CUET 2024 Idioms and Phrases MCQ Question Answers – 50 MCQs for Practice

CUET 2024 Idioms and Phrases MCQ Question Answers for Various Entrance Exams

Idioms and Phrases MCQs– Practice the Idioms and Phrases MCQs suitable for various Entrance Exams including CUET. Idioms and Phrases questions are very helpful for various competitive exams. CUET is a Common University Entrance Test that is now mandatory to take admission to Central Universities in India. Idioms and Phrases questions are based on the latest CUET exam pattern 2024 and other entrance exams, so that you can have a fair idea about exam trends that will be followed for various entrance exams.

Choose the correct meaning of the given idiom from the options

Q. In each of the following questions an idiomatic expression and its four possible meanings are given. Find out the Correct Meaning of the idiomatic expression and mark the number of that meaning as your answer.

Idiom

1. A pig in a poke

a.Accept deal after analysis

b.Accept deal in pressure

c.Accept deal due to threat

d.Accept deal without knowing details

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2. Once in a blue moon

a.something that happens everyday

b.Something that happens very rarely

c.Moon is blue in colour

d.many years ago

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3. Have a feet of Clay

a.No Noise of Walking

b.Very Innocent

c.Hiding something

d.Full of Faults

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4. Give the cold Shoulder

a.to abuse

b.to ignore

c.to Scold

d.to insult

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5. Give a wide berth

a.Give publicity to

b.Not Sympathise from

c.Publicly Condemn

d.Keep away from

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6. A man of straw

a.A very active person

b.A worthy fellow

c.A man of no substance

d.An unreasonable person

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7. A Snake in the Grass

a.An Unforeseen Danger

b.A secret enemy

c.A treacherous Person

d.An unexpected misfortune

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8. Backstairs Influence

a.Deserving and proper influence

b.Backing Influence

c.Secret and unfair influence

d.Political Influence

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9. Beating around the bush

a.to beat someone

b.to break the bushes

c.to discuss something

d.Avoiding the main topic

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10. Scream blue Murder

a.Suffer from persecution complex

b.Make a great deal of noise and protest intensely

c.Someone is being murdered and has become blue

d.Someone has been murdered with some blue liquid

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11. Bring to light

a.Highlight

b.Prove

c.Probe

d.Disclose

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12. Apple Pie Order

a.In random order

b.Related to fruits packing

c.In perfect order

d.Related to Dry fruit packing

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13. Cut to the quick

a.Irritated

b.Surprised

c.Annoyed

d.Hurt intensely

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14. Small Fry

a.A small creature

b.Peon

c.Humorous

d.Person or thing of little importance

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15. Ace in the hole

a.Playing card

b.Lucky charm

c.A secret strength

d.Indifference

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16. Rolling in Money

a.Wasting a lot of money

b.Borrowing money liberally

c.Spending more than income

d.Very Rich

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17. A wild goose chase

a.An absurdly hopeless enterprise

b.To be insentive to criticism

c.A fuss over a trifling matter

d.To speak boastfully of oneself

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18. Turn the Tables

a.To welcome

b.To reverse the condition

c.To take revenge

d.Give Warning

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19. On the wane

a.Growing less

b.Growing More

c.At its Peak

d.At rock bottom

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20. Take with a pinch of salt

a.Related to food

b.To accept with doubt

c.To be a little happy

d.To be a little sad

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21. Left no stone unturned

a.Resorted to illegitimated practices

b.did very irrelevant things

c.used all available means

d.Took no pains

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22. Crocodile Tears

a.Very angry

b.Insincere Tears

c.Very sad

d.True Tears

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23. Stew in his own juice

a.Boil

b.Suffer due to one's own act

c.Suffer in his own juice

d.Make a stew

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24. Plough a lonely Furrow

a.Do without the help of others

b.Survive in isolation

c.Remain Non-aligned

d.Remain unaffected

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25. To pick holes

a.To find some reason to quarrel

b.To criticise someone

c.To cut some part of an item

d.To destroy something

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26. All at sea

a.Out of reach

b.Very happy

c.Puzzled

d.Drowning

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27. Break the Ice

a.To speak first after long silence

b.To do something with courage

c.To win a prize

d.To win some one heart

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28. Play to the Gallery

a.advertise

b.Cater to the public taste

c.attempt to appeal to popular taste

d.depend upon the public for approval

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29. Blow own trumpet

a.Praises Himself

b.Admonishes others

c.Flatters

d.Praises others

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30. In Vogue

a.In Fashion

b.Never used

c.Out of use

d.Vaguely used

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31. Cry over spilt milk

a.to spoil milk

b.to fight with someone

c.Complain about a loss or failure

d.to cry without any reason

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32. To be hard up

a.To be short of money

b.To keep starvation away

c.To look depressed

d.To act excitedly

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33. In Cold Blood

a.Ruthlessly

b.Deliberately

c.Boldly

d.Coldly

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34. Green Thumb

a.To have a natural interest in gardening

b.One has a green tattoo on thumb

c.One is artistic

d.One's nails are painted green

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35. Piece of cake

a.a rare occasion

b.to eat sweets

c.a slice of cake

d.Something that is easy to understand or do

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36. To eat humble pie

a.To go to ruins

b.To spread rapidly

c.To be earnest

d.To apologize

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37. To end in smoke

a.To ruin oneself

b.To excite great applause

c.To overcom someone

d.To make completely understand

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38. By Hook or by Crook

a.By Permission

b.By any means

c.By request

d.By noble means

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39. Away with the Fairies

a.Shocking stage

b.Not facing reality

c.Very sad

d.On the basis of reality

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40. Bed of Roses

a.Dull life

b.Very soft bad

c.Belong to something

d.Full of Joys

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41. To take to one's heels

a.To assault

b.To run away

c.To act against one's own interest

d.To have concern

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42. Go off at a Tangent

a.Become boisterous

b.Forget things in between

c.Go on at great length

d.Change the subject immediately

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43. Die in Harness

a.Die in the battlefield

b.Die with honour

c.Die on a horse back

d.Die while still working

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44. No love lost

a.intense dislike

b.a love hate relationship

c.Close friendship

d.cool indifference

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45. Far Cry

a.an impractical idea

b.a long way off

c.an abstract idea

d.Out of reach

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46. Spill the beans

a.to throw things

b.to keep a secret

c.to chop vegetables

d.to disclose a secret

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47. To cry wolf

a.To give false alarm

b.To be astonished

c.To turn pale

d.To come to what is most important

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48. To smell a rat

a.To see signs of plague epidemic

b.To get bad small of a bad dead rat

c.To be in a bad mood

d.To suspect foul dealings

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49. Cry for the Moon

a.None of above

b.To wish for something accessible

c.To wish for something impossible

d.To try to have something by bad means

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50. Hand in Glove

a.Very close to each other

b.Associates in some action

c.Constantly fighting

d.Suspicious of each other

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