Idioms and Phrases MCQs
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A man of straw _________?
- A. No substance
- B. Active person
- C. Worthy fellow
- D. Unreasonable person
To leave someone in the lurch _________?
- A. Compromise with someone
- B. Source of annoyance
- C. Put someone at ease
- D. Desert in difficulties
To pick holes _________?
- A. Find a reason to quarrel
- B. Destroy something
- C. Criticize someone
- D. Cut part of an item
To put one’s hand to plough __________?
- A. Start farming
- B. Take a difficult task
- C. Get into unnecessary things
- D. Take interest in tech work
To end in smoke ________?
- A. Understand completely
- B. Ruin oneself
- C. Excite applause
- D. Overcome someone
To cry wolf __________?
- A. Listen eagerly
- B. Give false alarm
- C. Turn pale
- D. Avoid starvation
To have an axe to grind ___________?
- A. Private motive
- B. Fail to arouse interest
- C. No result
- D. Work for both sides
To make clean breast of ________?
- A. Gain prominence
- B. Praise oneself
- C. Confess without reserve
- D. Destroy before it blooms
“Hornet’s nest” means:___________?
- A. Bee’s house
- B. Violent situation
- C. Good situation
- D. Dangerous place
“Never-never land” means:_____________?
- A. Ideal place
- B. Dream land
- C. Worthless place
- D. Useless situation
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