Exercise  No. 4.

Choose  the correct meaning of the following idioms//idiomatic phrases out of the given alternatives

1. Lock,stock and barrel.

• A. to wind up one’s business.
• B. To start a  new business.
• C. Complete in all respects.
• D. To go on a long journey.

 

2. Let bygones be bygones.

• A. To accord permission to go.
• B. To forbid anyone to go.
• C. To forget past actions and make a new start.
• D. To act in a negligent & careless way.

 

3. Alma Mater.

• A. Great affection for mother.
• B. To make preliminary arrangements.
• C. To brood over past experience.
• D. Institution where one gets education.

 

4. Loom Large.

• A. To start hosiery business.
• B. To make irrelevant remarks.
• C. To miss an important opportunity.
• D. Fear of some ensuing danger.

 

5. Day in, day out.

• A. To wander during day time.
• B. To roam about at night.
• C. To work day and night.
• D. Daily without fail.

Answers: 1.C  2.C  3.D  4.D  5.D.

 

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Exercise  No. 5.

Choose  the correct meaning of the following idioms//idiomatic phrases out of the given alternatives.

1. To bury the hatchet.

• A. To raise a dispute with someone.
• B. To make agriculture as one’s profession.
• C. To forget old disputes and start new relations
• D. To make irrelevant remarks about someone.

2. To  hope against  hope.

• A. To make a  wrong decision.
• B. To have a great relations
• C. To expect an unexpected thing
• D. To give a false hope.

3. Once in a blue moon.

• A. To  stroll at night.
• B. Something happening rarely.
• C. To work at night.
• D. To be in search of an opportunity.

4. To mince words

• A. To quarrel with some  one.
• B. To make irritating remarks.
• C. To talk in an indirect way.
• D. To praise some one.

5. A hard nut to crack.

• A.  A difficult work to do.
• B.  A nut which cannot be broken.
• C.  To attempt an impossible job.
• D.  A thing which cannot be obtained.

Answers:1.C.  2.C  3.B  4.C  5.A.

 

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Exercise No. 6.

Out of four alternatives given for idioms/phrases underlined in the following sentences, choose one which expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

1. A complete silence prevailed in the hall until the principal of the college broke the ice and started his lecture.

• A.  Inaugurated the event
• B. Invited for light refreshment
• C. Entertained the invitees.
• D. ended the silence.

2. Immediately on joining the office, the new boss brought to book all the employees creating indiscipline in the office and nipped the evil in the bud.

• A. Punished, stopped bad practices in the beginning.
• B. Recorded,awarded C.Created a precedent, awarded fine
• C. Noted down names, downgraded.
• D. Acted swiftly, demoted.

3. All the employees  put their heart and soul to achieve the targets of the institution.

• A.  Paid enough donation.
• B.  Made all out efforts
• C.  Gave good suggestions.
• D.  Fought with each other.

4. When the new boss  joined the office, the office affairs were at sixes and sevens.

• A. In a disarranged way.
• B. Working very efficiently
• C. Dispute among staff members.
• D. Shortage of funds.

5. After getting his promotion, Smith has been putting on airs these days.

• A. Putting on costly clothes.
• B. Travelling by air.
• C. Growing fatter.
• D. To brag about.

 

Answers: 1.D    2.A     3.B     4.A     5.D