bcafamilyIdioms and phrases
The idiomatic phrase “Spick and Span” means?
Wisdome and foresight
Watch the weather
spotlessly clean
Deceive somebody
What do you mean by Novel ___________ ?
Short prose
A long fictional prose with many characters
A short narrative prose
A literary work on the stage
What the term Short Story stands for:
A long prose fiction
A story of figurative language
A story of many characters
A short prose fiction
To”Jazz Up” means to___________?
Go faster
Make something more exciting
Make a lot of noise
Be Strong
“All Hours” means___________?
At Regular Times
At Irregular Times
Every Hour
None of these
Idiom “A slap on the wrist” means?
Hard Punishment
Beating Someone
Warning or Small Punishment
Make someone sad
Idiom “To cut long story short” means?
Tell the story briefly
Come to the point
Miss the main points
None of above
“En-route” means_________?
oneway direction
On the way
Long distance
None of these
Idiom ” To make amend for” means___________?
Make possible effort
To compensate for damage
To bring chance in something
None of these
“Brain Drain” means__________?
Mad Person
Migration Of Skilled Person To Other Country
Emigration Of Intellectuals
None
The idiom “To burry the hatchet” mean?
To make peace
To make a foolish choice
To make a wrong decision
To lose something
Idiom “Tie the knot” means?
Friendship
Getting married
Enmity
Criticism
The Government ruled by Women is called?
Petticoat government
Corporatocracy
Patriarchy
None of these
“Hold one’s horse” means__________?
Keep one’s expectations
Keep one’s gift
Have patience
High on energy
“Give cold shoulder” means__________?
To support
Cold meat
To ignore
Shiver
To catch a tartar means:
To meet with disaster
To catch a dangerous person
To deal with a person who is more than one’s match
None of above
To make clean breast of means
To gain prominence
To praise oneself
To destroy before it blooms
To confess without of reserves
She turned heads wherever she went. What does the idiom/phrase “turn heads” mean?
too pleased
get angry
attract a lot of attention
not knowing what to say
My friend is a couch potato. What does the idiom/phrase “couch potato” means?
active person
busy person
lazy person
angry person
He Was all at sea when he began his new Job.What does idiom / phrase “at sea” means __________?
happy
sad
puzzled
triumphant
She goes to her mother’s house off and on. What does idiom / phrase “off and on” means
frequently
rarely
occasionally
sometimes
“Feel blue” means _________?
Feel Sad
Feel happy
Feel energetic
Feel angry
“Fender bender” means ________ ?
A mammoth car accident
A Huge car accident
A small car accident
A major car accident
“Black and blue” _____________ ?
Full of bruises
A poor plan
False sense of happiness or success
Something that is not understandable
“A litmus test” means __________ ?
A decisively indicative test
False sense of happiness or success
Something that is not understandable
To show dislike or disappointment through facial expressions
“when pigs fly” means ______?
something that is easy to do
raining very heavily
something that will never happen or is impossible
miss the chance
"cats and dogs" means _________?
Raining very heavily
Easy option
Very rarely
one who presents a counter argument
“Keep at bay” means ______________.
Keep in mind
Keep at a distance
Keep thinking about something
Keep at the sea-shore
"At the drop of the hat" means____________?
As soon as it was spoken
Done easily, without any preparation
Done in an instant
After something is done
“Your guess is as good as mine” means __________?
Join a popular trend or activity
To hear something from the authoritative source
To know the answer
To have no idea
“Wild goose chase” _________?
A foolish and hopeless search for or pursuit of something unattainable
To take credit for something someone else did
To not take what someone says too seriously; to treat someone’s words with a degree of skepticism
A phrase implying that one is not proficient at performing a particular task and that they should not try to perform the task professionally
“Spill the beans” ________ ?
Frivolously performing a simple task
Reveal someone’s secret
To stop something at an early stage
Frivolously performing a simple task
“Get your goat” means _____?
To pacify someone
To irritate someone
To soothe someone
To Hug someone
“Best of both worlds” means ________?
A phrase implying that a person is never satisfied with their current situation; they think others have it better
People’s intentions can be judged better by what they do than by what they say
A situation wherein someone has the privilege of enjoying two different opportunities
Just the information I have on the subject
“An arm and a leg” means _________?
Full throttle; at maximum speed
Very cheap or inexpensive. A little amount of mone
Very expensive or costly. A large amount of money
One made powerless or ineffective, as by nerves, panic, or stress
“Achilles’ heel” means ________?
To action a task; to initiate work
A metaphor for a fatal weakness in spite of overall strength
A hidden or secret strength, or unrevealed advantage
To endure a painful or unpleasant situation that is unavoidable
“A hot potato” means _________?
The one tiny drawback that ruins it
To go to bed to sleep
To find fault with something that has been received as a gift or favor
A controversial issue or situation that is awkward or unpleasant to deal with
“Like a sitting duck” means________________?
Lazy
Fat
Sleepy
Ignorant
blows his own trumpet
flatters
praises others
admonishes others
praises himself
In the armed forces, it is considered a great privilege to “die in harness”.
die on a horse back
die in the battlefield
die while still working
die with honour
He “passed himself off” as a noble man.
Was regarded as
Pretended to be
Was thought to be
Was looked upon
He could be easily arrested because the police were tipped off in a advance. tipped off means _____________?
Toppled over
Bribed
Given advance information
Threatened
To smell a rat _______?
To see signs of plague epidemic
To get bad small of a bad dead rat
To suspect foul dealings
To be in a bad mood
A man of straw _________?
A man of no substance
A very active person
A worthy fellow
An unreasonable person
To put one’s hand to plough __________?
To take up agricultural farming
To take a difficult task
To get entangled into unnecessary things
Take interest in technical work
“Hornet’s nest” means:___________?
A bee’s house
A violent situation
A good situation
A dangerous place
To end in smoke ________?
To make completely understand
To ruin oneself
To excite great applause
To overcome someone
Pull your socks up:
To get ready
To finish
To start
To improve
