IDIOMS (Part-IX)

Total Questions: 50

41. Lose your marbles____. [SSC CGL 09/12/2022 (4th Shift)]

Correct Answer: (a) To go insane
Solution: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 (2nd Shift)]

Correct Answer: (c) Not take too seriously
Solution: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 (3rd Shift)]

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

Correct Answer: (a) slow and steady
Solution:make consistent progress for success.

44. I must tell you that it all went pearshaped after you left the meeting in the middle. [SSC CGL 13/12/2022 (4th Shift)]

Correct Answer: (a) Went terribly wrong
Solution: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 (4th Shift)]

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

Correct Answer: (c) Aladdin's cave
Solution: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 Morning]

Correct Answer: (d) Pull together
Solution:work together in harmony.

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

Correct Answer: (d) Be very poor
Solution:Be very poor.

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

48. Crying wolf______. [SSC CPO 09/11/2022 Afternoon]

Correct Answer: (c) To ask for help when you don't need it.
Solution: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 Afternoon]

Correct Answer: (c) A loud and unrestrained laugh
Solution:A loud and unrestrained laugh.

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

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

Correct Answer: (c) Complicated situation
Solution: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.