Some Idiom and Phrases are given below with four options. Select the options which best expresses the meaning of the given idioms.
Q.1 Down the drain
a) Difficult road
b) Imaginary world
c) Wasted or lost
d) To frown
c) Wasted or lost
Q.2 Over head and ears
a) Nearer
b) Completely
c) Alert
d) Obsolete
b) Completely
Q.3 On one’s guard
a) About to fall
b) To be careful
c) To be ot in proper order
d) Cause of somebody
b) To be careful
Q.4 Part and parcel
a) Arguments for and against
b) Send the message
c) An essential part
d) Distribute and give away
c) An essential part
Q.5 A rainy day
a) Time of amusement
b) Time of difficulty
c) Day for adventure
d) Heavy downpour of water
b) Time of difficulty
Q.6 Bed of roses
a) A problem difficult to solve
b) To take part
c) Joy based on false hopes
d) A pleasant situation
d) A pleasant situation
Q.7 Body and soul
a) Free and frank
b) With all your energy
c) To be an expert
d) Mutual cooperation
b) With all your energy
Q.8 Keep at an arm’s length.
a) To be at a distance with someone
b) To disturb others
c) A long distance
d) To fly high
a) To be at a distance with someone
Q.9 Smell a rat
a) A very foul smell
b) Smell of a dead rat
c) To suspect that something is wrong
d) Entering a dirty place
c) To suspect that something is wrong
Q.10 At a stone’s throw
a) Very near
b) Cause of quarrel
c) Increase anger
d) Easy task
a) Very near
Q.11 An uphill task
a) Unfair blow
b) Close fight
c) Task of no use
d) Difficult task
d) Difficult task
Q.12 Break the ice
a) Bad intention
b) To escape
c) To break the silence
d) To fail
c) To break the silence
Q.13 Cry in the wilderness
a) Upset the balance
b) An unrealistic demand
c) To defeated completely
d) A sudden shock
b) An unrealistic demand
Q.14 Fly the nest
a) To lose direction and not reach one’s destination
b) Children leaving their parent’s home to live on their own
c) To run at a very fast pace to reach home
d) Children returning home after studying abroad
b) Children leaving their parent’s home to live on their own
Q.15 Your guess is as good as mine
a) To have a better idea than others
b) To have no idea of the answer
c) To play a guessing game
d) To have the same idea as another
b) To have no idea of the answer