CDS - Idioms & Phrases Test 882

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Directions For Questions

Direction: Select the alternative with the correct meaning of the given idiom/phrase.

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An apollo

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An important task

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A place far away

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A very handsome young man

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Good fortune

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Solutions

The idiom ‘an apollo’ means a very handsome young man.

Hence, option C is the correct answer.
Question 2/5
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Directions For Questions

Direction: Select the alternative with the correct meaning of the given idiom/phrase.

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To be snowed under

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Under heavy debt

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To be very busy

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To lose

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D
To do something risky

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Solutions

The idiom ‘to be snowed under’ means to be very busy.

Example: He is absolutely snowed under with a lot of work in the office.

Hence, option B is the correct answer.
Question 3/5
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Directions For Questions

Direction: Select the alternative with the correct meaning of the given idiom/phrase.

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Come across

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To end or discontinue

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To complain loudly against

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Get into fight with someone

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D
Meet or find someone or something by chance.

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Solutions

The phrase ‘Come across’ means to meet or find someone or something by chance.

Example: I came across a strange movie on the television.

Hence, option D is the correct answer.
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Select the alternative with the correct meaning of the given idiom/phrase.
A thorn in the flesh

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Spread quickly

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To run away

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Constant source of annoyance

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D
To copy someone

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Solutions

The idiom ‘A thorn in the flesh’ means a person or thing that repeatedly annoys someone or something or causes problems.

Example: My little sister is such a thorn in the flesh.

Option C – Constant source of annoyance, is the correct meaning of the given idiom.
Question 5/5
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Choose the option which most appropriately expresses the meaning of the given idiom- phrase.
No love lost between.

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Get into trouble with

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In a difficult situation

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Honest

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Not on good terms

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Solutions

No love lost between is used to say when someone is not on good terms or dislike each other.

Sentence Example:

Question 1/5

An important task

A place far away

A very handsome young man

Good fortune

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Under heavy debt

To be very busy

To lose

To do something risky

Question 3/5

To end or discontinue

To complain loudly against

Get into fight with someone

Meet or find someone or something by chance.

Question 4/5

Spread quickly

To run away

Constant source of annoyance

To copy someone

Question 5/5

Get into trouble with

In a difficult situation

Honest

Not on good terms