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Verbal Ability - Idioms and Phrases

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Exercise

"Nothing is impossible to a willing heart."
- (Proverb)
Directions to Solve

In the following questions four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase italicised and underlined in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of idiom/phrase.

1. 

Sobhraj could be easily arrested because the police were tipped off in a advance.
A. Toppled overB. Bribed
C. Given advance informationD. Threatened
2. 

I met him after a long time, but he gave me the cold shoulder.
A. scolded meB. insulted me
C. abused meD. ignored me
3. 

He passed himself off as a noble man.
A. Was regarded asB. Pretended to be
C. Was thought to beD. Was looked upon
4. 

This matter has been hanging fire for the last many months and must therefore be decided one way or the other.
A. going on slowlyB. hotly debated
C. stuck upD. ignored
5. 

In the armed forces, it is considered a great privilege to die in harness.
A. die on a horse backB. die in the battlefield
C. die while still workingD. die with honour
6. 

The cricket match proved to be a big draw.
A. a keen contestB. a huge attraction
C. a lovely spectacleD. a game without any result
7. 

When he heard that he had once again not been selected he lost heart.
A. became desperateB. felt sad
C. became angryD. became discouraged
8. 

He was undecided. He let the grass grow under his feet.
A. loitered aroundB. stayed out
C. sat unmovingD. moved away
9. 

Although he has failed in the written examination, he is using backstairs influence to get the job.
A. Political influence
B. Backing influence
C. Deserving and proper influence
D. Secret and unfair influence

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