Ankita Roy
IDIOM/PHRASE PRACTICE SET
20 IDIOM/PHRASE PRACTICE SET.
- Question of
Birds of the same feather
- Persons of same caste
- Persons of same colour
- Birds with same type of feather
- Persons of same character
- Question of
The young boy was ‘kicking his hills’ inspite of his mother’s stern warning
- Playing happily
- Kicking someone
- Wasting time
- Passing a gesture of disrespect
- Question of
To put a spoke in one’s wheel
- To repair one’s cycle
- To hinder
- To trip a rider
- To add an extra wheel
- Question of
When Anshul told everyone that he had resigned his job all the members in the family were ‘at their wit’s end’.
- Very serious
- Quite angry
- Quite perplexed
- Absolutely satisfied
- Question of
I shall always remember my ‘alma mater’ with gratitude.
- Institution where I got education
- Teacher who inspired me
- Mother’s loving care
- Kindergarten days
- Question of
To call it a day
- Put off work for another day
- The day was marvellous
- Decide to finish working
- Give the day a name
- Question of
I am going to stay at home because I am feeling ‘under the weather’ today.
- Unhappy
- Depressed
- Irritated
- Sick
- Question of
I did not mind what he was saying, he was only ‘talking through his hat’.
- Talking insultingly
- Talking irresponsibly
- Talking ignorantly
- Talking nonsense
- Question of
Wolf in sheep’s clothing
- Hypocrite
- Wise person
- Foolish
- Quarrelsome person
- Question of
Communicative English is the ‘Achilles’ heel’ for most of the job aspirants.
- Weak spot
- Source of strength
- What they cherish most
- Top priority
- Question of
Donkey’s years
- A decade
- A long time
- A century
- Since school days
- Question of
A stiff necked person
- Honest and open
- An obstinate person
- Ordinary Person
- Quarrelsome person
- Question of
Turn over a new leaf
- Change one’s behaviour for the better
- Read between the pages of a book
- Do a somersault
- Do a new job
- Question of
Winter was so bad that the Nomadic tribesmen found it difficult ‘to keep the wolf from the door’.
- Hunt wild animals
- Escape starvation
- Get woolen clothes
- Walk on ice
- Question of
Gift of the gab
- Receive a precious gift
- Achieve sudden greatness
- Have the ability to adapt
- Have the talent to speak well
- Question of
Bite your tongue
- Talk for a long time
- Be impossible to be understood
- Get bruises in the mouth
- Stop yourself from saying something
- Question of
He has set up his business as he knows the ‘Ins and outs’ of it.
- Usefulness
- Importance
- Details
- Difficulties
- Question of
Hocus-pocus
- Walking in a zigzag manner,especially under the influence of alcohol
- Rich people but who are shallow and greedy
- Doing a job haphazardly
- Meaningless talk or activity, typically designed to trick someone
- Question of
To carry the day
- To postpone to the next day
- To bear grudge
- To win a contest
- To do things in a hurry
- Question of
Saved by the bell
- When time is in your favour
- Saved at the last moment
- The bell rings at the most opportune time
- Prayers are answered when the church bell rings
