IDIOMS Part= 9

Total Questions: 50

41. Lose your marbles [SSC CGL 09/12/2022]

(a) To go insane
(b) To handle stress
(c) To lower down anger
(d) To be patient

Correct Answer: (a) To go insane
Note:

to go insane.

E.g.- The defence lawyer seems to have lost his marbles as he is not handling the witnesses properly.

42. The sailor tells great tales of adventure that you should take with a grain of salt. [SSC CGL 12/12/2022]

(a) Great admiration
(b) Great patriotism
(c) Not take too seriously
(d) Be afraid to refrain from

Correct Answer: (c) Not take too seriously
Note:

not take too seriously.

43. Select the most appropriate idiom that can substitute the italicised words in the given sentence. [SSC CGL 13/12/2022]

My mother said, "Make consistent progress for success."

(a) slow and steady
(b) make a habit
(c) in and outs
(d) do's and don'ts

Correct Answer: (a) slow and steady
Note:

make consistent progress for success.

44. I must tell you that it all went pear-shaped after you left the meeting in the middle. [SSC CGL 13/12/2022]

(a) Went terribly wrong
(b) Became very entertaining
(c) Became tragic
(d) Turned out fine

Correct Answer: (a) Went terribly wrong
Note:

went terribly wrong.

45. Select the idiom from the given options that gives the most appropriate meaning of the highlighted text in the following sentence. [SSC CGL 13/12/2022]

A village fair is a place that contains many interesting objects. People of all age groups eagerly wait for this.

(a) Road to Damascus
(b) Ivory tower
(c) Aladdin's cave
(d) Jewel in the crown

Correct Answer: (c) Aladdin's cave
Note:

a place filled with a great number and variety of strange or precious items

46. They are rivals and cannot work together in harmony. [SSC CPO 09/11/2022]

(a) Potter about
(b) Make up
(c) Put down
(d) Pull together

Correct Answer: (d) Pull together
Note:

work together in harmony.

47. Be on the breadline [SSC CPO 09/11/2022]

(a) Having plenty of money
(b) Find a successful way of making money
(c) Earn a lot of money very easil
(d) Be very poor

Correct Answer: (d) Be very poor
Note:

Be very poor.

E.g. Most of the people in this society are on the breadline.

48. Crying wolf [SSC CPO 09/11/2022]

(a) To be in pain by getting hit by something
(b) To frighten someone in your comfort zone
(c) To ask for help when you don't need it
(d) To cry over little things that don't matter

Correct Answer: (c) To ask for help when you don't need it
Note:

To ask for help when you don't need it

E.g.- If you cry wolf too often, people will stop believing that you need help.

49. Belly laugh [SSC CPO 09/11/2022]

(a) Mocking someone
(b) Laughing with inhibition
(c) A loud and unrestrained laugh
(d) To be subjected to mockery and ridicule

Correct Answer: (c) A loud and unrestrained laugh
Note:

A loud and unrestrained laugh.

E.g.- His childish joke caused a belly laugh.

50. A mare's nest [SSC CPO 09/11/2022]

(a) Deep crisis
(b) Simple and interesting work
(c) Complicated situation
(d) Area of law

Correct Answer: (c) Complicated situation
Note:

Complicated situation

E.g.- It was a mare's nest when his father found him drinking alcohol.

Pinnacle note- A mare's nest is a false discovery. It is a place, condition, or situation of great disorder or confusion.

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