Idioms and Phrases MCQ Set-41
Q401. Let bygones be bygones
A. Neat and tidy
B. Just at the last moment
C. To remember the past
D. To forgive and forget
Answer – D. To forgive and forget
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Q402. Factory owners are protesting because they think that the government has ________ of plastic manufacturing companies by closing their factories in big cities.
A. Separated the wheat from the chaff
B. Made no bones
C. Been barking up the wrong tree
D. Upset the apple cart
Answer –D. Upset the Apple cart
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Q403. The government has decided to ________ GST on some items in order to help small traders.
A. Steer clear of
B. Rollback
C. Wash away
D. Crackdown on
Answer –B. Rollback
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Q404. The ball is in (one’s) court
A. To be responsible for further action
B. To pass the responsibility to another
C. To be fearful of taking any action
D. To risk everything in one venture
Answer – A. To be responsible for further action
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Q405. Come to light
A. To be obscure
B. To be well lit-up
C. To pry a secret
D. To be known publicly
Answer –D. To be known publicly
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Q406. Bend over backward
A. To express sudden shock
B. To exert a lot of effort towards some end
C. To end all activities
D. To confess to a crime
Answer – B. To exert a lot of effort toward some end
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Q407. Cat’s whiskers
A. A very easy matter
B. To be highly impressive
C. To be very determined
D. Difficult to understand
Answer – B. To be highly impressive
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Q408. “To play ducks and drakes.”
A. To use recklessly
B. To change places
C. To be friendly
D. To act cleverly
Answer –A. To use recklessly
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Q409. The residents of my colony _______ in trying to find out about the increasing number of car thefts.
A. Hit a purple patch
B. Hit the sack
C. Beat about the bush
D. Pulled all the stops
Answer – C. Beat about the bush
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Q410. “At daggers drawn.”
A. Deceiving somebody
B. Without hope
C. Friendly with each other
D. Bitterly hostile
Answer – D. Bitterly hostile
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