idiom or phrase
प्रश्न 1 directions: For each of the following sentences four alternatives are given. You are required to choose the correct meaning of the idiom or phrase given underlined in the sentence.
To go overboard
(अ) To tell people about someone’s secrets
(ब) To encourage someone in his bad times
(स) To do too much of something
(द) Once in a life-time
प्रश्न 2 The sales manager tried every trick in the book to sell the flat to my uncle, but they failed -
(अ) Try every possible way
(ब) Not ready to bargain
(स) Try to give the least discount
(द) Stuck in the midway
प्रश्न 3 Funny how you can get a bee in your bonnet about the most unlikely matters -
(अ) go wild
(ब) obsessed with an idea
(स) speak succinctly
(द) stay up
प्रश्न 4 Suganya stood by her husband in weal and woe.
(अ) during the operation
(ब) during illness
(स) by hook or crook
(द) in prosperity and adversity
प्रश्न 5 Give meaning of the following idiom :
A man of straw
(अ) A man of no substance
(ब) A very active person
(स) A worthy fellow
(द) A reasonable person
प्रश्न 6 Give meaning of Idiom : Cry Wolf
(अ) To give false alarm
(ब) To refer to
(स) To emphasise
(द) To have no result
प्रश्न 7 Give meaning of Idiom
At loggerheads
(अ) very happy together
(ब) in difficulty
(स) to be at strife
(द) None of these
प्रश्न 8 Give meaning of idiom
At one’s wit’s end
(अ) Perplexed
(ब) Clear up
(स) Explain
(द) Enlighten
प्रश्न 9 Complete the following sentence with the most appropriate word:
She could hardly __________ laughing.
(अ) keep on
(ब) keep up
(स) keep from
(द) keep down
प्रश्न 10 Complete the phrasal verb in the following sentence:
Many parents were at the railway station to see ...... their children.
(अ) away
(ब) at
(स) off
(द) after
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