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Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom/phrase given in Bold/Underline in the following Questions.
Correct option: A — Abandoned
High and dry - Abandoned E.g - They pulled out of the deal at the last minute leaving us high and dry.
Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom/phrase given in Bold/Underline in the following Questions.
Correct option: A — Everything
The whole ball of wax - everything related to a particular situation; the whole thing. E.g - He came back from Chicago with the contract for the whole ball of wax.
Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom/phrase given in Bold/Underline in the following Questions.
Correct option: D — Strange or crazy actions that appear meaningless but in the end are done for a good reason.
Method to my madness - Strange or crazy actions that appear meaningless but in the end are done for a good reason. E.g. He keeps talking to himself loudly, but he insists there is a method in his madness.
Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom/phrase given in Bold/Underline in the following Questions.
Correct option: A — To confine somebody in prison
To lay someone by the heels - To confine somebody in prison. E.g. Superior forces laid the invaders by the heels.
Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom/phrase given in Bold/Underline in the following Questions.
Correct option: B — Make an audience laugh uncontrollably
Have people rolling in the aisles - Make an audience laugh uncontrollably. E.g. The comedian made the audience rolling in the aisles.
Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom/phrase given in Bold/Underline in the following Questions.
Correct option: D — To win a race
To breast the tape - To win a race E.g.- Goutam is able to sprint ahead and breast the tape.
Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom/phrase given in Bold/Underline in the following Questions.
Correct option: D — An expression of surprise or Frustration
Good grief - An expression of surprise or frustration E.g. Oh God, good grief we are again stuck in a traffic jam.
Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom/phrase given in Bold/Underline in the following Questions.
Correct option: D — To be extremely surprised
To jump out of one's skin - To be extremely surprised E.g. My friends made me jump out of my skin on my birthday.
Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom/phrase given in Bold/Underline in the following Questions.
Correct option: A — Careless with large amounts, but not small
Penny wise and pound foolish - Careless with large amounts, but not small. E.g- someone who will drive across town to save five cents a gallon on gasoline but just recently purchased a BMW that he or she cannot afford could be said to be “penny wise and pound foolish.”
Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom/phrase given in Bold/Underline in the following Questions.
Correct option: D — Appeal to the highest possible Authority
Appeal to Caesar - Appeal to the highest possible authority E.g. Paul appealed to Caesar for justice.
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