Exercise-15

Direction—Choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given idiom/proverb.

1.a wet blanket

(A) a cold blanket

(B) a person who spoils the joy of others

(C) a dealer of blankets

 (D) bringing a blanket when it is raining

2. in cold blood

 (A) freezing blood

(B) blood made cold by ice-cream

 (C) deliberately, without provocation

(D) shivering with cold

3. a bookworm

(A) excessively fond of reading

(B) a worm found in the book

(C) the writer of a book

(D) a bookseller

4. to break in

(A) interval in a 1 V serial

(B) to tame

(C) to demolish

 (D) to steal something

5. to kick the bucket

 (A) to throw away a bucket

 (B) to buy a bucket

(C) to sell a bucket

 (D) to die

6. capital punishment

(A) the punishment is given in New Delhi

(B) the capital in a bank

(C) death penalty

 (D) the main city in a country

7. chicken-hearted

(A) heart of a chicken

 (B) a non-vegetarian person

 (C) a poultry farmer

 (D) weak and cowardly person

8. cock and bull story

 (A) the friendship between a cock and a bull

(B) a true story

 (C) an imaginary story

(D) the story told by a bull to a cock

9. a daredevil

(A) a friend of a devil

(B) a fearless and reckless person

 (C) a cowardly person

(D) a loving person

10. at the eleventh hour

 (A) at the last moment

(B) before time

 (C) about to die

(D) doing something quickly

11. To put one on one’s mettle

(A) To rouse one to do one’s best

(B) To ruin somebody

(C) To discourage a person

(D) To invite a person to fight

12. To ride hell for Leather

 (A) To ride with furious speed

(B) To adopt false means to succeed

(C) To work hard for a small accomplishment

(D) To earn money by all means

13. To speak daggers

(A) To abuse someone

(B) To indulge in voracious talks

(C) To speak to a person with hostility

 (D) None of these

14. Be in the mire

(A) Be under debt

 (B) Be in love

 (C) Be In difficulties

 (D) Be uneasy

15. To give a rap on the knuckles

(A) To eulogies

(B) To chastise

(C) To condemn

 (D) To rebuke  

ANSWERS1

1.(B)        2. (C)

3. (A)      4. (B)

5. (D)      6. (C)

7. (D)      8. (C)

9. (B)      10. (A)

11. (A)    12. (A)

13. (C)    14. (C)

15. (D)

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