Exercise-16
Direction—Choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given idiom/proverb.
1.bailing out
(A) pleasing
(B) protecting
(C) promoting
(D)helping
2. made amends
(A)suffered
(B) regretted
(C) felt
(D) compensated for wrong or damage
3. winds of change
(A) changing conditions
(B) different weather
(C) the hurricane
(D) deteriorating state
4. fight shy of
(A) avoid
(B) feel ashamed of
(C) be afraid of
(D) hesitate
5. show my hand
(A) forget and forgive
(B) fight it out
(C) agree to a settlement
(D) reveal my plan of action
6. in the same boat
(A) travelling by boat
(B) to work as a sailor
(C) to be in the same circumstances or misfortunes
(D) to repair the boat
7. to stand aloof
(A) not to mix with others
(B) to stand on the roof
(C) to make friendship
(D) to fight
8. to backbite a person
(A) to cut on the back
(B) to speak ill of someone
(C) to put a cloth on the back
(D) to praise someone
9. to beat about a bush
(A) beat a person near a bush
(B) talk properly
(C) talk in a precise way
(D) to talk in a roundabout manner
10. to bell the cat
(A) to give a medal to a cat
(B) to make a cat a pet animal
(C) to do something dangerous
(D) to chase away a cat
11. In a delicate state
(A) hanging in balance
(B) hanging in fire
(C) looming large
(D) hanging by a hair
12. At bottom
(A) at last
(B) in the end
(C) from beneath
(D) inwardly
13. In abeyance
(A) in absence
(B) in no time
(C) in a nutshell
(D) in suspension
14. With might and main
(A) big blow
(B) hard blow
(C) with full vigour
(D) penetrating
- Ina jam
(A) bad
(B) in trouble
(C) hindrance
(D) eatable
Answers:-
1.(B) 2. (D)
3. (A) 4. (A)
5. (D) 6. (C)
7. (A) 8. (B)
9. (D) 10. (C)
11.C 12.D
13.D 14.D
15.C
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