CUET 2024 Idioms and Phrases MCQ Question Answers – 50 MCQs for Practice

CUET 2024 Idioms and Phrases MCQ Question Answers for Various Entrance Exams

Idioms and Phrases MCQs– Practice the Idioms and Phrases MCQs suitable for various Entrance Exams including CUET. Idioms and Phrases questions are very helpful for various competitive exams. CUET is a Common University Entrance Test that is now mandatory to take admission to Central Universities in India. Idioms and Phrases questions are based on the latest CUET exam pattern 2024 and other entrance exams, so that you can have a fair idea about exam trends that will be followed for various entrance exams.

Choose the correct meaning of the given idiom from the options

Q. In each of the following questions an idiomatic expression and its four possible meanings are given. Find out the Correct Meaning of the idiomatic expression and mark the number of that meaning as your answer.

Idiom

1. Turn the Tables

a.To welcome

b.Give Warning

c.To take revenge

d.To reverse the condition

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2. In Vogue

a.Out of use

b.In Fashion

c.Vaguely used

d.Never used

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3. Cry for the Moon

a.To wish for something accessible

b.None of above

c.To try to have something by bad means

d.To wish for something impossible

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4. All at sea

a.Drowning

b.Puzzled

c.Very happy

d.Out of reach

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5. Left no stone unturned

a.did very irrelevant things

b.Resorted to illegitimated practices

c.Took no pains

d.used all available means

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6. Give the cold Shoulder

a.to Scold

b.to ignore

c.to insult

d.to abuse

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7. Away with the Fairies

a.Very sad

b.Shocking stage

c.Not facing reality

d.On the basis of reality

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8. Bed of Roses

a.Dull life

b.Very soft bad

c.Full of Joys

d.Belong to something

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9. By Hook or by Crook

a.By request

b.By Permission

c.By noble means

d.By any means

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10. Bring to light

a.Disclose

b.Probe

c.Highlight

d.Prove

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11. Small Fry

a.Peon

b.A small creature

c.Person or thing of little importance

d.Humorous

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12. Scream blue Murder

a.Someone is being murdered and has become blue

b.Suffer from persecution complex

c.Make a great deal of noise and protest intensely

d.Someone has been murdered with some blue liquid

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13. Die in Harness

a.Die in the battlefield

b.Die on a horse back

c.Die with honour

d.Die while still working

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14. Give a wide berth

a.Not Sympathise from

b.Keep away from

c.Publicly Condemn

d.Give publicity to

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15. In Cold Blood

a.Deliberately

b.Ruthlessly

c.Boldly

d.Coldly

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16. Beating around the bush

a.Avoiding the main topic

b.to discuss something

c.to beat someone

d.to break the bushes

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17. Spill the beans

a.to chop vegetables

b.to throw things

c.to disclose a secret

d.to keep a secret

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18. Stew in his own juice

a.Make a stew

b.Boil

c.Suffer due to one's own act

d.Suffer in his own juice

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19. To be hard up

a.To act excitedly

b.To look depressed

c.To keep starvation away

d.To be short of money

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20. Cut to the quick

a.Surprised

b.Irritated

c.Hurt intensely

d.Annoyed

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21. Break the Ice

a.To win a prize

b.To win some one heart

c.To speak first after long silence

d.To do something with courage

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22. Green Thumb

a.To have a natural interest in gardening

b.One has a green tattoo on thumb

c.One is artistic

d.One's nails are painted green

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23. No love lost

a.intense dislike

b.Close friendship

c.a love hate relationship

d.cool indifference

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24. Crocodile Tears

a.True Tears

b.Very angry

c.Very sad

d.Insincere Tears

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25. Hand in Glove

a.Constantly fighting

b.Associates in some action

c.Very close to each other

d.Suspicious of each other

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26. Ace in the hole

a.A secret strength

b.Playing card

c.Lucky charm

d.Indifference

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27. To eat humble pie

a.To go to ruins

b.To apologize

c.To spread rapidly

d.To be earnest

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28. Take with a pinch of salt

a.To accept with doubt

b.To be a little sad

c.To be a little happy

d.Related to food

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29. A man of straw

a.A very active person

b.A worthy fellow

c.A man of no substance

d.An unreasonable person

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30. Piece of cake

a.Something that is easy to understand or do

b.to eat sweets

c.a slice of cake

d.a rare occasion

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31. To cry wolf

a.To be astonished

b.To give false alarm

c.To turn pale

d.To come to what is most important

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32. Once in a blue moon

a.Something that happens very rarely

b.something that happens everyday

c.many years ago

d.Moon is blue in colour

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33. To pick holes

a.To destroy something

b.To find some reason to quarrel

c.To criticise someone

d.To cut some part of an item

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34. Play to the Gallery

a.Cater to the public taste

b.attempt to appeal to popular taste

c.advertise

d.depend upon the public for approval

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35. Go off at a Tangent

a.Forget things in between

b.Go on at great length

c.Become boisterous

d.Change the subject immediately

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36. Cry over spilt milk

a.to fight with someone

b.Complain about a loss or failure

c.to cry without any reason

d.to spoil milk

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37. To take to one's heels

a.To have concern

b.To act against one's own interest

c.To assault

d.To run away

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38. A pig in a poke

a.Accept deal due to threat

b.Accept deal after analysis

c.Accept deal without knowing details

d.Accept deal in pressure

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39. Far Cry

a.Out of reach

b.a long way off

c.an abstract idea

d.an impractical idea

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40. Rolling in Money

a.Very Rich

b.Borrowing money liberally

c.Wasting a lot of money

d.Spending more than income

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41. Apple Pie Order

a.In perfect order

b.In random order

c.Related to Dry fruit packing

d.Related to fruits packing

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42. Backstairs Influence

a.Political Influence

b.Secret and unfair influence

c.Deserving and proper influence

d.Backing Influence

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43. Have a feet of Clay

a.Very Innocent

b.No Noise of Walking

c.Full of Faults

d.Hiding something

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44. A Snake in the Grass

a.A treacherous Person

b.An unexpected misfortune

c.An Unforeseen Danger

d.A secret enemy

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45. A wild goose chase

a.A fuss over a trifling matter

b.To speak boastfully of oneself

c.To be insentive to criticism

d.An absurdly hopeless enterprise

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46. Plough a lonely Furrow

a.Do without the help of others

b.Remain unaffected

c.Survive in isolation

d.Remain Non-aligned

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47. To end in smoke

a.To ruin oneself

b.To excite great applause

c.To overcom someone

d.To make completely understand

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48. Blow own trumpet

a.Flatters

b.Admonishes others

c.Praises Himself

d.Praises others

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49. On the wane

a.At its Peak

b.Growing More

c.At rock bottom

d.Growing less

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50. To smell a rat

a.To suspect foul dealings

b.To be in a bad mood

c.To get bad small of a bad dead rat

d.To see signs of plague epidemic

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