IDIOMS (Part-XIII)

1. Over the moon - [SSC MTS 06/10/2021 Evening]

(a) Extremely happy
(b) Highly imaginative
(c) Very ambitious
(d) Very unrealistic

Correct Answer: (a) Extremely happy

Solution:Extremely happy

2. Go off ________. [SSC MTS 07/10/2021 Evening]

(a) Continue or happen
(b) Stop working
(c) Leave or disappear
(d) Explain something in detail

Correct Answer: (b) Stop working

Solution:Stop working

3. Break in _________. [SSC MTS 07/10/2021 Afternoon]

(a) Enter a building illegally
(b) End a relationship
(c) Be unable to control (one's) feelings
(d) Begin to do (something) suddenly

Correct Answer: (a) Enter a building illegally

Solution:Enter a building illegally. Break in a phrasal verb.

4. Babe in the woods _____. [SSC MTS 07/10/2021 Afternoon]

(a) A wise old person
(b) A young defenceless person
(c) A pale and sickly person
(d) A foolish and stupid person

Correct Answer: (b) A young defenceless person

Solution:A young defenceless person

5. To be off your food - [SSC MTS 08/10/2021 Afternoon]

(a) To have no food
(b) To help someone
(c) To give food to others
(d) To have no appetite

Correct Answer: (d) To have no appetite

Solution:To have no appetite

6. To go bananas ________. [SSC MTS 08/10/2021 Afternoon]

(a) To become nervous
(b) To feel very hungry
(c) To become very excited or angry
(d) To keep eating bananas

Correct Answer: (c) To become very excited or angry

Solution:To become very excited or angry

7. Comb through ___________. [SSC MTS 08/10/2021 Morning]

(a) To carefully look through
(b) To be trapped somewhere
(c) To hide information
(d) To come out of a problem

Correct Answer: (a) To carefully look through

Solution:To carefully look through

8. Change for the better ____________. [SSC MTS 08/10/2021 Morning]

(a) Exchange an old product for new
(b) Pretend to be someone else
(c) To keep loose change
(d) An improvement in the situation

Correct Answer: (d) An improvement in the situation

Solution:An improvement in the situation.

Change for the better - An improvement in the situation

9. Loosen the purse strings __________. [SSC MTS 08/10/2021 Morning]

(a) To reduce the expenditure
(b) To increase the money available for expenditure
(c) To lose a purse
(d) To be miserly

Correct Answer: (b) To increase the money available for expenditure

Solution:To increase the money available for expenditure.

10. Fly the nest ____________. [SSC MTS 11/10/2021 Afternoon]

(a) Children returning home after studying abroad
(b) To run at a very fast pace to reach home
(c) To lose direction and not reach one's destination
(d) Children leaving their parents' home to live on their own

Correct Answer: (d) Children leaving their parents' home to live on their own

Solution:Children leaving their parents' home to live on their own