1. A blind spot 6.

To have an itching palm

1. A person who is blind 1. To have no mercy

2. A person with no emotional feelings 2. To gam strength
3. A situation where no progress is made 3. To have an urge to slap
4. An area in your range of vision that you 4. To be greedy for money
cannot see properly
7. One swallow does not make a summer
2. A blind spot
1. The fact of failure or escape is not affected by
1. A person who is blind the narrowness of the margin
2. A person with no emotional feelings 2. To come out of one trouble and get into a worse
3. A situation where no progress is made 3. A single fortunate event does not mean that
4. An area in your range of vision that you what follows will also be good.
cannot see properly 4. The whole of everything

3. Get down to brass tacks 8. To meet one’s eyes

1. To become serious about something 1. To look at someone directly while they are
2. Get fired from the job looking at you
3. Compromise, cooperation between people 2. To confess something
4. To be ready 3. To make haste
4. To meet someone regularly
4. Break sweat
9. A blast from the past
1. To make a futile attempt
1. A competition where the outcome is difficult to
2. To lie
judge or predict
3. To use a lot of energy or effort 2. Punishment for the crime committed in the past

4. To be caught stealing 3. Something powerfully nostalgic

4. An unresolved argument
5. A bed of nails
10. Susie (has such strong resemblance to) Kate
1. A problematic or uncomfortable situation
Winslet that sometimes people would ask her for
2. A quick and automatic response
her autograph.
3. A person with no moral ethics
4. A fiercely contested fight or dispute 1. dead ringer
2. gone bananas
3. jack of all trades 15. To sing a different tune
4. pound the pavement
a. To change the way one talks about something
11. Far and wide b. To brag about something
c. To be able to handle a jolt
1. Equal opportunity to all
d. To buy or sell something
2. Present everywhere or in all directions
3. Divided into two equal parts 16. On account of
4. Not frequent, unusual, rare
1. To settle dues
12. Dead men’s shoes
2. To make ecuses
1. Making oneself available for all the tasks
3. Because of
being assigned
4. To mark one’s territory
2. A career where a lot of cheques are signed
3. Job that one takes over from somebody who 17. Gut Feeling
has left unexpectedly or died
a. To have a dispute with someone
4. Acquiring the wealth of a dead man through
b. A personal intuition you get especially when feel
malpractices
something may not be right
13. To stretch one’s legs c. Very excited and or joyful, especially when in
love
1. To leave a place without permission
d. Doing things recklessly
2. To go for a party
3. To go for a walk after you have been sitting 18. Between a rock and a hard place
for a long time
a. Stuck between two very bad options
4. To measure one’s worth
b. Willing to do anything
14. Drastic times call for drastic measures c. On the point of achievement
d. Avoiding the main topic, not speaking
a. When you are extremely desperate you need
directly about the issue
to take extremely desperate actions
b. Don't rely on it until you sure of it 19. To go a long way
c. Something that ends at the last minute or last
1. To become successful in life
few seconds
d. Do not pull all your resources in one 2. To join a foreign company

possibility 3. To avoid short cuts

4. To go on a long drive 25. To eat crow

20. In ones and twos a. To take great care

b. To become non-vegetarian
a. In small numbers
c. To take money back
b. Bv unfair means
d. To admit that one is wrong
c. Large margin
d. To count resources 26. Chew the scenery

21. He (made an irreversible change, that will 1. To understate

greatly impact his life) when he got that huge tattoo
2. To act overly emotional
on his back!
3. To beautify
a. beat the dead horse
4. To mismanage
b. became the devil's advocate
c. crossed the Rubicon 27. Lion’s share
d. put a rose on his nose
1. the largest portion
22. To pull your weight
2. the entire amount
a. To do your fair share of work
3. the smallest part
b. To help one's relatives
c. To buy something 4. no portion at all

d. To give something 28. Through thick and thin

23. Rust bucket 1. In good and bad times

a. To be absent minded 2. With great pride

b. An old man
3. To work hard to the point of exhaustion
c. A vehicle that is old or almost broken
d. To be late for everything 4. In every possible way

24. A broth of a boy 29. Tricks of the trade

a. Not attached to someone 1. A particular profession

b. To have specific food choices
2. A trick to deceive
c. To behave foolishly
3. Special skills or knowledge
d. A lively, energetic young person
4. An easy task 3. Avoid talking

30. In a nutshell 4. A rare event

1. Extremely pale 35. To lead one by the nose

2. Very briefly 1. To try again after failing at something

3. Under protection 2. To control someone completely

4. Without delay 3. To have the freedom to choose

31. Out for the count 4. To be anxious to start something

1. Very expensive 36. Play with fire

2. Prepared for battle 1. To play a game honestly

3. In a deep, insensible sleep 2. To do something risky

4. Ready for scrutiny 3. To please someone

32. Draw the line 4. To waste time on worthless things

1. To accept someone’s idea 37. To foot the bill

2. To give a second chance 1. To reveal a secret

3. To move on from a past relationship 2. To be friendly

4. To set a limit on something 3. To hold grudges

33. Change of heart 4. To make payment

1. To narrowly escape disaster 38. My elder brother is so innocent that winning an

argument against him is like shooting fish in a
2. An unfair attack
barrel.
3. Different opinion about someone or something
1. Indulge in an illegal activity
4. Very similar in appearance
2. Exceptionally easy to do
34. An eye wash
3. Asking for charity
1. In writing
4. Making someone uneasy
2. A pretence
39. I want you to give me this contract in black and 2. Something that does not affect the past
white.
3. Anything from the past that is not significant or
1. in writing important anymore

2. quickly 4. A problem which has been existing and will

continue to exist in the future
3. in the morning
44. Ron added a feather in his cap by winning that
4. at night
international tournament.
40. Long in the tooth
1. To feel well and healthy
1. Too uncomfortable for words
2. An achievement to be proud of
2. Too old to do something
3. To take advantage of one’s position
3. Too wise for people
4. An expression of extreme annoyance
4. Extremely dangerous
45. My cousin’s office is at a stone’s throw from my
41. To walk the tight rope house.

1. Be an expert 1. Near the forest

2. Be very cautious 2. In a dangerous situation

3. Be well trained 3. A short distance

4. Be very nervous 4. A long route

42. When those thugs come near you, run at the 46. Set the wheels in motion
drop of a hat.
1. To initiate a chain of events
1. Be dressed for a party
2. To drive very fast
2. With all your belongings
3. To end a journey
3. Go on a short trip
4. To end a discussion
4. Without delay
47. Spill the beans
43. Water under the bridge
1. To drop something
1. Something which happens all the time
2. To find out something
3. Give away a secret 4. To be distantly related to each other

4. To get a new idea 52. Select the most appropriate meaning of the
underlined idiom.
48. If you keep dodging your manager’s call, you will
be on thin ice. The judge wanted to hear straight from the horse’s
mouth.
1. In a risky situation
1. Directly from the lawyer
2. Perform adequately
2. Directly from the person involved
3. Change plan the middle of a process
3. In close vicinity to the juror
4. Go to jail
4. Having ears which never fail
49. It was raining cats and dogs when I reached
there. 53. Choose the option which best expresses the
meaning of the given idiom.
1. Lots of appreciation
By fair means or foul
2. To rain very heavily
1. To work without planning
3. Not raining at all
2. To find difficulty in completing some work
4. Place full of animals
3. To get one’s way with honesty or dishonesty
50. Ignorance is bliss
4. To provoke someone into quarrelling
1. To gain attention and be the topic of conversation
54. Select the most appropriate meaning of the
2. To remain ignorant of things that may cause
underlined idiom.
stress
Ramesh always blows his own trumpet.
3. To want something that has been denied
1. praises himself
4. To have rage underneath a calm expression
2. criticises himself
51. Be like chalk and cheese
3. does his own work
1. To be completely different from each other
4. depends on others
2. To be very similar to each other

3. To have a close relation with another person

55. Select the most appropriate meaning of the 59. Select the most appropriate meaning of the
underlined idiom. underlined idiom in the following sentence.

He was on cloud nine when he got admission in “Do not turn a blind eye to all the mischief your
Cambridge University. child is up to”, the teacher told the young parent.

1. involved in useless journey 2. very happy 1. Close the door

3. unsettled 2. Take pride in

4. available to be called to go to work 3. Give rewards

56. From scratch 4. Pretend not to notice

1. From a skin disease 60. Have egg on your face

2. From the beginning 1. Defeat someone thoroughly

3. From utter disorder 2. To be made to look foolish or embarrassed

4. From death 3. Making a choice between two unpleasant

choices
57. Select the most appropriate meaning of the
underlined idiom. 4. Reveal a secret

The detective went the whole nine yards in his 61. Bite the dust
investigation.
1. To suffer a defeat
1. Measuring every step
2. To feel angry
2. Everything, all the way
3. To remain calm
3. Close affinity with the law
4. To fall asleep
4. Taking the distant call
62. Pay an arm and a leg for something
58. Into hot water
1. Be devoted to unwanted things
1. Not on good terms
2. Pay a lot of money for something
2. In favour with
3. Give a lot of love and care to someone
3. Came to nothing
4. Pay a lot of attention to an incident
4. Into trouble
63. To cross swords 3. Very nice

1. To kill 4. Very pleasing

2. To arrange 68. Select the most appropriate meaning of the

underlined idiom in the given sentence.
3. To fight
The two neighbours will probably stop fighting when
4. To defend
pigs fly
64. Castles in the air
1. When their families meet
1. Unrealistic and impossible plan
2. When there is magic
2. Unexpected change in the climate
3. Something that is impossible 4. When it rains
3. Realistic and possible plan
69. By the skin of your teeth
4. Strong hope to get success
1. By a very narrow margin
65. Bone to pick
2. To be less affected by criticisms and rebuffs
1. To be angry about something and want to
3. Very protective
discuss it
4. Saved by others
2. To stop trying hard
70. Select the most appropriate meaning of the
3. To not give up
underlined idiom.
4. Putting in extra effort
The entrepreneur decided to throw caution to the
66. Beat around the bush wind.

1. To avoid talking about what is important 1. Take a risk 2. Take the best option

2. To talk about important things 3. Think innovatively

3. To have patience 4. In extreme windy conditions

4. To avoid people 71. Child’s play

67. The apple of one’s eye 1. In someone’s role

1. Very cheerful 2. Something very easy

2. Very dear 3. Weakness 4. Just behaviour

72. Spill the beans 2. To play risky games

1. To believe something as it seems 3. To argue, just for the sake of it

2. To tell a secret 4. Make one’s own destiny

3. To do things in a fair way 77. Select the most appropriate meaning of the
underlined idiom.
4. To cry over what is done
The company was on thin ice.
73. Sell like hot cakes
1. In a situation of comfort
1. Quick sell out 2. Selling cakes
2. Forcing itself to collaborate
3. Being ignored
3. Depending on business competitors
4. Eating hot cake
4. In a precarious or risky situation
74. Let sleeping dogs lie
78. Select the most appropriate meaning of the
1. To let somebody sleep
underlined idiom.
2. To fall sick intentionally
The police inspector knows the ins and outs of the
3. Leave an existing situation as it is murder case.

4. To care for the pet 1. laws 2. all the witnesses

75. Cup of tea 3. lawyers and judges 4. full details

1. Long held desire 79. Select the most appropriate meaning of the

2. A cup brimming with tea underlined idiom.

3. Favourite pastime The executives were running around in circles,

without any success.
4. Something one likes/excels in
1. Achieving maximum mileage
76. Select the most appropriate meaning of the
underlined idiom. 2. Suffering huge profits and losses

The council president is known to play devil’s 3. Successfully accomplishing the target

advocate often. 4. Putting efforts into something that does not give a

1. To allow others to rise worthwhile result

80. Call it a day 84. Blessing in disguise

1. To have the greatest day ever 1. Something that seems good but is harmful for
you
2. To stop working
2. Something that seems bad but provides some
3. To be very straightforward
benefit
4. To refer to something as something else
3. Something that cannot be hidden from anyone
81. Select the most appropriate meaning of the
4. Something that remains hidden from everyone
underlined idiom.
85. Select the most appropriate meaning of the
My friend’s business has grown by leaps and
underlined idiom in the given sentence.
bounds .
Rina’s house is at a stone’s throw from the school.
1. rapidly 2. aimlessly
1. A very long distance 2. Next to
3. perfectly 4. slowly
3. A very short distance
82. Select the most appropriate meaning of the
underlined idiom in the following sentence. 4. Not very close to

I ordered a dozen doughnuts, but the kind baker 86. To get cold feet
gave me a baker’s dozen.
1. To be afraid 2. To fall sick
1. A group of 12 bakery items
3. To be indifferent 4. To run for life
2. A group of 12 bakers
87. Break the ice
3. A group of 13 4. A group of 12
1. To say something that makes strangers
83. Barking up the wrong tree uncomfortable

1. Provoke trouble 2. To say something that makes people who are

meeting for the first time more comfortable
2. To make a bad situation worse
3. To say something that makes people excited for
3. Getting a good start is important
a group project
4. To be mistaken, to be looking for solutions in the
4. To say something mean to people in a group
wrong place
88. Bigger fish to fry 2. About to buy a good musical instrument

1. To barely get something done 3. Ready to start playing a fiddle

2. Having something more important to take care of 4. To have an expensive musical instrument

3. Having work more than one’s capacity 93. Elbow grease

4. To be similar to one’s parents in some way 1. Oil on the shirt sleeve

89. A storm in a teacup 2. Too much cream on hands

1. Much excitement over something trivial 3. Stain on a car glass

2. A signal for upcoming storm 4. A lot of physical effort

3. Easy money 4. Suffering in silence 94. Get on like a house on fire

90. After having invested so much time and energy 1. To be angry and unfriendly
into the project, we are now back to square one.
2. To become friends quickly
1. Not ready for the consequence
3. To end a relationship
2. In the same city
4. To take an instant dislike
3. Fighting with each other
95. Follow suit
4. Having to start all over again
1. To do as others have done
91. Many a slip between the cup and the lip
2. To chase a convict
1. The work is going as per plan and must be
3. To take a different path
completed
4. To dress as someone else
2. The cup is slippery and likely to break if you are
96. At beck and call
not careful

1. Try to convince others about something

3. The tea is too hot and likely to burn the lips

4. Bad things may happen before the task is finished 2. Ready to do everything for someone

3. Signal someone to approach

92. Fit as a fiddle

4. Gain an advantage over someone

1. To be in excellent health and good working order
97. To take with a grain of salt 3. To hit someone with a log

1. To take seriously 4. To sit and discuss

2. To have total disbelief 100. Bear the brunt

3. To believe with some scepticism 1. Be first to try something

4. To accept wholeheartedly 2. Confront a powerful rival

98. Tighten one's belt 3. Know what is going on

1. To make efforts to be slim 4. Suffer the worst of something

2. To cut one's expenditure 101. Keep in check

3. To stop working full time 1. To keep something safe

4. To lose one's job 2. To place an order

99. At loggerheads 3. To control something

1. To agree unwillingly 4. To test something

2. To disagree strongly

1.4 12.3 23.3 34.2 45.3 56.2

2.4 13.3 24.4 35.2 46.1 57.2

3.1 14.1 25.4 36.2 47.3 58.4

4.3 15.1 26.2 37.4 48.1 59.4

5.1 16.3 27.1 38.2 49.2 60.2

6.4 17.2 28.1 39.1 50.2 61.1

7.3 18.1 29.3 40.2 51.1 62.2

8.1 19.1 30.2 41.2 52.2 63.3

9.3 20.1 31.3 42.4 53.3 64.1

10.1 21.3 32.4 43.3 54.1 65.1

11.2 22.1 33.3 44.2 55.2 66.1

67.2 91.4

68.3 92.1

69.1 93.4

70.1 94.2

71.2 95.1

72.2 96.2

73.1 97.3

74.3 98.2

75.4 99.2

76.3 100.4

77.4 101.3

78.4

79.4

80.2

81.1

82.3

83.4

84.2

85.3

86.1

87.2

88.2

89.1

90.4