Idioms and Phrases MCQ Questions and Answers
1- Select the correct meaning of the following idiom:
To bury the hatchet
(A) To repair a thing
(B) To make up a quarrel
(C) To destroy
(D) To dispute over small matters
2- Select the correct meaning of the following idiom:
Pay lip service
(A) Show outward respect
(B) Remain indifferent
(C) Attach no value
(D) Pay oral tribute
3- Select the correct meaning of the following idiom:
An apple of discord
(A) Cause of quarrel
(B) Cause of happiness
(C) Cause of illness
(D) Cause of wealth
4- Select the correct meaning of the given expressions:
Call it a day
(A) Call on someone
(B) Name the day
(C) Good bye to day’s work
(D) Call in day time
5- Select the correct meaning of the following idiom:
To eat humble pie:
(A) To defy authority
(B) To swallow one’s pride
(C) To eat slowly
(D) To eat cheap food
6- What is the meaning of the phrase – Once in a blue moon?
(A) Something that happens occasionally
(B) Something that happens very rarely
(C) Something that happens once a year
(D) Something that happens only once
7- What is the meaning of the phrase ‘birds of a feather’ in the idiom?
Birds of a feather flock together
(A) People who commutes by the same train
(B) People who share the same opinions
(C) People who study in the same class
(D) People who work in the same office
8- The idiom ‘when pigs fly’ means
(A) Premonition of catastrophe
(B) Signal of a great change
(C) Something that will never happen
(D) Something fantastic
9- Complete the idiom by choosing the right word from the options given below:
She could not make up her ___ about what to buy.
(A) heart
(B) mind
(C) logic
(D) decision
10- The idiom ‘Cut down’ means
(A) To stop in the middle of a long speech
(B) To attack physically
(C) To reduce
(D) To cut into small pieces
11- Choose the correct meaning for the idiom: ‘To add fuel to the fire’
(A) To make a bad situation worse
(B) A useless journey
(C) To set things on fire
(D) To leave
12- Give the meaning of the phrase:
‘Building castles in the air’
(A) to make efforts
(B) with a warm welcome
(C) in fashion
(D) day dreaming
13- Give the correct meaning of the idiom.
To drop in:
(A) To complete
(B) To throw things
(C) To visit casually
(D) To put into action
14- Select the correct meaning of the idiom underlined.
I was totally in a fix when I had my practical examination.
(A) in dangerous situation
(B) in trouble and difficulty
(C) to be afraid
(D) to lose courage
15- ‘Puts one in mind’ means
(A) Received
(B) Reminds
(C) Decided
(D) Resolved
16- Select the correct meaning of the idiom underlined below:
No one dare call in question his honesty.
(A) Challenge
(B) Flatter
(C) Test
(D) Honesty of purpose
17- Select the correct meaning of the idiom underlined below:
There’s no love lost between them
(A) Quarrel
(B) Challenge
(C) Not on good terms
(D) Avoid
18- Select the correct meaning of the idiom underlined below:
The belief in witchcraft is losing ground.
(A) Losing principle
(B) Becoming powerful
(C) Becoming popular
(D) Becoming less acceptable
19- Select the correct meaning of the idiom underlined below:
Everything was at sixes and sevens.
(A) Sold
(B) Found
(C) Lost
(D) Disordered
20- Select the correct meaning of the idiom underlined below:
He is a dark horse.
(A) Possessing a secret ability
(B) Dangerous
(C) Secretive
(D) Silent
ANSWERS:
1-(B), 2-(A), 3-(A), 4-(C), 5-(B), 6-(B), 7-(B), 8-(C), 9-(B), 10-(C), 11-(A), 12-(D), 13-(C), 14-(B), 15-(B), 16-(A), 17-(C), 18-(D), 19-(D), 20-(A)