English Aptitude Test on Idioms and Phrases

The Following Section consists of English Aptitude Test Questions on Idioms and Phrases.

In the following questions four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase italicised and underlined in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of idiom/phrase.

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The Following Section consists of English Aptitude Test Questions on Idioms and Phrases.

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1. Question

Sobhraj could be easily arrested because the police were tipped off in a advance.

2. Question

I met him after a long time, but he gave me the cold shoulder.

3. Question

He passed himself off as a noble man.

4. Question

This matter has been hanging fire for the last many months and must therefore be decided one way or the other.

5. Question

In the armed forces, it is considered a great privilege to die in harness.

6. Question

The cricket match proved to be a big draw.

7. Question

When he heard that he had once again not been selected he lost heart.

8. Question

He was undecided. He let the grass grow under his feet.

9. Question

Although he has failed in the written examination, he is using backstairs influence to get the job.

10. Question

Companies producing goods play to the gallery to boost their sales.

11. Question

Since he knew what would happen, he should be left to stew in his own juice.

12. Question

The project did not appear to hold out bright prospects.

13. Question

I am afraid he is burning the candle at both ends and ruining his life.

14. Question

The university will have to shelve its plans for expansion in view of present situation

15. Question

Do no trust a man who blows his own trumpet

16. Question

He is out and out a reactionary.

17. Question

I did not mind what he was saying, he was only through his hat.

18. Question

The case was held over due to the great opposition to it.

19. Question

In the organised society of today no individual or nation can plough a lonely furrow.

20. Question

It was he who put a spoke in my wheel.

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1. Question

It is no longer easy to strike gold in Shakespeare’s research since much work has already been done on him.

2. Question

Sanjay is very different about passing the Civil Services Examination this year.

3. Question

Why must you look a gift horse in the mouth ?

4. Question

Dowry is a burning question of the day.

5. Question

Leaders should not only make speeches they should also be prepared to to bell the cat.

6. Question

The popularity of the yesterday’s superstar is on the wane.

7. Question

He is leaving the country for a good.

8. Question

He is an interesting speaker but tends to go off at a tangent.

9. Question

He sold his house for a song.

10. Question

Despite the trust bestowed on the minister he turned out to be a snake in the grass during the revolution.

11. Question

Women should be paid the same as men when they do the same job, for, surely what is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.

12. Question

The party stalwarts have advised the President to take it lying down for a while.

13. Question

The thief took to his heels when he saw a policeman on the beat.

14. Question

He struck several bad patches before he made good.

15. Question

The accounts of the murder made her flesh creep.

16. Question