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Verbal Ability - Idioms and Phrases

Exercise : Idioms and Phrases - Section 2
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.
111.
He never liked the idea of keeping his wife under his thumb and so he let her do what she liked.
Pressed down
Unduly under control
Below his thumb
Under tyrannical conditions.
Answer: Option
Explanation:
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112.
It is time that professors came down from their ivory towers and studied the real needs of the students.
Detachment and seclusion
A tower made of ivory
Prison
Dream lands
Answer: Option
Explanation:
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113.
You have to be a cool customer and be patient if you want to get the best buys.
Be calm and not be excitable
Have a cool head
Be uncommunicative
Be choosy
Answer: Option
Explanation:
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114.
There was no opposition to the new policy by the rank and file of the Government.
the official machinery
the ordinary members
the majority
the cabinet ministers
Answer: Option
Explanation:
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115.
The clerk wiped the nose of his employer by submitting a false bill and was dismissed from his job.
Cleaned the nose
Cheated
Abused
Slapped
Answer: Option
Explanation:
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