SSC IDIOMS AND PHRASES QUIZ 2

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SSC IDIOMS AND PHRASES QUIZ 2

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1. Choose the correct meaning of the Proverb/Idiom: “Chew something over”

A) Talk while eating.

B) Take a large bite, more than you can eat.

C) Discuss or consider something at length.

D) Grab what belongs to someone else.

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2. Choose the correct meaning of the Proverb/Idiom: “A bad hair day”

A) A day when you forget to comb your hair.

B) Don’t worry over hair loss or else you will lose more.

C) A day which has a bad start will eventually become better.

D) A day on which everything seems to go wrong.

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3. Choose the correct meaning of the Proverb/Idiom: “By courtesy of”

A) Do a philanthropic act forcefully.

B) Be brave and face risks for the team.

C) Be very polite.

D) Given or allowed by.

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4. Choose the correct meaning of the Proverb/Idiom: “Count one’s blessings”

A) Be grateful for what one has.

B) To be blessed with the best things in life.

C) Something which you thought lucky turns out to be bad luck.

D) Keep a track of your wealth or else you may lose it.

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5. Choose the correct meaning of the Proverb/Idiom: “A diamond in the rough”

A) Someone or something with potential or talent but lacking training or polish

B) A person who dresses shabbily.

C) A person of character will shine through even in tough times

D) A diamond will shine out even when it is not polished.

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6. Choose the correct meaning of the Proverb/Idiom: “Be on the air”

A) Broadcast over the radio or on TV.

B) Be very arrogant.

C) Float like a bird.

D) To pass bodily gases.

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7. Choose the correct meaning of the Proverb/Idiom: “To quit on someone”

A) To stop helping someone, especially when the support is needed.

B) To fire someone from a job.

C) To cheat with someone.

D) To give up on a difficult person.

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8. Choose the correct meaning of the Proverb/Idiom: “Alphabet soup”

A) A book that is close to your heart.

B) A confusing or confused mixture of things.

C) A beautiful poem.

D) A text which nourishes your soul.

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9. Choose the correct meaning of the Proverb/Idiom: “At the eleventh hour”

A) Very late at night.

B) At the last moment.

C) At a very odd time.

D) Luckily have sufficient time to wrap up things.

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10. Choose the correct meaning of the Proverb/Idiom: “Great minds think alike”

A) When an evil plan is hatched, criminals agree

B) Said to those people who don’t like each other to make them agree

C) Said when two people have the same opinion or make the same choice

D) Intelligent people will think of plans to which everybody will say yes

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11. Choose the correct meaning of the Proverb/Idiom: “A sea change”

A) A profound or notable transformation.

B) Someone who appears turbulent on the outside but is actually calm deep inside

C) As you go deeper into the situation, you will see a very different picture

D) An upcoming storm.

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12. Choose the correct meaning of the Proverb/Idiom: “Be worlds apart”

A) Be very different.

B) To go from heaven to hell.

C) Travel a very long distance.

D) To sustain affection despite living very far away

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13. Choose the correct meaning of the Proverb/Idiom: “In the same boat”

A) Be in the same difficult circumstances as others

B) When the option that you have is equally bad as the situation you are in

C) Big and small boats suffer the same fate in a storm.

D) Life, like the river, throws the same challenges for all boats

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14. Choose the correct meaning of the Proverb/Idiom: “On a wing and a prayer”

A) The more one gets into prayer, the closer one feels to God.

B) A prayer can move mountains.

C) A prayer has the strength to make you achieve great heights just like wings do.

D) With only the slightest chance of success.

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15. Choose the correct meaning of the Proverb/Idiom: “The nitty-gritty”

A) The most important aspects or practical details of a subject or situation.

B) The low-level dirty job which is left to the lowermost subordinates.

C) Those with grit and determination will not be defeated.

D) Some people are born tough.

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16. Choose the correct meaning of the Proverb/Idiom: “Come true”

A) Daydream about success.

B) Be finally proved that you were right.

C) To happen in the way you had hoped.

D) Pray hard for your wishes.

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17. Choose the correct meaning of the Proverb/Idiom: “An axe to grind”

A) To have important jobs to do.

B) A weapon is useful only when it is sharp.

C) One cannot cut wood with a blunt axe.

D) Have an ulterior motive.

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18. Choose the correct meaning of the Proverb/Idiom: “Catch red-handed”

A) Apprehend someone in the course of wrongdoing

B) Catch someone with color on his hands.

C) Be warned of imminent danger.

D) Successfully accomplish a difficult physical task

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19. Choose the correct meaning of the Proverb/Idiom: “Be in the air”

A) To be likely to happen.

B) Harmful gaseous effluents from a factory.

C) When an emotion or idea is on everyone’s mind.

D) To fly like a bird or a plane.

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20. Choose the correct meaning of the Proverb/Idiom: “Chicken out”

A) Be a lover of non-vegetarian delicacies.

B) Quickly move from one position to another in a game of chess or war

C) Be easily confused over small issues.

D) To decide not to do something because you are too frightened.

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21. Choose the correct meaning of the Proverb/Idiom: “Excuse my French”

A) Used to make a flimsy excuse.

B) Said when one cannot speak the language of the other person correctly.

C) Used to apologize for swearing.

D) Used when you give up easily.

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22. Choose the correct meaning of the Proverb/Idiom: “Silver bullet”

A) A solution which is worse than the problem.

B) A simple and seemingly magical solution to a complicated problem

C) A very expensive solution used only as the last measure

D) A thing of beauty but which is actually deadly.

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23. Choose the correct meaning of the Proverb/Idiom: “Ease somebody’s mind”

A) Keep thinking about some person.

B) Have the capacity to understand the person’s thoughts.

C) Alleviate someone’s anxiety.

D) Listen to somebody’s grievances.

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24. Choose the correct meaning of the Proverb/Idiom: “Children should be seen and not heard”

A) Those children are likable who dress neatly.

B) Some children will seek attention by crying.

C) The voice of children is often drowned in the company of adults.

D) Children should not speak in the presence of adults.

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25. Choose the correct meaning of the Proverb/Idiom: “A drop in the ocean”

A) A very small amount compared with what is needed or expected.

B) To lose someone in a huge crowd.

C) A scolding that has no effect on a stubborn person.

D) Even a small gesture means a lot to a needy person.

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