Idioms and Phrases · English · NDA

Be bad news

Back to the drawing board

Be in the eye of the storm

Life in the fast lane

To pass the buck

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The lion's share

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Spill the beans

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Cook someone's goose

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Disappear into thin air

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Put the screws on

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Sit on the fence

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Be as sharp as a tack

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From pillar to post

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Heath Robinson

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As thick as thieves

Directions : Item in this section has a sentence with three parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part. Indicate your response in the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter, i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).

A bird in the hand (a) / is better than (b) / two in the bush. (c) / No error (d)

Directions : Given below are some idioms/phrases followed by four alternative meanings for each. Choose the most appropriate answer from among the options (a), (b), (c) and (d).

A queer fish

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Eat like a bird  

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Lock horns 

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Early bird 

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Be in the pink

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Be in the running 

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A sea change 

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A pearl of wisdom 

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Be in seventh heaven 

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Be in the red 

Directions : Given below are some idioms/phrases followed by four alterative meanings to each. Choose the most appropriate answer from among the options (a), (b), (c) and (d).

Directions : Given below are some idioms/phrases followed by four alterative meanings to each. Choose the most appropriate answer from among the options (a), (b), (c) and (d).

Directions : Given below are some idioms/phrases followed by four alterative meanings to each. Choose the most appropriate answer from among the options (a), (b), (c) and (d).

Directions : Given below are some idioms/phrases followed by four alterative meanings to each. Choose the most appropriate answer from among the options (a), (b), (c) and (d).

Directions : Given below are some idioms/phrases followed by four alterative meanings to each. Choose the most appropriate answer from among the options (a), (b), (c) and (d).

Directions : Given below are some idioms/phrases followed by four alterative meanings to each. Choose the most appropriate answer from among the options (a), (b), (c) and (d).

Directions : Given below are some idioms/phrases followed by four alternative meanings to each. Choose the most appropriate answer from among the options (a), (b), (c), and (d).

Directions : Given below are some idioms/phrases followed by four alternative meanings to each. Choose the most appropriate answer from among the options (a), (b), (c), and (d).

Directions: Given below are some idioms/phrases followed by four alternative meanings to each. Choose the most appropriate answer from among the options (a), (b), (c), and (d).

Directions : Given below are some idioms/phrases followed by four alternative meanings to each. Choose the most appropriate answer from among the options (a), (b), (c), and (d).

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Overstep the mark

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Palsy-walsy friends

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Open a Pandora's box

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Pull your socks up

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To get under somebody's skin

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Direction: Choose the response, whichever is the most appropriate expression and mark your response in your answer sheet accordingly.

Direction: Choose the response, whichever is the most appropriate expression and mark your response in your answer sheet accordingly.

Direction: Choose the response, whichever is the most appropriate expression and mark your response in your answer sheet accordingly.

Direction: Read each sentence to find out whether there is an error in any underlined part and indicate your response in the answer sheet against the corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).

If you say that someone (a)/ you admire has feet of clay (b)/ you mean that he or she has hidden faults. (c)/ No error.(d)