Idioms and Phrases English MCQs Online Test 02 for Preparation

1. To turn up one's nose at a thing:

A. to treat it with contemptuous dislike or disgust

B. to start to grapple with it

C. to show indifference

D. to show eagerness to have something

2. To be rolling in money:

A. wasting a lot of money

B. Borrowing money liberally

C. very rich

D. spending more than his income

3. To blow hot and cold:

A. changing weather

B. to be rich and poor frequently

C. to be untrustworthy

D. to be inconsistent

4. To keep the ball rolling:

A. to earn more and more

B. to keep the conversation going

C. to work instantly

D. to make the best use of

5. To read between the lines:

A. to grasp the hidden meaning

B. to cencentrate

C. to suspect

D. to read carefully

6. To be at daggers drawn:

A. to threaten one

B. to be bitten enemy

C. to be ready to face danger

D. to be frightened

7. To set the people by ears:

A. to insult and disgrace the people

B. to excite people to a quarrel

C. to punish heavily

D. to box the people

8. To get into hot waters:

A. to get into trouble

B. to be impatient

C. to be in a confused state of mind

D. to suffer a huge financial loss

9. To lose face:

A. to look angry

B. to be helpless

C. to be humilated

D. to look vacant

10. To hit the jackpot:

A. to make money unexpectedly

B. to become bankrupt

C. to inherit money

D. to gamble

11. To fight to the bitter end:

A. to drink little

B. to fight to the last point of enemy position

C. to carry on a contest regardless of consequences

D. to die fighting

12. To give currency:

A. to make publicly known

B. to originate

C. to misinterpret

D. to bestow impotance

13. To save one's face:

A. to say plainly

B. to oppose

C. to evade disgrace

D. to hide oneself

14. To see eye to eye with:

A. To stare fixedly

B. to agree

C. to take revenge

D. to be angry

15. To play fast and loose:

A. to be winning sometimes and losing at other times

B. to play tricks

C. to play with someone's feelings

D. to beguile others

16. To be lost in the cloud:

A. to meet with one's death

B. to find oneself in a very uncomfortable position

C. to be perplexed

D. to be concealed from view

17. To give a false colouring:

A. to misrepresent

B. to be dishonest

C. to conceal the facts

D. to submit the false report

18. To bite one's lips:

A. to laugh at others

B. to be angry

C. to feel sorry

D. to have double

19. To turn the tables:

A. to oppose

B. to change the sorry scheme

C. to creat chaos

D. to defeat

E. To change completely the position of disadvantage

20. To throw dust in one's eyes:

A. to deceive

B. to show false things

C. to make blind

D. to harm someone

Idioms and Phrases English MCQs Online Test 02 for Preparation

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