Simplified guide of MCQs for Exams, Interviews

Sub Topic: Idioms and Phrases

1 .  To cross swords

  • A. To fight
  • B. To defend
  • C. To kill

Correct Answer:

To fight


2 .  A snake in the grass

  • A. Unrecognizable danger
  • B. Unforeseen happening
  • C. Irreliable person

Correct Answer:

Unrecognizable danger


3 .  To give up the ghost

  • A. To die
  • B. To become rational
  • C. To suffer

Correct Answer:

To die


4 .  Hobson's choice

  • A. Feeling of insecurity
  • B. Accept or leave the offer
  • C. Feeling of strength
  • D. Excellent

Correct Answer:

Accept or leave the offer


5 .  To talk through one's hat

  • A. To talk loudly
  • B. To talk Nonsense
  • C. To talk Wisdom
  • D. To speak at random
  • E. To speak fluently

Correct Answer:

To talk Nonsense


6 .  To be at daggers drawn

  • A. To be frightened
  • B. To be ready to face danger
  • C. To threaten one
  • D. To be bitter enemy

Correct Answer:

To be bitter enemy


7 .  To turn up one's nose at thing

  • A. To show eagerness to have some thing
  • B. To show indifference
  • C. To treat it with contemptuous dislike or disgust
  • D. To start to grapple with it

Correct Answer:

To treat it with contemptuous dislike or disgust


8 .  To save one's face

  • A. To hide oneself
  • B. To oppose
  • C. To evade disgrace
  • D. To say plainly

Correct Answer:

To evade disgrace


9 .  To split hours

  • A. To sidetrack the issue
  • B. To quarrel over trifles
  • C. To indulge in over refined arguments
  • D. To find fault with others

Correct Answer:

To indulge in over refined arguments


10 .  To wash One's dirty linen in public

  • A. To criticise one's nature in public
  • B. To quarrel in the open
  • C. To do some ugly work in public
  • D. To discuss dirty and scandalous matters of personal nature in the presence of strangers

Correct Answer:

To discuss dirty and scandalous matters of personal nature in the presence of strangers