Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and mark it in the Answer Sheet.
1.To make clean breast of
(A) to gain prominence
(B) to praise oneself
(C) to confess especially something bad or illegal
(D) to destroy before it blooms
2.To end in smoke
(A) come to nothing
(B) to ruin oneself
(C) to excite great applause
(D) to overcome someone
3.To leave someone in the lurch
(A) to come to compromise with someone
(B) constant source of annoyance to someone
(C) to put someone at ease
(D) to desert someone in his difficulties
4.To cry wolf
(A) to listen eagerly
(B) to give false alarm
(C) to turn pale
(D) to keep off starvation
5.A man of straw
(A) a man of no substance
(B) a very active person
(C) a worthy fellow
(D) an unreasonable person
6.To be above board
(A) To a good height
(B) To be honest in any business deal
(C) To try to be beautiful
(D) To be engaged in meeting
7.To catch a tartar
(A) To trap a wanted criminal with great difficulty
(B) To catch a dangerous person
(C) To meet with disaster
(D) To try to be beautiful
8.A black sheep
(A) An unlucky person
(B) A Negro
(C) An ugly person
(D) A person who is regarded as a disgrace for his family/team etc
9.To smell a rat
(A) To see signs of plague epidemic
(B) To get bad smell of a dead rat
(C) To suspect foul dealing
(D) To be in a bad mood
10.To have an axe to grind
(A) A private end to serve
(B) To fail to arouse interest
(C) To have no result
(D) To work for both sides
Answer key....
1. (C)
2. (A)
3. (D)
4. (B)
5. (A)
6. (B)
7. (A)
8. (D)
9. (C)
10.(A)
2. (A)
3. (D)
4. (B)
5. (A)
6. (B)
7. (A)
8. (D)
9. (C)
10.(A)
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