IDIOMS (Part – 10) - Mock Test 365

1. To give someone the cold shoulder [SSC CPO 09/11/2022]

(a) To ignore someone
(b) To carry the burden of everyone
(c) To be carried on someone's back
(d) To listen to someone with empathy

Correct Answer: (a) To ignore someone

Solution:To ignore someone

E.g.- He has given me the cold shoulder for four days.

2. The mother-in-law deliberately rained on the new bride's parade when she asked her to change the dress of her choice. [SSC CPO 09/11/2022]

(a) Force traditions upon someone
(b) Make someone tearful out of viciousness
(c) To spoil a moment
(d) Save one from embarrassment

Correct Answer: (c) To spoil a moment

Solution:To spoil a moment

3. At the drop of a dime [SSC CPO 09/11/2022]

(a) A way of saying that you are happy to see someone
(b) Something that is not popular
(c) Something that can happen very fast without hesitation
(d) Extremely easy to understand

Correct Answer: (c) Something that can happen very fast without hesitation

Solution:Something that can happen very fast without hesitation.

E.g.- The game can start at the drop of a dime, you just need to say the word.

4. Snowed under [SSC CPO 09/11/2022]

(a) Lazy
(b) Silent
(c) Calm
(d) Busy

Correct Answer: (d) Busy

Solution:Busy

E.g.- Manju is snowed under with work.

5. He was beaming from ear to ear. [SSC CPO 10/11/2022]

(a) Playing
(b) Smiling broadly
(c) Criticising bitterly
(d) Working

Correct Answer: (b) Smiling broadly

Solution:smiling broadly.

6. You can ask Mr. Dinakar for anything; he would give you the shirt off his back. [SSC CPO 10/11/2022]

(a) is willing to do anything to help another person
(b) is a person who makes the decisions
(c) is a person who is selfish
(d) is a person who is arrogant

Correct Answer: (a) is willing to do anything to help another person

Solution:is willing to do anything to help another person.

7. A lot on one's plate [SSC CPO 10/11/2022]

(a) To eat a lot
(b) A lot to do
(c) To have a serious ailment
(d) To serve all dishes on one plate

Correct Answer: (b) A lot to do

Solution:a lot to do.

E.g. My father works 60 hours a week, and he is taking care of my grandparents, so he always has a lot on his plate.

8. Ms.Tina could finish the assignment by Friday at a push, Wednesday. [SSC CPO 10/11/2022]

(a) try very hard to do something, usually something nice
(b) probably possible, but it will be difficult
(c) make more of an effort
(d) using whatever methods are necessary

Correct Answer: (b) probably possible, but it will be difficult

Solution:'At a push' is an idiom that means something is probably possible, but it will be difficult. The given sentence states that it is probably possible, but it will be difficult for Mrs. Tina to finish the assignment by Wednesday.

9. Select the correct meaning of the idiom in bold and italics. [SSC CPO 10/11/2022]

Our hearts go out to the families of the victims of this terrible tragedy.

(a) To receive or express praise for a job well done
(b) To feel sympathy for someone when they are distressed
(c) Well wishes for a deceased person
(d) To wish for things does not yield to anything

Correct Answer: (b) To feel sympathy for someone when they are distressed

Solution:to feel sympathy for someone when they are distressed.

10. Toffee-nosed [SSC CPO 10/11/2022]

(a) A person who thinks he is of a high social class and looks down on people of lower class
(b) A solid, respectable and respected member of society
(c) Continue to live at the same social standard we have lived at, even though we have money problems
(d) A person who seems impolite/of low education at first, but who is usually of good character

Correct Answer: (a) A person who thinks he is of a high social class and looks down on people of lower class

Solution:a person who thinks he is of a high social class and looks down on people of lower class. E.g.- Rahul is a toffee nosed boy as he mistreats his juniors in the college.

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