Exercise No. 7.
Choose the correct meaning of the following idioms//idiomatic phrases out of the given alternatives.
1. To steal the show.
- To gain popularity.
- To rob someone of his wealth.
- To leave the show stealthily.
- To send someone out of show.
2. To show the door.
- To extricate someone from service.
- To escort someone up to door.
- To repair the house door.
- To exaggerate about self.
3. To push to the corner.
- To make someone insignificant.
- To fight with someone.
- To make a physical assault.
- To defeat someone in wrestling.
4. To eat a humble pie.
- To eat a coarse food.
- To eat delicious food.
- To commit mistake and apologize.
- To give food to the poor.
5. Above board.
- To travel by a ship.
- To cross all the limits.
- To go on a voyage.
- Fair without any doubt.
Answers: 1.A 2.A .3.A .4.C 5.D.
Exercise No. 8.
Choose the correct meaning of the following idioms//idiomatic phrases out of the given alternatives.
1. Over head and ears.
- To cover one’s face.
- To work very hard.
- Completely, in all respects.
- To make one’s all efforts.
2.On the brink of.
- To be very intimate.
- To go stray.
- To be very close to
- To stroll on river side.
3. To grease one’s palm.
- To bribe someone.
- To help the needy person.
- To massage one’s hand.
- To make an irritating gestures.
4. A Lion’s share.
- A major share.
- An act of bravery.
- Food for a lion.
- A cage for a lion.
5. Out and out.
- In a drunken condition.
- Completely
- To drink wine..
- To turn someone out of home.
Answers: 1.C 2.C 3.A 4.A 5.B.
Exercise No. 9.
Out of four alternatives given for idioms/phrases underlined in the following sentences, choose one which expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
- When his brother returned from the factory, he lookedlike a duck in a thunder storm.
- A. Very handsome.
- B. Very tired.
- C. Very enthusiastic
- D. Distressed.
2. Ignoring his father’s warnings to him, he burnt his fingers by interfering in John’s affairs.
- A. Got ashamed of
- B. Got himself into trouble
- C. Suffered monetary loss.
- D. burnt his hand in fire.
- I found his father having a cold feet in starting a new business.
- A. Very confident about
- B. Too much interested
- C. reluctant
- D. Over enthusiastic.
- He had to eat a humble pie in starting a row with his neighbour over a trifle.
- A. To feel sorry and apologise for a wrong
- B. to take simple food
- C. To remain without food
- D.To be punished for doing something wrong.
- By disobeying the orders of his boss, John stirred up a hornet’s nest.
- A. To get severe punishment.
- B. To invite a trouble
- C. To make a protest
- D.To be imprisoned.
Answers: 1.D. 2.B. 3.C. 4.A. 5.B.
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