Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Face the music (SICPO Paper I 2023)

Select the correct meaning of the idiom in bold and italics.
Look, the devil is beating his wife. Do you think we'll see a rainbow?
(SICPO Paper I 2022)

Select the most appropriate idiom for the underlined segment in the given sentence.

I took a quick trip to my cousin’s house before going on vacation to Africa. (SICPO Paper I 2022)

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Once in a blue moon (SICPO Paper I 2022)

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

Ever since he heard the news of his selection, he cannot stand still due to excitement. (Personal Assistant and Senior Personal Assistant)

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Spill the beans (SICPO Paper I 2023)

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Strike up a friendship (Talathi)

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The question came up before the Municipal Corporation last week.
(Selection Post Phase X Higher Secondary Level)

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Go cold turkey. (Talathi)

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It is wise to sit on the fence and not become a party to another World War. (SICPO Paper I 2022)

Identify the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom/phrase.

Step up your game. (Talathi)

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Break a leg (Talathi)

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We dodged a bullet when we didn’t fall for the agents’ words. (SICPO Paper I 2023)

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Once in a blue moon (Talathi)

Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom in the following sentence.

His idea of starting a cafe where only robots will serve food is just a flash in the pan. (Talathi)

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Once in a blue moon (Talathi)

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Get the lion’s share (Talathi)

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A leopard doesn’t change its spots. (Talathi)

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Keep your fingers crossed (Talathi)

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My uncle visits his relatives houses once in a blue moon. (Talathi)

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The dacoit was shot from up close by the police officer.

(SICPO Paper I 2022)

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Up in the air (SICPO Paper I 2022)

Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom below.
“A fish out of water “
(Talathi)

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Not worth a hill of beans (Talathi)

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To be taken by surprise (Talathi)

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The constant noise from the construction site next door is starting to make me extremely angry. (Stenographer Grade C and D Examination 2023)

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Break a leg (Stenographer Grade C and D Examination 2022)

Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom.

They decided to replace the cook as he was doing daylight robbery. His charges were extremely high. (Office Assistant)

Select the most appropriate idiom to fill in the blank.

His constant interruptions during the meeting were ________. (SSA UDC 2020 To 2022 Paper I)

Select the correct meaning of the idiom in bold and italics.
I had a close shave this morning – my car was hit badly by a bull. (SICPO Paper I 2022)

Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom in the given sentence.

I am of two minds about whether I should go to the convention.

(Selection Post Phase X Higher Secondary Level)

Select the idiom that gives the most appropriate meaning of the underlined phrase in the following sentence.

‘Honesty is the best policy’ does not remain valid in the present times of corruption and greed.

(Selection Post Matriculation Level)

Choose the correct meaning of the underlined idiom in the given sentence.
With two toddlers to handle and no house help at her disposal, Shilpa can never put her house in apple-pie order.
(SICPO Paper I 2022)

Select the sentence that has the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Kill two birds with one stone (Selection Post Graduate Level)

Choose the most appropriate idiom for the given situation.

You should carefully watch your toddler when he is playing on a bed. (Regular Field Worker General candidates)

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

I visit my grandparent’s house very rarely. (Personal Assistant and Senior Personal Assistant)

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

He gives advice based on theory rather than practice. So, think carefully before deciding anything. (Personal Assistant and Senior Personal Assistant)

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

A square deal (Paper II English Language and Comprehension)

Read the following passage and answer the question that follows.

One day, I was sitting at my desk in the office, minding my own business and just twiddling my thumbs, when my colleague Tom Jessop came walking towards me. I could feel it in my bones that something was going to happen. Suddenly, out of the blue, and without so much as a by-your-leave, he pulled the power cable out of the back of my computer, switching it off instantly. Before I knew where I was, he was switching it on again, and in next to no time, it was working normally. He explained that he had noticed out of the corner of his eye that I was just about to open an e-mail which he knew contained a dangerous virus, and he reacted quickly to stop me doing it. He explained that he had just opened the infected e-mail himself and that now his computer had completely crashed. To crown it all, he had lost a long, important report he had almost finished. But, would you believe it, I had not saved my work for about an hour, and to cut a long story short, by pulling out my power cable he caused me to lose a report I was writing too, even though he saved me from the virus! However, as luck would have it, I remembered later that I had a copy on my laptop, so everything turned out all right in the end, and all’s well that ends well, at least for me. I lived to tell the tale, but poor old Tom lost everything on his computer. I know it was just one of those things, but still, it just goes to show how you can never trust technology.

Which idiom in the passage means ‘happening in a way that is sudden and unexpected, and does not seem connected with anything that happened before’? (NBEMS RECRUITMENT 2023 Senior Secondary level)

Substitute the underlined idiom with its correct meaning.

My grandfather prefers to work even after retirement as he believes it is better to wear out rather than to rust out. (Naib Tehsildar)

Select the most appropriate idiom for the given phrase.

Completely mistaken (Stenographer Grade C and D Examination 2023)

Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom.
He escaped the train disaster by the skin of his teeth. (Stenographer Grade C and D Examination 2023)

In question, four alternatives are given for the idiom under in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the underlined idiom.
Mr. Avinash is very nice and friendly, but his brother is very toffee-nosed.
(Stenographer Grade C and D Examination 2023)

Select the most appropriate option to complete the idiom in the given sentence.
I have been ________ over the two options in my head and I think we should go with the first one. (Stenographer Grade C and D Examination 2023)

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

By the skin of your teeth (Stenographer Grade C and D Examination 2022)

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Giving a false alarm (MTS Non Technical 2020)

Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom.




Meera visits her best friend only once in a blue moon.
(Junior Assistant (Fire Services))

Select the idiom that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence.

He was bragging about how he bullied the newcomers, I told him in a sarcastic manner that nobody cared. (MTS Non technical and Havaldar Examination 2021)

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Bolt from the blue
(MTS Non technical and Havaldar Examination 2021)

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

A leopard cannot change its spots (MTS Non technical and Havaldar Examination 2021)