Idioms and Phrases MCQs

Question 1

To bring one's eggs to a bad market

Accepted Answer

To fail in one's plan because one goes to the wrong people for help

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To face a humiliating situation

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To bring one's commodities to a market where there is no demand for them

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To show one's talents before audience which is incapable of appreciating them

Question 2

To split hours

Accepted Answer

To indulge in over-refined arguments

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To sidetrack the issue

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T quarrel over trifles

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To find faults with others

Question 3

To play fast and loose

Accepted Answer

To be undependable

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To trust others

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To cheat people

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To hurt somebody's feelings

Question 4

A snake in the grass

Accepted Answer

Unrecognisable danger

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Secret or hidden enemy

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Unforeseen happening

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Irreliable person

Question 5

To have an easy time of it

Accepted Answer

To live in quiet and comfort

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To take the world lightly

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To indulge in frivolities

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To squander away resources

Question 6

A chip off the old block

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Characteristics of one's ancestors

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A piece of wood

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An old friend

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A good bargain

Question 7

To hit below the belt

Accepted Answer

To harm unfairly

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To work confidentially

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To strike at the exact position

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To hit the correct mark

Question 8

To wash one's dirty linen in public

Accepted Answer

To discuss dirty and scandalous matters of personal nature in the presence of strangers

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To criticise one's nature in public

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To quarrel in the open

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To do some ugly work in public

Question 9

To wrangle over an ass's shadow

Accepted Answer

To quarrel over trifles

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To act in a foolish way

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To waste time on petty things

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To do something funny