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SSC - Idiom & Phrases Test 267
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  • Question 1/10
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    Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

    Get your act together

    Solutions

    The idiom “Get your act together” means to organize yourself and your activities in a more effective way in order to achieve something.

    Example: He needs to get his act together if he is going to pass.

    Hence, option B is the correct answer.

  • Question 2/10
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    Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

    Vanish into thin air

    Solutions

    The idiom “Vanish into thin air” means to disappear suddenly in a mysterious way.

    Example: At a stroke, he could make things vanish into thin air.

    Hence, option C is the correct answer.

  • Question 3/10
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    Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

    Throw caution to the wind

    Solutions

    The idiom “Throw caution to the wind” means to stop caring about how dangerous something might be i.e. to start taking risks.

    Example: He threw caution to the wind and dived into the water after the child.

    Hence, option C is the correct answer.

  • Question 4/10
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    Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

    Once and for all

    Solutions

    The idiom “Once and for all” means now and for the last time; finally or completely.

    Example: We need to settle this once and for all.

    Hence, option A is the correct answer.

  • Question 5/10
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    Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

    Twist someone's arm

    Solutions

    The idiom “Twist someone's arm” means to persuade or force someone to do something.

    Example: We do not want to go the park for morning walk, but our parents twisted our arm.

    Hence, option D is the correct answer.

  • Question 6/10
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    Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

    To call the shots

    Solutions

    The idiom “To call the shots” means to be the person who controls a situation.

    Example: Everyone in the meeting agreed that it is up to Ramesh to call the shots.

    Hence, option C is the correct answer.

  • Question 7/10
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    Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

    At a snail's pace

    Solutions

    The idiom “at a snail's pace” means very slowly.

    Example: I set off at a snail’s pace to conserve my energy for later in the race.

    Hence, option C is the correct answer.

  • Question 8/10
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    Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

    Bear the brunt

    Solutions

    The idiom Bear the brunt means to receive the main force of something unpleasant.

    Example: Schools will bear the brunt of cuts in government spending.

    Hence, option D is the correct answer.

  • Question 9/10
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    Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

    Behind closed doors

    Solutions

    The idiom Behind closed doors means without the public being allowed to attend or know what is happening; in private.

    Example: The meeting between the two politicians held behind closed doors.

    Hence, option D is the correct answer.

  • Question 10/10
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    Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

    At loggerheads

    Solutions
    The idiom “at loggerheads” means to disagree very strongly with something or someone.

    e.g. The party is at loggerheads with the president over public spending.

    Hence, option B is the correct answer.

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