- These tests are a check for your learning and your level with respect to the basic vocabulary skills.
- Directions for individual questionsEach question has a sentence that uses an idiom or phrase. You need to identify the apt meaning of the idiom/phrase from the given options
Idioms and Phrases: Test-4
Congratulations - you have completed Idioms and Phrases: Test-4.
You scored %%SCORE%% out of %%TOTAL%%.
Your performance has been rated as %%RATING%%
Your answers are highlighted below.
Question 1 |
He was given Hobson's choice by the employer.
Difficult choice | |
No real choice at all | |
To choose between life or death | |
Bad choice |
Question 1 Explanation:
The idiom 'Hobson's Choice' means: a Choice in which person has to accept a alternative because other alternative is not possible/ within his power or very undesirable
In short, there is no actual alternative at all
Example: To choose between death or slavery will be ‘Hobson’s choice
Question 2 |
He has a very nice manner, but you would better take what he says with a grain of salt.
To listen to something with considerable doubt | |
Not to believe it | |
To analyze it | |
To take it sarcastically |
Question 2 Explanation:
The idiom 'take something with a grain of salt' means: To listen or believe in something only to a certain limit. Not to blindly or unquestioningly trust it. Not to take literal meaning of it
Example: You are too stupid if you take everything a politician says without a grain of salt.
Question 3 |
I did not mind what he was saying; he was only talking through his hat.
Talking nonsense | |
Talking ignorantly | |
Talking funnily | |
Talking arrogantly |
Question 3 Explanation:
The idiom talk through your hat means: Talking about a subject about which one has little or no understanding and making ignorant or senseless statements about it.
Example: The man had a habit of talking through his hat and giving out advice
Question 4 |
The watchdogs were asleep when the bulls ran riot.
Behaved arrogantly | |
Acted without restraint | |
Wandered in opposite direction | |
Strolled down |
Question 4 Explanation:
The idiom run riot means: To be completely out of control or to loss control that leads to violent behavior.
Example: The public ran riot leading to 24 deaths.
Question 5 |
The young and the old sat cheek by jowl in the large audience.
Very near | |
Aloof | |
Engaged | |
In the midst of |
Question 5 Explanation:
The idiom ‘cheek by jowl’ means: In the proximity or very near.
Once you are finished, click the button below. Any items you have not completed will be marked incorrect.
There are 5 questions to complete.
List |
