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Phrases and Idioms

1.	What is the meaning of ‘White Elephant’?

An elephant of white colour

A hoarder

A black marketer

A very costly or troublesome possession

2.	Which of the following phrasal verbs means ‘blame and criticize’?

come heavily on

fall down on

come down on

fall heavily on

3.	Find out the correct meaning of ‘A hard nut to crack’

Difficult

Not easy

Tartap

Difficulty

4.	Which of the following is a correct proverb?

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Fools rush in where an angel fears to tread.

A fool rushes in where an angle fears to tread.

Fools rush in where the angels fear to tread.

5.	There are ----- dangerous deivers.

a very lot of

very many of

very much of

a lot of

6.	To keep one’s head----

to save oneself

to be self respectful

to keep calm

None of these

7.	Only those who are not serious to their success work by ---- and starts.

long odds

against time

every inch

fits

8.	Choose the appropriate meaning of the idiom ‘Swan song’?

First work

Last work

Middle work

Early work

9.	All his dreams were nipped in the bud. Here nipped in the bud’ means-----

Fulfilled

Were like buds of floower

cherished well

Destroyed at the beginning

10.	Not many people can commit such a heinous crime in cold blood. ---- what dose the italicized idiom above mean?

in cool brain and calculated thought

so patiently and thoughtfully

so impatiently and thoughtlessly

stirred by sudden emotion

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