Idioms and Phrases - MCQs with answers- Part II
Idioms and Phrases - MCQs with answers- Part II
Choose the right meaning of the following idioms and phrases1. To eat away:a. Finish
b. Corrode
c. Destroy
d. Eat up
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: b. Corrode
Example: The humidity and salt in the atmosphere has eaten away the houses on the beach.
a. To grow
b. Nurture
c. Get a stronger hold on something gradually
d. To flourish
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: c. Get a stronger hold on something gradually
Example: The habit of drinking is growing upon him.
a. Desire
b. Long
c. Far
d. Age
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: a. Desire
Example: I still long for those old days.
a. Quite far away
b. To be in comfortable circumstances
c. Distant
d. Unrelated
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: b. To be in comfortable circumstances
Example: We are quite well off, you need not worry.
a. Dug up
b. Get bored
c. Won
d. Passed time
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: c. Won
Example: The athlete bore away prizes from many events.
a. Advantage over
b. Be better off
c. Take the better things and leave the rest
d. Take advantage of
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: a. Advantage over
Example: He got the better of his partner in that business.
a. Hear from far away
b. Dismiss someone
c. Keep someone out
d. Let someone complete what they are saying
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: d. Let someone complete what they are saying
Example: He knew that nobody would hear him out.
a. Encourage
b. Fabricate
c. Trump card
d. Break
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: b. Fabricate
Example: They trumped up those charges against an innocent.
a. Break
b. Interval
c. Relieve
d. Quarrel
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: d. Quarrel
Example: He has broken with his family since a long time.
a. Keep
b. Kill
c. Save
d. Set
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: c. Save
Example: My parents always keep telling me to put something by for old age.
