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. Break the Ice

a.To do something with courage

b.To win some one heart

c.To speak first after long silence

d.To win a prize

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2. By Hook or by Crook

a.By any means

b.By Permission

c.By request

d.By noble means

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3. Die in Harness

a.Die with honour

b.Die in the battlefield

c.Die on a horse back

d.Die while still working

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4. Hand in Glove

a.Suspicious of each other

b.Constantly fighting

c.Very close to each other

d.Associates in some action

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5. 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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6. 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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7. Turn the Tables

a.To take revenge

b.To reverse the condition

c.To welcome

d.Give Warning

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8. Give a wide berth

a.Give publicity to

b.Keep away from

c.Not Sympathise from

d.Publicly Condemn

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9. Cut to the quick

a.Hurt intensely

b.Irritated

c.Surprised

d.Annoyed

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10. To take to one's heels

a.To assault

b.To run away

c.To have concern

d.To act against one's own interest

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11. Far Cry

a.an impractical idea

b.an abstract idea

c.Out of reach

d.a long way off

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12. Cry over spilt milk

a.to cry without any reason

b.Complain about a loss or failure

c.to fight with someone

d.to spoil milk

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13. 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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14. Once in a blue moon

a.Something that happens very rarely

b.Moon is blue in colour

c.something that happens everyday

d.many years ago

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15. To eat humble pie

a.To go to ruins

b.To spread rapidly

c.To apologize

d.To be earnest

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16. Left no stone unturned

a.Resorted to illegitimated practices

b.Took no pains

c.used all available means

d.did very irrelevant things

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17. To end in smoke

a.To excite great applause

b.To overcom someone

c.To ruin oneself

d.To make completely understand

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18. Blow own trumpet

a.Praises others

b.Flatters

c.Praises Himself

d.Admonishes others

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19. Apple Pie Order

a.Related to fruits packing

b.In random order

c.In perfect order

d.Related to Dry fruit packing

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20. On the wane

a.Growing More

b.At rock bottom

c.At its Peak

d.Growing less

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21. Take with a pinch of salt

a.To accept with doubt

b.To be a little sad

c.Related to food

d.To be a little happy

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22. All at sea

a.Out of reach

b.Drowning

c.Very happy

d.Puzzled

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23. In Cold Blood

a.Ruthlessly

b.Boldly

c.Deliberately

d.Coldly

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24. 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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25. To be hard up

a.To act excitedly

b.To be short of money

c.To look depressed

d.To keep starvation away

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26. To cry wolf

a.To give false alarm

b.To turn pale

c.To come to what is most important

d.To be astonished

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27. Give the cold Shoulder

a.to Scold

b.to abuse

c.to insult

d.to ignore

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28. A man of straw

a.A very active person

b.A man of no substance

c.An unreasonable person

d.A worthy fellow

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29. Scream blue Murder

a.Make a great deal of noise and protest intensely

b.Someone is being murdered and has become blue

c.Suffer from persecution complex

d.Someone has been murdered with some blue liquid

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30. Away with the Fairies

a.Not facing reality

b.Shocking stage

c.On the basis of reality

d.Very sad

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31. 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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32. Rolling in Money

a.Spending more than income

b.Borrowing money liberally

c.Very Rich

d.Wasting a lot of money

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33. No love lost

a.a love hate relationship

b.cool indifference

c.intense dislike

d.Close friendship

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34. Ace in the hole

a.Playing card

b.Indifference

c.Lucky charm

d.A secret strength

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35. Bring to light

a.Highlight

b.Prove

c.Disclose

d.Probe

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36. To pick holes

a.To destroy something

b.To criticise someone

c.To cut some part of an item

d.To find some reason to quarrel

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37. Small Fry

a.A small creature

b.Person or thing of little importance

c.Peon

d.Humorous

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38. Beating around the bush

a.to break the bushes

b.Avoiding the main topic

c.to discuss something

d.to beat someone

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39. Have a feet of Clay

a.Full of Faults

b.No Noise of Walking

c.Very Innocent

d.Hiding something

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40. Bed of Roses

a.Dull life

b.Very soft bad

c.Belong to something

d.Full of Joys

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41. Spill the beans

a.to disclose a secret

b.to throw things

c.to keep a secret

d.to chop vegetables

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42. Play to the Gallery

a.attempt to appeal to popular taste

b.advertise

c.depend upon the public for approval

d.Cater to the public taste

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43. Plough a lonely Furrow

a.Do without the help of others

b.Survive in isolation

c.Remain Non-aligned

d.Remain unaffected

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44. In Vogue

a.Never used

b.Out of use

c.In Fashion

d.Vaguely used

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45. A Snake in the Grass

a.An Unforeseen Danger

b.An unexpected misfortune

c.A treacherous Person

d.A secret enemy

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46. A pig in a poke

a.Accept deal after analysis

b.Accept deal in pressure

c.Accept deal due to threat

d.Accept deal without knowing details

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47. Stew in his own juice

a.Boil

b.Suffer due to one's own act

c.Suffer in his own juice

d.Make a stew

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48. Backstairs Influence

a.Political Influence

b.Deserving and proper influence

c.Backing Influence

d.Secret and unfair influence

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49. Crocodile Tears

a.Very sad

b.Insincere Tears

c.True Tears

d.Very angry

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50. Cry for the Moon

a.To try to have something by bad means

b.To wish for something accessible

c.None of above

d.To wish for something impossible

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