Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.A piece of cake
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Cock-and-bull story
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“Sell like hot cakes “

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In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.
To breast the tape
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Fit as a fiddle
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Select the most appropriate idiom for the underlined segment in the sentence given below.

Most of the people say that some people fight for the cause but most of them don’t support it.
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Up for grabs
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Having a soft spot for
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Aurangzeb, the famous Mughal ruler, found that he had caught someone more powerful than him in the form of the brave Maratha, Shivaji.
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Ace in the hole
(CHSL Exam 2024 Tier I)

Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom that can be substituted in the following sentence.
The fate of the accused hangs in the balance.

(Constable GD Examination 2022)

Identify the meaning for the given idiom.
“hold one’s tongue”
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Over and above
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Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.Make up with (someone)
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Does my name ring a bell for you?

(MTS Non technical and Havaldar Examination 2021)

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.Run errands
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Be Off
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Wipe the floor with someone
(CHSL 2021 Tier I)

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Come hell or high water.

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They didn’t allow him to participate in the programme because he is a bad apple.
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“Keep an ear to the ground”

(Junior Secretariat Assistant)

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.Hanging by a thread.
(MTS Non Tech Havaldar CBIC and CBN Examination 2024 )

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All his friends admired him because he was a straight shooter.
(Combined Graduate Level Examination Tier I )

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.Pie in the sky.
(Social Welfare Inspector)

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An old head on young shoulders
(CHSL Exam 2024 Tier I)

Choose the idiom/phrase that can substitute the highlighted group of words meaningfully.

Please come in and make yourself comfortable.
(Clerk Clerical Typist Class 3 (Administrative Services))

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A kick in the teeth
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Qualifying for JEE Advanced has given Abhikriti a shot in the arm.
(Stenographer Grade C and D Examination 2023)

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At cross purposes
(Combined Graduate Level Examination Tier I 2023)

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Vishnu and Vignesh are always like two peas in a pod.
(CHSL Exam 2024 Tier I)

Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom.
If you want to win the lottery you must have the luck of the devil.
(Office Assistant)

Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom in the following sentence.
I just went to Bali on a backpacking trip and did everything by the ear without any itinerary.
(Combined Graduate Level Examination Tier I 2023)

Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom given in bold in the following sentence.
She is green-eyed with his success.
(CHSL 2021 Tier I)

Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom in the given sentence.Hegoes hard withone and all.
(Stenographer Grade C and D Examination 2024)

In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.

Hammer and tongs
(Junior Judicial Assistant)

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.Diamond in the rough
(Stenographer Grade C and D Examination 2024 )

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Get the axe
(CHSL 2021 Tier I)

Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom.Despite their differences, the counties found common ground andburied the hatchet.
(MTS Non Tech Havaldar CBIC and CBN Examination 2024)

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Safe pair of hands
(CHSL 2021 Tier I)

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Snake in the grass
(CHSL 2021 Tier I)

Which of the following statements correctly uses the idiom 'at the eleventh hour’ by substituting the underlined words?

A. While organizing the event, we realized that we were running short of time.
B. The runner in the third place overtook the ones ahead of him at the last moment and won the race.
C. She believes in planning meticulously well in advance so that there is no exigency later.
D. He disturbed me late at night to inform me of his appointment as the Commissioner.





(IB ACIO II Exe)

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Like a fish out of water
(Constable Cum Driver)

Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom as per the given context.

She gatecrashed the event like a bull in a China shop.

(Employability skills instructor)

Select the most appropriate idiom or phrase to complete the given sentence.

I ________ after a good walk along the beach. The sea air really stimulates my appetite!


(Head Constable Ministerial in Delhi Police Examination 2022)

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Radhika stood by Monica’s side through thick and thin.
(Combined Graduate Level Examination Tier I)

Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom below from the given options.
" Light at the end of the tunnel"
(Laboratory Technician)

Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom in the given sentence.
You better gird up your loins as we are going to meet my family.
(MTS Non technical and Havaldar Examination 2021)

In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.
To set the Thames on fire

(Clerk cum Typist Group C)

Select the most appropriate meaning of the highlighted idiom.

My mother is in raptures over her new stove.

(MTS Non technical and Havaldar Examination 2021)

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Easy money
(CGLE 2021 Tier I)