Practice Idioms and Phrases Questions and Answers

• Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.  Rose-coloured glasses
• Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.  On the spur of the moment
• Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.  To call the shots
• Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. The trouble makers took to their heels when they saw the police coming....
• Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. full of beans
• For a long time he kept his wife in the dark about the true nature of his job
• Colleges cannot ______ to ragging because of the Anti Ragging Act.
• Angry residents are up in arms over a proposal to site a giant mobile phone mast near their homes.
• I remember him saying that a juvenile judge without the support of a social worker would be like a fly out of basket .
• It is invariably life in the fast pane for aircraft fitted with this engine, often used for troop transport or medevacking operations.
• There's no hope for him now because he's lost his tiles and has gone completely crazy.
• If you don't believe me, go talk to him and hear it straight from the horse's mouth . It's true.
• The difficulty is trying to spot something big before it becomes a problem but not crying bee too often.
• It's irritating that he could rain on my plate by stealing the record before me.
• The fact that the guard was a thin man considerably shorter than Walker made the task seem like a catwalk .
• Obviously, we could sit here and talk until we're dull in the face about how wonderfully they play the game.
• No community is likely to sell the cat by making gratuitous concessions on this issue.
• People want us to join the gun and do something instantaneous but these things have to be done properly.
• He had no intention of letting the Foreign Secretary steal any of his blunder .
• Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. leave no stone unturned
• Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. dance to someone's tune
• Make one's mark
• Throw in the towel
• Mare's nest
• A storm in a teacup
• Blue-blooded
• Do a roaring trade
• Keep body and soul together
• Will-o-the-wisp
• Cloak- and - dagger 
• Palm off
• Bury the hatchet I. The two countries decided to bury the hatchet and work towards the welfare of the people. II. I hope that one day, they will bury the h...
• Put a sock in it I. We have to put a sock in it; only then will we be able to improve our speaking skills. II. With enough bytes already spilled on the Web...
• If you want to be a politician, you'll do much better if you were born with the gift of gab .
• The boss examined my report with a fine tooth comb before submitting it to the senior management....
• In each question, four alternatives are given for the Idiom / Phrase highlighted in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning ...
• The aged employees were offered a golden handshake by the management.
• With too much work, our holiday has become ball and chain .
• In each question, four alternatives are given for the Idiom / Phrase highlighted in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning ...
• In each question, four alternatives are given for the Idiom / Phrase highlighted in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning ...