IDIOMS & PHRASES - 2022 - Quiz

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Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Q1. Like a cakewalk

💡 Explanation: Like a cakewalk - आसान कार्य By @apna_quiz Team

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Q2. Someone's heart is in the right place

💡 Explanation: Someone's heart is in the right place - नेक इरादे होना By @apna_quiz Team

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Q3. The game is now in full swing.

💡 Explanation: very active - पूरी गति में By @apna_quiz Team

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Q4. Eat humble pie

💡 Explanation: To apologise humbly - शर्मिंदा होना/माफी मांगना, To live in penury - गरीबी में जीना, To live a life of humility - अपमान में जीना, To enjoy life to the fullest - पूरी तरह से जिंदगी By @apna_quiz Team

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Q5. After the government interventions, the enrolment and retention of female students have increased by leaps and bounds.

💡 Explanation: Systematically - व्यवस्थित, Swiftly - तेजी से, Intermittently - रुक - रुक कर, Gradually - धीरे - धीरे By @apna_quiz Team

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Q6. In hot waters

💡 Explanation: To be in trouble - संकट में By @apna_quiz Team

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Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Q7. A village fair is a place that contains many interesting objects. People of all age groups eagerly wait for this.

💡 Explanation: Aladdin's cave - बहुत सारे लोगों का जमघट (या कीमती चीजों से भरी जगह) By @apna_quiz Team

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Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Q8. In weal and woe

💡 Explanation: In weal and woe - सुख और दुख में By @apna_quiz Team

Q9 / 73 1.00 mark

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Q9. Hold water

💡 Explanation: Hold water - तर्कसंगत होना By @apna_quiz Team

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Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Q10. Fair and square

💡 Explanation: Fair and square - ईमानदार By @apna_quiz Team

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Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Q11. Steer clear of

💡 Explanation: Steer clear of - टालना/दूर रहना By @apna_quiz Team

Q12 / 73 1.00 mark

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Q12. The youth involved in the accident escaped by the skin of his teeth.

💡 Explanation: by the skin of his teeth - बाल-बाल बचना By @apna_quiz Team

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Q13. Play it by ear

💡 Explanation: Play it by ear - बिना तैयारी के कार्य करना By @apna_quiz Team

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Q14. Let us know what you think in black and white.

💡 Explanation: in darkness and light - अंधेरे व रोशनी में, verbally - मौखिक, in writing - लिखित में By @apna_quiz Team

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Q15. The MD of the company let the cat out of the bag by telling her secretary, who got the much coveted promotion.

💡 Explanation: openly confess - रहस्य उजागर करना, To allow a secret to be known... - अनजाने में भेद खोलना By @apna_quiz Team

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Q16. Turn over a new leaf

💡 Explanation: Turn over a new leaf - नई शुरूआत करना By @apna_quiz Team

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Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Q17. My father's office is at a close distance from home.

💡 Explanation: at a stone's throw - निकट दूरी पर By @apna_quiz Team

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Q18. When the war breaks out, all the war mongering social media activists become yellow bellies.

💡 Explanation: Zealots - कट्टरपंथी, Cowards - कायर, Sceptics - संशयवादी By @apna_quiz Team

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Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Q19. Bag and baggage

💡 Explanation: Bag and baggage - अपने पूरे सामान के साथ By @apna_quiz Team

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Q20. Take something at face value

💡 Explanation: Accept something as it looks... - जो जिस रूप में है उसे वैसे ही स्वीकार करना By @apna_quiz Team

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Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Q21. The intern aspired to understand the ins and outs of the operating systems of the institution.

💡 Explanation: ins and outs - संपूर्ण विवरण By @apna_quiz Team

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Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Q22. My mother said, "Make consistent progress for success."

💡 Explanation: slow and steady - धीमा किंतु सतत By @apna_quiz Team

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Q23. Red tape

💡 Explanation: Official rules and bureaucracy that make it difficult to do something - नौकरशाही By @apna_quiz Team

Q24 / 73 1.00 mark

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Q24. Break the ice

💡 Explanation: Break the ice - माहौल को अनुकूल बनाना By @apna_quiz Team

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Q25. Some people still feel that they have very little freedom to be innovative in their work.

💡 Explanation: elbow room - काम करने की स्वतंत्रता, an old head on young shoulders - एक परिपक्व युवा By @apna_quiz Team

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Q26. The lecture by the French professor seemed Latin and Greek to the young students.

💡 Explanation: Lucid - स्पष्ट, Unbiased - निष्पक्ष, Incomprehensible - समझ से परे By @apna_quiz Team

Q27 / 73 1.00 mark

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Q27. A skeleton in the cupboard

💡 Explanation: A skeleton in the cupboard - शर्मिंदा करने वाला रहस्य By @apna_quiz Team

Q28 / 73 1.00 mark

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Q28. By the end of the football match, feelings had reached fever pitch.

💡 Explanation: fever pitch - सही शुरुआत करना By @apna_quiz Team

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Q29. Select the sentence that uses the idiom correctly.

💡 Explanation: cold feet - घबराहट होना/हिम्मत हारना By @apna_quiz Team

Q30 / 73 1.00 mark

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Q30. Fly into a passion

💡 Explanation: Fly into a passion - भड़क जाना By @apna_quiz Team

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Q31. The announcement of the new tourism policy of the government has made some people excited or interested.

💡 Explanation: Pull out all the stops - हर संभव प्रयास करना, Run around in circles - निरर्थक प्रयास करना, Quicken the pulse - रोमांचित कर देना, Reach for the moon - असंभव की कामना करना By @apna_quiz Team

Q32 / 73 1.00 mark

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Q32. To smell a rat

💡 Explanation: To smell a rat - संदेह होना By @apna_quiz Team

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Q33. The young boy was born with a silver spoon in his mouth.

💡 Explanation: born to riches and luxury - धनी By @apna_quiz Team

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Q34. Lose your marbles

💡 Explanation: To go insane - पागल हो जाना, To handle stress - तनाव को हैंडल करना, To be patient - धैर्य रखना By @apna_quiz Team

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Q35. The anxious duke was found strolling in the garden to and fro.

💡 Explanation: Forward and backward - आगे - पीछे/इधर-उधर By @apna_quiz Team

Q36 / 73 1.00 mark

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Q36. Achilles' Heel

💡 Explanation: Achilles' Heel - कमजोरी By @apna_quiz Team

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Q37. The news of his arrest spread rapidly in every ________ of the city.

💡 Explanation: rack and ruin - तबाह होना, ins and outs - पूर्ण विवरण, nook and corner - चारों ओर, life and soul - जिंदादिल By @apna_quiz Team

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Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Q38. He was murdered in cold blood.

💡 Explanation: in cold blood - निर्दयतापूर्वक By @apna_quiz Team

Q39 / 73 1.00 mark

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Q39. All eyes

💡 Explanation: All eyes - उत्सुकता से देखना By @apna_quiz Team

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Q40. The activist is working really hard and was determined to ________ for this cause.

💡 Explanation: have feet of clay - सम्मानित व्यक्ति में पाई जाने वाली कमी, blow his own trumpet - अपनी ही तारीफ करना, move heaven and earth - हर संभव प्रयास करना, keep the wolf from the door - भुखमरी से बचना By @apna_quiz Team

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Q41. A fair-weather friend can never be trusted in the times of exigency.

💡 Explanation: A close friend - घनिष्ठ मित्र, A selfish friend - स्वार्थी मित्र, An old acquaintance - पुराना परिचित By @apna_quiz Team

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Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Q42. A green horn

💡 Explanation: A green horn - अनुभवहीन व्यक्ति By @apna_quiz Team

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Q43. Cudgel one's brain

💡 Explanation: To think hard - दिमाग पर जोर डालना By @apna_quiz Team

Q44 / 73 1.00 mark

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Q44. Water under the bridge

💡 Explanation: Water under the bridge - जो बीत गया सो बीत गया By @apna_quiz Team

Q45 / 73 1.00 mark

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Q45. Beat around the bush

💡 Explanation: Beat around the bush - घुमा फिरा कर बात करना By @apna_quiz Team

Q46 / 73 1.00 mark

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Q46. The actress' daughter is just a chip off the old block.

💡 Explanation: chip off the old block - जैसा बाप वैसा बेटा By @apna_quiz Team

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Q47. Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

💡 Explanation: To be alert - सजग होना By @apna_quiz Team

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Q48. She raised a ________ when she saw her luggage missing.

💡 Explanation: hue and cry - शोर मचाना, spick and span - साफ सुथरा, hand and foot - सभी आवश्यकतायें पूरी करना, whip and spur - बहुत तेजी से By @apna_quiz Team

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Q49. After several years of cheating on his PhD work, the candidate finally had to face the music and lose the opportunity.

💡 Explanation: To accept unpleasant consequences - नतीजा भुगतना, Choose another alternative that is uninteresting - कम रुचि‍कर विकल्प अपनाना, Be exposed - उजागर हो जाना By @apna_quiz Team

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Q50. On cloud nine

💡 Explanation: Flying - उड़ता हुआ, Floating - तैरता हुआ, Very happy - अति प्रसन्न By @apna_quiz Team

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Q51. I have been a vegetarian for a very long time.

💡 Explanation: donkey's years - लंबे समय तक, duck in the thunderstorm - मुसीबत में, die in harness - कार्य के दौरान मृत्यु, Damocles' sword - अवश्यंभावी खतरा By @apna_quiz Team

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Q52. He was sacked from his job because of a grave error on his part.

💡 Explanation: raining cats and dogs - भारी बारिश, minding one's p's and q's - अपने शिष्टाचार का ध्यान रखना, picking holes in one's cot - औरों की गलती निकालना, Himalayan blunder - बहुत बड़ी गलती By @apna_quiz Team

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Q53. I begged him to reconsider my application, but he put his foot down.

💡 Explanation: refused to yield - सख्ती से मना करना By @apna_quiz Team

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Q54. The sailor tells great tales of adventure that you should take with a grain of salt.

💡 Explanation: Great admiration - अति प्रशंसा, Great patriotism - बहुत देशभक्ति, Not take too seriously - संदेह से देखना, Be afraid to refrain from - परहेज से डरना By @apna_quiz Team

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Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Q55. When the District Attorney asked the convict about details of the day of the crime, he started beating about the bush.

💡 Explanation: beating about the bush - घुमा फिरा कर बात करना By @apna_quiz Team

Q56 / 73 1.00 mark

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Q56. I must tell you that it all went pear-shaped after you left the meeting in the middle.

💡 Explanation: went pear-shaped - असफल हो जाना By @apna_quiz Team

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Q57. Give us some room for improvement.

💡 Explanation: an opportunity for improvement - मौका देना By @apna_quiz Team

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Q58. Fair-weather friends

💡 Explanation: Fair-weather friends - स्वार्थी मित्र By @apna_quiz Team

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Q59. The new intern is a greenhorn and thus his superiors take advantage of him.

💡 Explanation: Inexperienced - अनुभवहीन, Jealous - ईर्ष्यालु, Overenthusiastic - अति उत्साही, Sick - बीमार By @apna_quiz Team

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Q60. I bought some extra copies from the stationery shop. These may come in handy during exams.

💡 Explanation: Be useful - उपयोगी By @apna_quiz Team

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Q61. He's sitting on the fence

💡 Explanation: He's sitting on the fence - अनिर्णय की स्थिति में होना By @apna_quiz Team

Q62 / 73 1.00 mark

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Q62. Health club membership has grown by leaps and bounds after the pandemic.

💡 Explanation: leaps and bounds - तेजी से By @apna_quiz Team

Q63 / 73 1.00 mark

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Q63. Bear the palm

💡 Explanation: Bear the palm - विजेता होना By @apna_quiz Team

Q64 / 73 1.00 mark

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Q64. The employee took the manager's remark with a pinch of salt

💡 Explanation: with a pinch of salt - अंशत: विश्वास करना By @apna_quiz Team

Q65 / 73 1.00 mark

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Q65. Being an ardent professional, the lawyer always kept his clients at an arm's length.

💡 Explanation: at an arm's length - दूरी बनाये रखना By @apna_quiz Team

Q66 / 73 1.00 mark

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Q66. Cut a poor figure

💡 Explanation: Cut a poor figure - खराब स्थिति प्रस्तुत करना By @apna_quiz Team

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Q67. Down the tubes

💡 Explanation: Minting money - धन कमाना, Failing completely - बुरी तरह असफल होना By @apna_quiz Team

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Q68. The world needs a global leader who can hold out a gesture of peace.

💡 Explanation: mother wit - सामान्य बुद्धि, halcyon days - शांतिपूर्ण दिन, a grass widow - वह स्त्री जिसका पति बहुत लंबे समय तक बाहर रहता है, an olive branch - शांति का प्रतीक By @apna_quiz Team

Q69 / 73 1.00 mark

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Q69. "Just add a bit of cheese to your pasta and Bob's your uncle!" Reena suggested to me over dinner last night.

💡 Explanation: Bob's your uncle - काम आसानी से हो जाना By @apna_quiz Team

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Q70. Nobody in the conference seemed to believe the cock and bull story about such a major movie star.

💡 Explanation: Wildly exaggerated or falsified story - मनगढ़ंत कहानी By @apna_quiz Team

Q71 / 73 1.00 mark

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Q71. I know she really wants the promotion, but she really hit me below the hand by telling the boss about my personal problems.

💡 Explanation: hit me below the belt - अनुचित तरीका अपनाना By @apna_quiz Team

Q72 / 73 1.00 mark

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Q72. The team members seem to be running around in circles.

💡 Explanation: running around in circles - व्यस्त होना (बिना किसी ठोस परिणाम के) By @apna_quiz Team

Q73 / 73 1.00 mark

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Q73. It was a Catch 22 situation for the manager.

💡 Explanation: Catch 22 - जटिल परिस्थिति By @apna_quiz Team

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