Directions(1-10): In the following sentences, select the correct meaning of the given idioms which is in bold segment
Question 1: Due to unchecked inflation, the poor are living a dog’s life.
Option 1: to do something which causes you harm
Option 2: deceitful actions
Option 3: very miserable life
Option 4: extremely severe law
Question 2: Come to the point.
Don’t draw a long bow.
Option 1: to waste one’s energy
Option 2: to face opposition
Option 3: to tell large stories or to exaggerate
Option 4: nectar of life
Question 3: I have kept some money in the bank for the rainy days.
Option 1: precaution for emergency
Option 2: to express one’s thoughts or feelings
Option 3: to progress/ advance
Option 4: to overcome
Question 4: News of his cold blooded murder is very much in the air.
Option 1: from thirteen to nineteen years of age
Option 2: in circulation/ in people’s thoughts
Option 3: to be in favour with a person,
Option 4: to take advantage of the problems of others
Question 5: We must keep ourselves abreast of the latest development in technology
Option 1: in a moment/in no time
Option 2: to keep going on actively
Option 3: To keep someone at a distance
Option 4: not to fall behind
Question 6: Our neighbours laughed in their sleeves when they saw my grand father wearing a pair of fashionable googles.
Option 1: to laugh secretly
Option 2: to make all possible efforts
Option 3: to be defeated
Option 4: to pursue or chase
Question 7:The doctor could not make the head or tail of his illness.
Option 1: to understand
Option 2: at every place
Option 3: to be prepared for compromise
Option 4: to face a difficult situation between two problems
Question 8: In my board examination I put my pen to paper without wasting a second.
Option 1: to start writing
Option 2: to be prepared for hard work
Option 3: not proving sufficient, shortage of money/ something
Option 4: a small unintentional mistake in writin
Question 9: The new manager thought that he would give employees enough rope for the first six months after which he would check the work done himself
Option 1: many directives and order
Option 2: sufficient advice
Option 3: all the material they needed
Option 4: enough freedom for action
Question 10: He was all at see when he began his new job
Option 1: happy
Option 2: sad
Option 3: puzzled
Option 4: triumphant
Answers:
Ans 1: very miserable life
Explanation: dog’s life- very miserable life
Ans 2: to tell large stories or to exaggerate
Explanation: draw a long bow- to tell large stories or to exaggerate
Ans 3: precaution for emergency
Explanation: for the rainy days - precaution for emergency
Ans 4: in circulation/ in people’s thoughts
Explanation: in the air- in circulation/ in people’s thoughts
Ans 5: not to fall behind
Explanation: keep ourselves abreast of- not to fall behind
Ans 6: to laugh secretly
Explanation: Laugh in one’s sleeves - to laugh secretly
Ans 7: to understand
Explanation: make the head or tail - to understand,
Ans 8: to start writing
Explanation: pen to paper- to start writing
Ans 9: enough freedom for action
Ans 10: Puzzled
