C) A brief preview of something

C) Has a good effect even though at first it seemed it would be bad

B) Exact details or precise information

Idioms Quiz | Set - 03 | 25 Questions for SSC CGL, CHSL, CDS, NDA, BANK, Teaching Exams, IBPS, SBI, Air force, Navy

Q: 1 Behind the eight ball

A) Playing pool or billiards
B) Having eight balls as a possession
C) In a favourable position
D) In a difficult or disadvantaged position

Q: 2 In a nutshell

A) in the cold
B) in a nutshell
C) in the long run
D) in a fortnight

Q: 3 Sneak peek

A) To try something new
B) To be in a winning position
C) A brief preview of something
D) Sending a brief letter

Q: 4 Blessing in disguise

A) Has a very good effect on a situation or a thing
B) When things get better and better when least expecting it
C) Has a good effect even though at first it seemed it would be bad
D) When a simple solution solves a problem very well

Q: 5 Asking for trouble

A) Put off
B) Beat around the bush
C) Asking for trouble

Q: 6 In a soup

A) To exhibit cowardice
B) To get nothing
C) Extremely short of money
D) In trouble

Q: 7 Gone down the drain

A) Through thick and thin
B) Beat the drum
C) Gone down the drain
D) In the same boat

Q: 8 Beyond a shadow of a doubt

A) Beyond a shadow of a doubt
B) Off on the wrong foot
C) Through thick and thin
D) Benefit of doubt

Q: 9 Chapter and verse

A) Buying the pig in a poke
B) Exact details or precise information
C) Cast pearls before they swine
D) Beating about the bush

Q: 10 Change horses in midstream

A) Change horses in midstream
B) In seventh heaven
C) Spill the beans
D) Break a leg

Q: 11 Forty winks

A) a short sleep
B) a secret signal
C) a deep sleep
D) a long leave

Q: 12 Breathing down one’s neck

A) Break a leg
B) Run out of steam
C) In the dark
D) Breathing down one’s neck

Q: 13 Bitten off more than he could chew

A) bitten off more than he could chew
B) taken it with a grain of salt
C) cut corners
D) played by the ear

Q: 14 Cut from the same cloth

A) belong to the same family
B) to be of a similar nature
C) to share resources
D) to come from the same source

Q: 15 Hornet’s nest

A) Unpleasant result
B) Secret policy
C) Dangerous idea
D) Raising controversy

Q: 16 Dance to the tunes

A) Make it big
B) Hands are tied
C) Dance to the tunes
D) Till the cows come home

Q: 17 Bring to book

A) calm someone
B) punish someone
C) support someone
D) teach someone

Q: 18 Lose your marbles

A) be nervous
B) go insane
C) lose respect
D) miss an opportunity

Q: 19 Stab you in the back

A) to stab you in the back
B) to get all bent out of shape
C) to paint the whole town red
D) to blow his trumpet

Q: 20 Lie in the bed you have made

A) Face the unpleasant consequences of your own acts
B) Sleep in your own bed
C) To ignore what someone is saying
D) Sleep on the bed you made yourself

Q: 21 Bid defiance to

A) Big fish
B) Blew over
C) Beyond the pale
D) Bid defiance to

Q: 22 Kick the bucket

A) Be happy
B) Be sad
C) To die
D) To be ill

Q: 23 Split one’s sides

A) undergo a surgery
B) scream in pain
C) meet with an accident
D) be extremely amused

Q: 24 Two heads are better than one

A) Two people working together are more effective than one person working alone
B) You can’t always get what you want
C) When the going gets tough, the tough gets going
D) Two wrongs don’t make a right

Q: 25 Out of gear

A) Need of the hour
B) Pin-money
C) Not functioning properly
D) Lock and key

Idioms Quiz Set – 03

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