IDIOMS AND PHRASE:-
 Finger in the pie- If you have a finger in the pie, you have an interest in something.
Flash in the pan- If something is a flash in the pan; it is very noticeable but doesn't last long, like most singers, who are very successful for a while, then forgotten.
Follow your nose- When giving directions, telling someone to follow their nose means that they should go straight ahead.

Fool's paradise- A fool's paradise is a false sense of happiness or success

Foot in mouth- This is used to describe someone who has just said something
Embarrassing, inappropriate, wrong or stupid

For a song- If you buy or sell something for a song, it is very cheap

Kick up a row- to start a fight, to create disturbance

Keep ones eye on the ball- be ready for something

keep under one's hat: They tried to keep it under their hat but it soon became obvious that she is pregnant.

Keep the bay: He always tries to keep his troubles at bay when he is on holiday.

Kangaroo court- When people take the law into their own hands and form courts that are not legal, these are known as kangaroo court

Pass muster- to be approved

Pick someone to pieces- to criticize sharply

Paper over the cracks- to try to hide something

Put the cart before the horse- doing things in a wrong manner

Pull up the shocks- do things in the right manner and correctly

Parrot fashion- If you learn something parrots fashion; you learn it word for word

Pay on the nail- If you pay on the nail, you pay promptly in cash

Pen is mightier than the sword- The idiom 'the pen is mightier than the sword' means that words and communication are more powerful than wars and fighting

Pick someone’s brains- If you pick someone's brains, you ask them for advice,
Suggestions and information about something they know about

Pieces of the same cake- Pieces of the same cake are things that have the same
Characteristics or qualities

Play fast and loose- If people play fast and loose, they behave in an irresponsible way
And don't respect rules, etc.

                                                                                

                               

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Idioms and Phrases Questions Answers

• 1. At one's wit's end

  1. Perplexed
  2. Clear Up
  3. Explain
  4. Enlighten

   Answer And Explanation

  Answer: Option A

  Explanation:

  Perplexed means cause to feel completely baffled.
  Example: Rahul was at his wit's end to find that his sister has failed

  
  

  
  

• 2. At one's fingertips

  1. To take revenge
  2. Matter of shame
  3. Complete knowledge
  4. None of above

   Answer And Explanation

  Answer: Option C

  Explanation:

  Example: All formula's of quantitative aptitude are at his fingertips.

  
  

• 3. At the spur of the moment

  1. Difficult Moment
  2. Without Delay
  3. Great Moment
  4. Very Slow

   Answer And Explanation

  Answer: Option B

  Example: It is not necessary that we should always reply at the spur of moment in interview, we should think before answer if we are not sure.

  
  

• 4. All in all

  1. Every person
  2. Particular thing same in all
  3. Call all at once
  4. Most important

   Answer And Explanation

  Answer: Option D

  Example: As she is only girl in a big family, so she is all in all in her home.

  
  

• 5. At close quarters

  1. close examinations
  2. live near to each other
  3. live far to each other
  4. in love

  Answer: Option A

  Example: Real friends never leave us alone in close quarters.

  
  

• 6. Apple Pie Order

  1. In random order
  2. Related to fruits packing
  3. Related to dry fruit packing
  4. In perfect order

   Answer And Explanation

  Answer: Option D

  Example: On the eve of inspection every thing was kept in apple pie order.

  
  

• 7. Above board

  1. boasting person
  2. honest and straightforward
  3. a man with arrogance
  4. a dishonest person

   Answer And Explanation

  Answer: Option B

  Example: Shikha is very popular for her above board conduct.

• 8. As fit as a fiddle

  1. Very weak
  2. Recovering from illness
  3. Looks fit but not fit actaully
  4. None of above

   Answer And Explanation

  Answer: Option D

  Means Strong and healthy 
  Example: He has recovered from illness and now he is as fit as a fiddle.

  
  

• 9. At logger heads

  1. In difficulty
  2. to be at strife
  3. very happy together
  4. None of above

   Answer And Explanation

  Answer: Option B

  Explanation:

  Strife means quarrel, contention, dispute, fight, conflict etc.
  
  Example: All three brothers are at logger heads because of land dispute.

  
  

• 10. An apple of discord

  1. cause of wealth
  2. cause of illness
  3. cause of happiness
  4. cause of quarrel

   Answer And Explanation

  Answer: Option D

  Example: Land is an apple of discord between two brothers.
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 IDIOMS AND PHRASES

1.	To make clean breast of
	A. To gain prominence B. To praise oneself C. To confess without of reserve D. To destroy before it blooms E. None of these Answer: Option C

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2.	To keeps one's temper
	A. To become hungry B. To be in good mood C. To preserve ones energy D. To be aloof from E. None of these Answer: Option B

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3.	To catch a tartar
	A. To trap wanted criminal with great difficulty B. To catch a dangerous person C. To meet with disaster D. To deal with a person who is more than one's match E. None of these Answer: Option B

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4.	To drive home
	A. To find one's roots B. To return to place of rest C. Back to original position D. To emphasise E. None of these Answer: Option D

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5.	To have an axe to grind
	A. A private end to serve B. To fail to arouse interest C. To have no result D. To work for both sides E. None of these Answer: Option A

                                                 

             

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