Verbal Ability

Idioms and Phrases 1

Directions to Solve

Read the Following Idioms/Phrases and choose the option which expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

1.  To keep the wolf away from the door
A. To keep away from extreme poverty
B. To keep off an unwanted and undesirable person
C. To keep alive
D. To hold the difficulties and dangers in check
2.  Gift of the gab
A. Outstanding
B. The ability to speak in an impressive manner
C. Absence from work
D. A triumph to one’s credit
3.  To make clean breast of
A. To gain Prominence
B. To praise onself
C. To confess without of reserve
D. To destroy before it blooms
4.  To take a leaf out of somebody’s book
A. To take him as model
B. To steal something valuable
C. To follow the dictates of someone
D. To conform to others standards
5.  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. None of these
6.  At one's fingertips
A. To take revenge
B. Matter of shame
C. Complete knowledge
D. None of the above
7.  At one's wit's end
A. Perplexed
B. Clean up
C. Explain
D. Enlighten
8.  It makes no odds
A. Come to a compromise
B. Quite certain
C. To cause no interest
D. It is not important
9.  To keeps one's temper
A. To become hungry
B. To hold back anger
C. To Preserve ones energy
D. To be aloof from
10.  To cut the Gordian Knot

A. To perform a difficult task
B. To act unreliably
C. To avoid difficulties
D. To cut a lot of threads

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