Directions (1-15): Four alternatives are given for the Idioms/Phrase printed in bold. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of Idiom/Phrase.
Q1. Airs and Graces
(a) Good from bad
(b) False way of behaving
(c) Lose control
(d) Free oneself from
Q2. Out of elbow
(a) Poor
(b) Stupid
(c) Talented
(d) Crazy
Q3. Rub shoulders
(a) To get warm
(b) Mix
(c) To find fault
(d) To fight
Q4. Pine away
(a) Fall ill and die on account of sorrow
(b) Sleep before midnight
(c) Improve fast
(d) Hide facts
Q5. On the carpet
(a) Of rare excellence
(b) Out of spirits
(c) Under consideration
(d) Entirely
Q6. Come Cropper
(a) Fall heavily
(b) End quarrel
(c) Be undecided
(d) Keep silence
Q7. Cast down
(a) Make evident
(b) Deject
(c) To complete
(d) To publish
Q8. Economy with the truth
(a) Falsehood
(b) To be truthful
(c) To trust easily
(d) Get hurt by speaking the truth
Q9. To a hair
(a) In short
(b) Exactly
(c) To be in a danger
(d) To remove
Q10. Laugh like a drain
(a) Laugh loudly
(b) To laugh while crying
(c) To build something
(d) To hide and laugh
Q11. King of terrors
(a) A great king
(b) A soldier
(c) Death
(d) A person who doesn’t fear of anyone.
Q12. Jog-away, jog-off
(a) Get away
(b) To come closer
(c) To get something useful
(d) Mock at
Q13. Mend or end
(a) To be greedy
(b) Improve or finish
(c) To agree
(d) To end something
Q14. The cut of one’s jib
(a) Personal appearance
(b) The salary paid to someone in his job
(c) To be dismissed from a job
(d) Out of order
Q15. In the air
(a) To hand in
(b) In Circulation
(c) To fight over something
(d) To be famous
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