CUET 2025 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 2025 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.

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1. To smell a rat

a.To suspect foul dealings

b.To be in a bad mood

c.To see signs of plague epidemic

d.To get bad small of a bad dead rat

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2. 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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3. Blow own trumpet

a.Praises others

b.Praises Himself

c.Flatters

d.Admonishes others

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4. To cry wolf

a.To give false alarm

b.To be astonished

c.To come to what is most important

d.To turn pale

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5. Backstairs Influence

a.Secret and unfair influence

b.Backing Influence

c.Political Influence

d.Deserving and proper influence

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6. In Cold Blood

a.Boldly

b.Ruthlessly

c.Coldly

d.Deliberately

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7. Crocodile Tears

a.Insincere Tears

b.Very angry

c.Very sad

d.True Tears

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8. A man of straw

a.A worthy fellow

b.A very active person

c.An unreasonable person

d.A man of no substance

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9. Bed of Roses

a.Very soft bad

b.Dull life

c.Full of Joys

d.Belong to something

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10. Apple Pie Order

a.In perfect order

b.Related to Dry fruit packing

c.Related to fruits packing

d.In random order

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11. Away with the Fairies

a.Very sad

b.Shocking stage

c.On the basis of reality

d.Not facing reality

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12. Green Thumb

a.One is artistic

b.One's nails are painted green

c.One has a green tattoo on thumb

d.To have a natural interest in gardening

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13. Give the cold Shoulder

a.to insult

b.to abuse

c.to ignore

d.to Scold

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14. Spill the beans

a.to throw things

b.to keep a secret

c.to disclose a secret

d.to chop vegetables

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15. Take with a pinch of salt

a.Related to food

b.To be a little happy

c.To be a little sad

d.To accept with doubt

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16. Cut to the quick

a.Irritated

b.Annoyed

c.Hurt intensely

d.Surprised

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17. To end in smoke

a.To excite great applause

b.To ruin oneself

c.To make completely understand

d.To overcom someone

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18. Rolling in Money

a.Wasting a lot of money

b.Very Rich

c.Spending more than income

d.Borrowing money liberally

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19. Break the Ice

a.To win some one heart

b.To win a prize

c.To do something with courage

d.To speak first after long silence

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20. Have a feet of Clay

a.No Noise of Walking

b.Hiding something

c.Very Innocent

d.Full of Faults

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21. By Hook or by Crook

a.By Permission

b.By request

c.By any means

d.By noble means

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22. In Vogue

a.In Fashion

b.Never used

c.Out of use

d.Vaguely used

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23. Give a wide berth

a.Keep away from

b.Publicly Condemn

c.Give publicity to

d.Not Sympathise from

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24. Die in Harness

a.Die in the battlefield

b.Die on a horse back

c.Die while still working

d.Die with honour

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25. Small Fry

a.Person or thing of little importance

b.Humorous

c.Peon

d.A small creature

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26. A Snake in the Grass

a.An unexpected misfortune

b.A treacherous Person

c.A secret enemy

d.An Unforeseen Danger

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27. Go off at a Tangent

a.Become boisterous

b.Go on at great length

c.Change the subject immediately

d.Forget things in between

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28. 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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29. Cry over spilt milk

a.to fight with someone

b.to cry without any reason

c.to spoil milk

d.Complain about a loss or failure

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30. To eat humble pie

a.To apologize

b.To spread rapidly

c.To go to ruins

d.To be earnest

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31. Bring to light

a.Probe

b.Highlight

c.Disclose

d.Prove

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32. To be hard up

a.To be short of money

b.To look depressed

c.To act excitedly

d.To keep starvation away

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33. Cry for the Moon

a.None of above

b.To wish for something accessible

c.To try to have something by bad means

d.To wish for something impossible

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34. Play to the Gallery

a.depend upon the public for approval

b.advertise

c.Cater to the public taste

d.attempt to appeal to popular taste

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35. Stew in his own juice

a.Boil

b.Make a stew

c.Suffer due to one's own act

d.Suffer in his own juice

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36. Turn the Tables

a.To welcome

b.To reverse the condition

c.To take revenge

d.Give Warning

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37. A wild goose chase

a.An absurdly hopeless enterprise

b.To be insentive to criticism

c.To speak boastfully of oneself

d.A fuss over a trifling matter

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38. Far Cry

a.a long way off

b.an impractical idea

c.Out of reach

d.an abstract idea

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39. No love lost

a.intense dislike

b.a love hate relationship

c.Close friendship

d.cool indifference

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40. To pick holes

a.To cut some part of an item

b.To destroy something

c.To criticise someone

d.To find some reason to quarrel

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41. A pig in a poke

a.Accept deal due to threat

b.Accept deal without knowing details

c.Accept deal in pressure

d.Accept deal after analysis

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42. On the wane

a.At rock bottom

b.At its Peak

c.Growing More

d.Growing less

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43. Once in a blue moon

a.Moon is blue in colour

b.many years ago

c.Something that happens very rarely

d.something that happens everyday

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44. Ace in the hole

a.Lucky charm

b.Indifference

c.Playing card

d.A secret strength

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45. Left no stone unturned

a.Resorted to illegitimated practices

b.did very irrelevant things

c.Took no pains

d.used all available means

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46. Hand in Glove

a.Very close to each other

b.Constantly fighting

c.Associates in some action

d.Suspicious of each other

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47. Plough a lonely Furrow

a.Do without the help of others

b.Survive in isolation

c.Remain unaffected

d.Remain Non-aligned

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48. Scream blue Murder

a.Someone is being murdered and has become blue

b.Make a great deal of noise and protest intensely

c.Suffer from persecution complex

d.Someone has been murdered with some blue liquid

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49. All at sea

a.Very happy

b.Puzzled

c.Out of reach

d.Drowning

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50. Piece of cake

a.Something that is easy to understand or do

b.to eat sweets

c.a rare occasion

d.a slice of cake

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