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: “Be worlds apart”

A) To sustain affection despite living very far away

B) To go from heaven to hell.

C) Be very different.

D) Travel a very long distance.

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

A) Catch someone with color on his hands.

B) Be warned of imminent danger.

C) Apprehend someone in the course of wrongdoing

D) Successfully accomplish a difficult physical task

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

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

B) Be a lover of non-vegetarian delicacies.

C) Be easily confused over small issues.

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

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

A) Discuss or consider something at length.

B) Talk while eating.

C) Grab what belongs to someone else.

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

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5. 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) An upcoming storm.

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

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

A) Some people are born tough.

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

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

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

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

A) To give up on a difficult person.

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

C) To cheat with someone.

D) To fire someone from a job.

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

A) A text which nourishes your soul.

B) A beautiful poem.

C) A book that is close to your heart.

D) A confusing or confused mixture of things.

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

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

B) Be grateful for what one has.

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

A) Pray hard for your wishes.

B) To happen in the way you had hoped.

C) Daydream about success.

D) Be finally proved that you were right.

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

A) Some children will seek attention by crying.

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

C) Those children are likable who dress neatly.

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

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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) With only the slightest chance of success.

C) A prayer can move mountains.

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

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

A) To lose someone in a huge crowd.

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

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

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

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

A) Listen to somebody’s grievances.

B) Keep thinking about some person.

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

D) Alleviate someone’s anxiety.

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

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

B) A person who dresses shabbily.

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

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

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

A) Be in the same difficult circumstances as others

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A) Be brave and face risks for the team.

B) Be very polite.

C) Given or allowed by.

D) Do a philanthropic act forcefully.

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

A) To have important jobs to do.

B) Have an ulterior motive.

C) One cannot cut wood with a blunt axe.

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

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

A) When an evil plan is hatched, criminals agree

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

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

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

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

A) At a very odd time.

B) At the last moment.

C) Luckily have sufficient time to wrap up things.

D) Very late at night.

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

A) Be very arrogant.

B) To pass bodily gases.

C) Float like a bird.

D) Broadcast over the radio or on TV.

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

A) Used to apologize for swearing.

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

C) Used to make a flimsy excuse.

D) Used when you give up easily.

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