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Idioms and phrases
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| Q1 ⇒ Dog in the manger A person who prevents others from enjoying something useless to himself [other wrong options] [Discuss in forum] |
| Q2 ⇒ We should give a wide berth to bad
characters. keep away from [other wrong options] [Discuss in forum] |
| Q3 ⇒ At christmas, even the elderly fathers
paint the town red. have a lively time [other wrong options] [Discuss in forum] |
| Q4 ⇒ To take with a grain of salt To take with some reservation [other wrong options] [Discuss in forum] |
| Q5 ⇒ Something up one's sleeve A secret plan [other wrong options] [Discuss in forum] |
| Q6 ⇒ Sumit had to look high and low before he
could find his scooter key. everywhere [other wrong options] [Discuss in forum] |
| Q7 ⇒ The members of the group were at odds
over the selection procedure. in dispute [other wrong options] [Discuss in forum] |
| Q8 ⇒ Hobson's choice Accept or leave the offer [other wrong options] [Discuss in forum] |
| Q9 ⇒ To put somebody in his place To make him humble [other wrong options] [Discuss in forum] |
| Q10 ⇒ He is a plain, simple and sincere man.
He will always call aspade a spade. be outstioken in language [other wrong options] [Discuss in forum] |
| Q11 ⇒ There is no love lost between the two
neighbours. intense dislike [other wrong options] [Discuss in forum] |
| Q12 ⇒ To take the bull by the horns To grapple courageously with a difficulty that lies in our way [other wrong options] [Discuss in forum] |
| Q13 ⇒ To talk shop To talk about business or professional affairs [other wrong options] [Discuss in forum] |
| Q14 ⇒ She rejected his proposal of marriage
point-blank. pointedly [other wrong options] [Discuss in forum] |
| Q15 ⇒ I did not mind what he was saying, he
was only talking through his hat. talking nonsense [other wrong options] [Discuss in forum] |
| Q16 ⇒ To cast pearls before a swine To offer to a a person a thing which he cannot appreciate [other wrong options] [Discuss in forum] |
| Q17 ⇒ To keep one's head above water To keep out of debt [other wrong options] [Discuss in forum] |
| Q18 ⇒ We should guard against our green-eyed
friends. jealous [other wrong options] [Discuss in forum] |
| Q19 ⇒ To give/get the bird To send away [other wrong options] [Discuss in forum] |
| Q20 ⇒ To go at each other hammer and
tongs To argue noisly [other wrong options] [Discuss in forum] |
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