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IDIOMS AND PHRASES (BACKUP) MCQs

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Question 2101. For each of the following sentences four alternatives are given. You are required to choose the correct meaning of the idiom or phrase given or underlined in the sentence. To haul over the coals

To say the wrong words
To put to task
To put hand in a wrong task
To throw into the fire

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Answer: Option B. -> To put to task

Question 2102. For each of the following sentences four alternatives are given. You are required to choose the correct meaning of the idiom or phrase given or underlined in the sentence. To give chapter and verse for a thing

To attach artificial value to a thing
To make publicity of a thing
To eulogize the qualities of a thing
To produce the proof of something

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Answer: Option D. -> To produce the proof of something

Question 2103. For each of the following sentences four alternatives are given. You are required to choose the correct meaning of the idiom or phrase given or underlined in the sentence. To hit the jackpot

To gamble
To become bankrupt
To make money unexpectedly
To inherit money

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Answer: Option C. -> To make money unexpectedly

Question 2104. For each of the following sentences four alternatives are given. You are required to choose the correct meaning of the idiom or phrase given or underlined in the sentence. To lose face

To be helpless
To be humiliated
To look vacant
To look angry

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Answer: Option B. -> To be humiliated

Question 2105. For each of the following sentences four alternatives are given. You are required to choose the correct meaning of the idiom or phrase given or underlined in the sentence. To be up and doing

To recover from illness
To progress satisfactorily
To be actively engaged
To be expressive and explicit

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Answer: Option C. -> To be actively engaged

Question 2106. For each of the following sentences four alternatives are given. You are required to choose the correct meaning of the idiom or phrase given or underlined in the sentence. To turn the other cheek

To respond to violence with violence
To be indifferent to peace overtures
To sulk and suffer
To respond to violence with non-violence

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Answer: Option D. -> To respond to violence with non-violence

Question 2107. For each of the following sentences four alternatives are given. You are required to choose the correct meaning of the idiom or phrase given or underlined in the sentence. To read between the lines

To read carefully
To grasp the hidden meaning
To concentrate
To suspect

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Answer: Option B. -> To grasp the hidden meaning

Question 2108. For each of the following sentences four alternatives are given. You are required to choose the correct meaning of the idiom or phrase given or underlined in the sentence. To beggars description

None of these
To describe things without care
Beyond one's power to describe adequately
A poor statement

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Answer: Option C. -> Beyond one's power to describe adequately

Question 2109. For each of the following sentences four alternatives are given. You are required to choose the correct meaning of the idiom or phrase given or underlined in the sentence. To turn the tables

To change the sorry scheme
To oppose
To change completely the position of disadvantage
To defeat
To create chaos

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Answer: Option A. -> To change the sorry scheme

Question 2110. For each of the following sentences four alternatives are given. You are required to choose the correct meaning of the idiom or phrase given or underlined in the sentence. To put the cart before the horse