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All Idioms And Phrases Questions(1–66 of 66)

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Q1easymcqEnglish LanguageSSC Selection Post 2021 Matriculation Level2026
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Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Bite off more than you can chew
Q2easymcqEnglish LanguageSSC Selection Post 2021 Matriculation Level2026
43% accuracy
Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Let the cat out of the bag
Q3mediummcqEnglish LanguageCompetitive Exam2026
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Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom.Many unavoidable situations were avoided only because someone had our back.
Q4mediummcqEnglish LanguageCompetitive Exam2026
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What does the expression “drill into your heads” mean as used in the passage?
Q5mediummcqEnglish ComprehensionSSC CPO 20242026
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Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Hit the sack
Q6mediummcqEnglish ComprehensionSSC CPO 20242026
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Identify the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Bread and butter
Q7mediummcqEnglish ComprehensionSSC CPO 20242026
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Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence.
My friends are on a trip to the world.
Q8mediummcqEnglish ComprehensionSSC CPO 20242026
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Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined idiom in the given sentence.
The Government must strive to provide a/an fair and square deal to the citizen of its country.
Q9mediummcqEnglish LanguageStaff Selection Commission2026
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Based on the situation in the sentence, select the most appropriate idiom.
Although Greta Thunberg gave a moving speech at the UN about environmental damage, it could ___________.
Q10mediummcqEnglish LanguageStaff Selection Commission2026
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Select the most appropriate option to complete the idiom in the following sentence.
I have a ___________ thumb and I love gardening.
Q11mediummcqEnglish ComprehensionSSC CPO 20242026
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Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Be in seventh heaven
Q12easymcqEnglish LanguageSSC Selection Post 2021 Matriculation Level2026
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Students are increasingly turning to online courses because they have become a better way to learn. Online courses offer students greater control over their own learning by enabling them to work at their own pace.Some other benefits are the engaging multimedia content, greater access to the instructor and the stimulating online interactions with other students and the teachers. All these can add to enhanced learning and improved retention.Another key feature is that online courses tend to include more frequent assessments. The more often students are assessed, the better their instructors can track progress and intervene when needed.I experienced all this myself when I completed a six-week online program through Columbia Business School. As a busy executive, the only way I was able to take such a course was online. And it proved to be an incredibly valuable and timely experience - highly relevant to my new job. I was able to do many of the lecture portions from my iPhone while sitting on a plane. I did coursework during the week and turned in weekly assignments on Sunday evening. And each Wednesday, I attended live online sessions with professors and students from around the world.Many students who have taken both face-to-face and online courses now rank their online experiences equal to or better than their more traditional classroom courses. We have reached a watershed moment when the discussion will no longer be about the relative merits of online learning, but how best to implement online programmes for maximum effect on student enrollment and success. By 'watershed moment' the writer means:
Q13easymcqEnglish LanguageSSC Selection Post 2021 Matriculation Level2026
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Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.To raise a few eyebrows
Q14easymcqEnglish LanguageSSC Selection Post 2021 Matriculation Level2026
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Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.A piece of cake
Q15mediummcqEnglish ComprehensionSSC CPO 20242026
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Select the most suitable expression that can substitute the underlined part of the sentence without any change in its core meaning.
Planning to go for a movie just before the final-year examination is nothing but skating on thin ice.
Q16mediummcqEnglish LanguageCompetitive Exam2026
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Select the most appropriate idiom for the underlined part in the given sentence:
"Sohan was very much perplexed to find that his younger brother Mohan had taken poison."
Q17mediummcqEnglish LanguageCompetitive Exam2026
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Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
"Yeoman’s service"
Q18mediummcqEnglish LanguageCompetitive Exam2026
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Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
"By leaps and bounds"
Q19mediummcqEnglish LanguageSSC Selection Post 2018 Higher Secondary Level2026
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Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom.Ragini’s parents do not like Mohit, but he keeps meeting her on and off.
Q20mediummcqEnglish LanguageSSC Selection Post 2018 Higher Secondary Level2026
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Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank in the context.She was so tired that she _________ asleep immediately.
Q21mediummcqGeneral EnglishCompetitive Exam2026
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In the context, "They were caught red-handed trying to steal", what does "caught red-handed" imply?
Q22mediummcqEnglish LanguageCompetitive Exam2026
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Select the sentence that uses the given idiom correctly.
"Skating on thin ice"
Q23mediummcqEnglish LanguageStaff Selection Commission2026
Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
"Fish out of water"
Q24mediummcqEnglish ComprehensionPrepp2026
Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence.
Though Kalpana listened to Sheetal carefully, she knew that she should take it with a grain of salt.
Q25mediummcqEnglish ComprehensionPrepp2026
Based on the situation in the sentence, select the most appropriate idiom for the underlined segment.
After the Pandemic, his business crumbled and he is in a difficult situation.
Q26mediummcqEnglish ComprehensionPrepp2026
Choose the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
At the drop of a hat
Q27mediummcqEnglish ComprehensionPrepp2026
Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Go down in flames
Q28mediummcqEnglish ComprehensionPrepp2026
Select the most appropriate idiom that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence.
Read the books of APJ Abdul Kalam, who was a scholar.
Q29mediummcqEnglish LanguagePrepp2026
Identify the meaning of the idiom in the given situation.
"I will always stand by my friend."
Q30mediummcqEnglish LanguagePrepp2026
Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom in the given sentence.
"Only those having blue blood can dethrone the evil autocrat and restore equilibrium."
Q31mediummcqEnglish LanguagePrepp2026
Select the phrase/idiom that will improve the underlined part of the given sentence.
"After two hours of wandering in the desert, we realised we were on a wild horse race."
Q32mediummcqEnglish LanguagePrepp2026
Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
"An elephant in the room"
Q33mediummcqHindiSSC GD2026
निम्नलिखित में से उस विकल्प का चयन करें जो 'दाल में कुछ काला होना' मुहावरे का अर्थ व्यक्त करता है।
Q34mediummcqEnglish LanguageStaff Selection Commission2026
Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
"Hit the sack"
Q35mediummcqEnglishCompetitive Exam2026
Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.Break a leg
Q36mediummcqEnglishCompetitive Exam2026
Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom.The employees made a noticeable hue and cry to get their demands raised to the board of Directors.
Q37mediummcqEnglish LanguageStaff Selection Commission2026
Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
A snake in the grass
Q38mediummcqEnglish LanguageStaff Selection Commission2026
Select the most appropriate meaning of the given underlined idiom.
The construction of the office building of the company was taking place in leaps and bounds.
Q39mediummcqEnglish LanguageCompetitive Exam 20262026
Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom.
We should teach our wards not to look down upon anybody in human society.
Q40mediummcqHindiSSC GD2026
What is the meaning of the idiom 'बट्टा लगाना'?
Q41mediummcqHindiSSC GD2026
What is the meaning of the idiom 'मैदान मारना'?
Q42mediummcqHindiSSC GD2026
निम्नलिखित में से उस विकल्प का चयन करें जो 'चिकना घड़ा' मुहावरे का अर्थ व्यक्त करता है।
Q43easymcqHindiCompetitive Exam2026
Select the exact proverb () that matches the contextual meaning: "An insider who knows household secrets can cause maximum destruction/damage."
Q44mediummcqEnglish LanguageMock Test2026
Select the most appropriate idiom that can substitute the underlined words in the given sentence.
I know you're blaming me for all that has happened but wasn't at fault alone.
Q45easymcqHindiCompetitive Exam2026
What does the popular idiom 'अंगारे बरसना' (Angare Barasna) signify?
Q46easymcqHindiCompetitive Exam2026
What is the literal/contextual meaning of the phrase 'अंधेर नगरी' (Andher Nagari)?
Q47easymcqEnglish LanguageSSC Selection Post 2021 Matriculation Level2026
Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
On purpose
Q48easymcqEnglish LanguageSSC Selection Post 2021 Matriculation Level2026
Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
The lion's share
Q49easymcqEnglish LanguageSSC Selection Post 2021 Matriculation Level2026
Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
By and large
Q50easymcqEnglish LanguageSSC Selection Post 2021 Matriculation Level2026
Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
No love lost
Q51mediummcqEnglish LanguageGeneral English Practice2026
Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Midhuna was nineteen years old, too young to buy the farm.
Q52mediummcqEnglishSSC Staff Selection Commission2026
Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
More or less
Q53mediummcqEnglishSSC Staff Selection Commission2026
Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
On the back burner
Q54mediummcqEnglish LanguageCompetitive Exam2026
Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Fall out with someone
Q55mediummcqEnglish LanguageCompetitive Exam2026
Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Eye wash
Q56easymcqEnglish LanguageMock Test2026
Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment.
Ruby fell victim to the green eyed monster.
Q57mediummcqEnglish LanguageMock Test2026
Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence.
We have been at fours and fives in the office due to network issues.
Q58mediummcqEnglish LanguageMock Test2026
Select the most appropriate idiom that can substitute the underlined words in the given sentence.
Sharon doing the work all by herself? Seems like it is possible, but is very unlikely to happen.
Q59mediummcqEnglish LanguageCompetitive Exam2026
Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Once for all
Q60mediummcqEnglish LanguageCompetitive Exam2026
Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Full of beans
Q61mediummcqEnglish LanguageCompetitive Exam2026
Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow
Why does a person become overconfident? The reason lies in over assessment of his capabilities. Sometimes people over assess their competence and jump into situations that are beyond their control.
Napoleon Bonaparte who became Emperor of France would say that the word ‘impossible’ was common only amongst fools. The overconfident Napoleon invaded Russia in the winter of 1812. This proved to be a big disaster.
Overconfidence generally leads people into misadventures, endangering their chances in life. It is wisely said that any achievement is a result of two factors – one’s personal planning and support from the external world. Overconfident people take into account only their planning, generally ignoring external factors. As a result they are unable to foresee future developments. Hence, there is a greater risk of failure.
Then there is the question: how can one manage overconfidence? The formula is very simple. Before taking a decision discuss the matter with other informed people with an objective mind and when it is proved that you are about to go off the path, accept reality and say without delay, “I was wrong”.
Overconfidence is a flaw characterising people who lack the virtue of modesty. Modesty makes you a realist; you become a person who is cut down to size. People of this kind become very cautious; before taking an action they assess the whole situation. They adopt a realistic approach.
Overconfident people live within their own thoughts. They know themselves but they are unaware of others. Living inside their own cell they are unable to make use of the experiences of others. This kind of habit is highly damaging to all concerned.
There is a saying that the young man sees the rule and the old man sees the exception. With a slight change, I would like to say that the overconfident person sees the rule and the confident person sees the exception. Overconfident people are always at risk. It is said that taking risk is good but it must be well calculated, otherwise it becomes very dangerous.

'cut down to size' means to:
Q62mediummcqEnglish LanguageSSC CGL2026
Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom in the following sentence.
Dinisha visits her mother once in a blue moon.
Q63mediummcqEnglish LanguageSSC CGL2026
Select the most appropriate idiom to fill in the blank.
Taking the summer job proved to be ________ for Anand's visa applications.
Q64mediummcqEnglish LanguageGeneral English Practice Test2026
Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom.
Everybody was surprised to see that he fell flat even after arduous efforts.
Q65mediummcqEnglish LanguageMock Test2026
Select the idiom that means the same as the underlined segment in the given sentence.
She forgot to apply for her internship abroad due to the ongoing marriage preparations she had to help with and now that opportunity is lost.
Q66easymcqEnglish LanguageMock Test2026
Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom.
The boss of our organisation is considered a jack of all trades.

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