना; (D) कोई सफलता न मिलना By @apna_quiz Team

Q35 / 55 1.00 mark

He has all his ducks in a row; he is complacent.

💡 Explanation: Ducks in a row - सुव्यवस्थित; (B) पूर्णतः व्यवस्थित होना By @apna_quiz Team

Q36 / 55 1.00 mark

The minister assured the agitating employees that he would look into their demands sympathetically.

💡 Explanation: Look into - जाँच करना; (D) जाँच-पड़ताल करना By @apna_quiz Team

Q37 / 55 1.00 mark

Hard nut to crack.

💡 Explanation: Hard nut to crack - बहुत कठिन कार्य; (D) कठिन/मुश्किल By @apna_quiz Team

Q38 / 55 1.00 mark

Nowadays, one gets good literary books once in a blue moon.

💡 Explanation: Once in a blue moon - कभी-कभार; (B) बहुत कम/दुर्लभ By @apna_quiz Team

Q39 / 55 1.00 mark

There is no gainsaying the fact that the country is in difficulties.

💡 Explanation: Gainsaying - इनकार करना; (D) खंडन करना या नकारना By @apna_quiz Team

Q40 / 55 1.00 mark

When the family in the next house packed off at midnight, I began to smell a rat.

💡 Explanation: Smell a rat - दाल में कुछ काला नज़र आना; (A) संदेह होना By @apna_quiz Team

Q41 / 55 1.00 mark

He will certainly come to grief if he does not leave his present friends.

💡 Explanation: Come to grief - कष्ट भोगना; (A) पीड़ित होना/दुख झेलना By @apna_quiz Team

Q42 / 55 1.00 mark

The police looked all over for him but drew a blank.

💡 Explanation: Draw a blank - प्रयास में असफल होना; (A) उसे नहीं ढूँढ पाना By @apna_quiz Team

Q43 / 55 1.00 mark

His speech has taken the wind out of my sails.

💡 Explanation: Take the wind out of sails - किसी को हतोत्साहित करना या कुछ करने से पीछे खींचना; (A) किसी को प्रभावहीन कर देना By @apna_quiz Team

Q44 / 55 1.00 mark

He was out of spirits for a few days after his defeat.

💡 Explanation: Out of spirits - उदास व निराश; (A) उदास/खिन्न By @apna_quiz Team

Q45 / 55 1.00 mark

There is no point in discussing the new project with him as he always pours cold water on any new ideas.

💡 Explanation: Pour cold water on - अस्वीकार कर देना/उत्साह ठंडा कर देना; (C) नामंजूर करना By @apna_quiz Team

Q46 / 55 1.00 mark

The mother-in-law expected her daughter-in-law to be always at her beck and call.

💡 Explanation: Beck and call - हरदम सेवा करने को तैयार; (D) सेवा के लिए तत्पर रहना By @apna_quiz Team

Q47 / 55 1.00 mark

When I opened the door, my books were lying at sixes and sevens.

💡 Explanation: At sixes and sevens - तितर-बितर करना; (D) अस्त-व्यस्त स्थिति में By @apna_quiz Team

Q48 / 55 1.00 mark

A small fry.

💡 Explanation: A small fry - महत्त्वहीन व्यक्ति; (C) महत्त्वहीन By @apna_quiz Team

Q49 / 55 1.00 mark

Fresh out of college, Ram found it difficult to get a job as he was wet behind the ears.

💡 Explanation: Wet behind the ears - अनुभवहीन/नौसिखिया; (D) अनुभवहीन By @apna_quiz Team

Q50 / 55 1.00 mark

At first, there was a show of resistance to the new rule issued by the Government, but the movement had no backbone and speedily collapsed.

💡 Explanation: No backbone - पीठ पीछे ताकत होना (शक्ति का अभाव); (C) शक्ति या दृढ़ता न होना By @apna_quiz Team

Q51 / 55 1.00 mark

Reena is a kind of person who wears her heart on her sleeve.

💡 Explanation: Wear heart on sleeve - बिना छिपाए अपनी भावनाओं को बता देना; (C) अपनी भावनाओं को खुलकर व्यक्त करना By @apna_quiz Team

Q52 / 55 1.00 mark

He always seems to get the lion's share of the projects.

💡 Explanation: The lion's share - बड़ा हिस्सा; (B) सबसे बड़ा भाग By @apna_quiz Team

Q53 / 55 1.00 mark

Oliver Twist was beaten black and blue when he asked for more food.

💡 Explanation: Beaten black and blue - पीट-पीट कर लाल-पीला कर देना; (A) बुरी तरह पीटना By @apna_quiz Team

Q54 / 55 1.00 mark

An old flame.

💡 Explanation: An old flame - पुराना प्यार; (A) पूर्व प्रेमिका/प्रेमी By @apna_quiz Team

Q55 / 55 1.00 mark

I'm trying to figure out the hidden agenda in yesterday's meeting.

💡 Explanation: Hidden agenda - गुप्त उद्देश्य या कारण; (B) गुप्त कारण By @apna_quiz Team

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