MCQ on Idioms and Phrases

MCQ on English

31- To make clean breast of

(A) to open something

(B) to praise oneself

(C) to disclose something openly

(D) none of the above

 

32-Out of the woods

(A) out of mend

(B) out of city

(C) out of danger/difficulty

(D) none of the above

 

33- To have an axe to grind

(A) to work on both side

(B) a private end to serve

(C) with no result

(D) none of the above

 

34- To end in smoke

(A) to be destroyed or ruined

(B) to ruin oneself

(C) to ruin himself

(D) none of the above

 

35- To pick holes

(A) to find some reason to quarrel

(B) to criticize for some reason

(C) to criticize someone

(D) none of the above

 

36- Don’t thrust your nose into my problems.

(A) to involve someone into something

(B) be responsible

(C) create problems for others

(D) be a responsible

 

37- He visits the doctor off and on.

(A) occasionally

(B) regularly

(C) properly

(D) everyday

 

38- Lets the cat out of the bag

(A) keep secret

(B) give away a secret

(C) unnoticed observer

(D) none of the above

 

39- It’s a piece of cake

(A) cut the cake into pieces

(B) very tough

(C) its easy

(D) none of the above

 

40-The recent released film Secular India has tried to keep the pot boiling for Muslim women.

(A) to keep the boil water in pot

(B) boil something in pot

(C) boil the boil

(D) keep a controversy alive

 

ANSWERS:

31-(C), 32-(C), 33-(B), 34-(A), 35-(C), 36-(A), 37-(A), 38-(B), 39-(C), 40-(D)