Directions (1-15): In each of the question given below a/an idiom/phrase is given in bold which is then followed by five options which then try to decipher its meaning. Choose the option which gives the correct meaning of the phrases.
Q1. Better late than never
(a) Better to stay healthy than to die
(b) Better to arrive late than to meet with an accident
(c) Better to come late than to die
(d) Better to stay home than to reach late
(e) Better to arrive late than not to come at all
Sol. Meaning: It’s better to arrive late than not to come at all
Q2. Cut somebody some slack
(a) Not to be so benevolent
(b) Not to be so rude
(c) Not to be so critical
(d) Not to be so happy
(e) Not to be so boring
Sol. Meaning: Don’t be so critical
Q3. Easy does it
(a) Make it fast
(b) Slow down
(c) To be rough
(d) To be conservative
(e) Make more complex
Sol. Meaning: To slow down
Q4. Get out of hand
(a) Get fired
(b) Get a sack
(c) Get out of the group
(d) Get out of control
(e) Get something extra
Sol. Meaning: Get out of control
Q5. Get something out of your system
(a) To do something which is not the part of your bucket list
(b) To get something which is not expected
(c) To do something which you wanted to do to move on
(d) To have lots of error in a single task
(e) To get unexpected rewards from a mistake
Sol. Meaning: Do the thing you’ve been wanting to do so you can move on
Q6. On the ball
(a) To make consistent progress
(b) To have so many difficulties in life
(c) To have so many miles to cover
(d) To have lots of things to do
(e) To do a good job
Sol. Meaning: Doing a good job
Q7. Pull yourself together
(a) To calm down
(b) To put lots of efforts in a single venture
(c) To do your best
(d) To exhaust with all the given resources
(e) To be very angry
Sol. Meaning: To calm down
Q8. Wrap your head around something
(a) Create difficulties by your own
(b) Burn the midnight oil
(c) Make everything complex
(d) Do something impossible
(e) Understand something complicated
Sol. Meaning: To understand something complicated
Q9. Hang in there
(a) To stop
(b) Don’t be late
(c) Don’t do hard work
(d) Don’t give up
(e) To wait
Sol. Meaning: Don’t give up
Q10. Get your act together
(a) Perform well or learn more
(b) Work better or leave
(c) To assign your tasks according to the time available
(d) To complete two tasks at a time
(e) To be multitasking
Sol. Meaning: Work better or leave
Q11. A perfect storm
(a) A complete revenge
(b) An unexpected fortune
(c) The worst possible situation
(d) A shock treatment
(e) To die
Sol. Meaning: The worst possible situation
Q12. Comparing apples to oranges
(a) To compare two things that have no difference
(b) To compare things that can’t be compared
(c) A useless effort
(d) To be a fruit lover
(e) To be a miser
Sol. Meaning: Comparing two things that cannot be compared
Q13. It ain’t over till the fat lady sings
(a) To compel someone to do something
(b) To begin when the bell rings
(c) It should be done on time
(d) It isn’t over yet
(e) It shouldn’t be proceeded till a driving force do so
Sol. Meaning: This is not over yet
Q14. It takes one to know one
(a) You’re just as excellent as I am
(b) You’re just as bad as I am
(c) You and I are failure
(d) You’re just as diligent as I am
(e) You’re just as cool as I am
Sol. Meaning: You’re just as bad as I am
Q15. That’s the last straw
(a) To be a VIP
(b) To be very weak
(c) To be exhausted with all the resources
(d) To be run out of the patience
(e) To complete the last item of the task
Sol. Meaning: The patience has run out.
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