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: “Great minds think alike”

A) When an evil plan is hatched, criminals agree

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

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

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

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

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

B) An upcoming storm.

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

D) A profound or notable transformation.

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

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

B) Be grateful for what one has.

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

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

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4. 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 on which everything seems to go wrong.

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

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

A) A person who dresses shabbily.

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

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

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

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

A) To fire someone from a job.

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

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: “Be on the air”

A) Float like a bird.

B) To pass bodily gases.

C) Broadcast over the radio or on TV.

D) Be very arrogant.

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

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

B) Used to apologize for swearing.

C) Used to make a flimsy excuse.

D) Used when you give up easily.

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

A) To go from heaven to hell.

B) Be very different.

C) To sustain affection despite living very far away

D) Travel a very long distance.

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

A) With only the slightest chance of success.

B) A prayer can move mountains.

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

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

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

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

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

C) Those children are likable who dress neatly.

D) Some children will seek attention by crying.

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

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

B) One cannot cut wood with a blunt axe.

C) Have an ulterior motive.

D) To have important jobs to do.

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

A) To fly like a bird or a plane.

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

C) Harmful gaseous effluents from a factory.

D) To be likely to happen.

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

C) To lose someone in a huge crowd.

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

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

A) Successfully accomplish a difficult physical task

B) Be warned of imminent danger.

C) Apprehend someone in the course of wrongdoing

D) Catch someone with color on his hands.

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

A) Listen to somebody’s grievances.

B) Alleviate someone’s anxiety.

C) Keep thinking about some person.

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

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

A) Pray hard for your wishes.

B) Be finally proved that you were right.

C) To happen in the way you had hoped.

D) Daydream about success.

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

C) Some people are born tough.

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

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

A) Discuss or consider something at length.

B) Talk while eating.

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

D) Grab what belongs to someone else.

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

A) Be very polite.

B) Do a philanthropic act forcefully.

C) Be brave and face risks for the team.

D) Given or allowed by.

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

A) At a very odd time.

B) At the last moment.

C) Very late at night.

D) Luckily have sufficient time to wrap up things.

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

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

B) A solution which is worse than the problem.

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

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

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

A) Be a lover of non-vegetarian delicacies.

B) Be easily confused over small issues.

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

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

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

A) Be in the same difficult circumstances as others

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

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

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

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