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CSS Solved Idioms (Past Papers from 2000 to Date)
Choose suitable meaning of idiom ‘A Gordian knot’
Moderate or restrain one’s language to be polite
Eat ravenously, gorge oneself
An exceedingly complicated problem or deadlock
None of these
‘A Gordian knot’ means: An exceedingly complicated problem or deadlock.
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rikazzz
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CSS Solved Idioms (Past Papers from 2000 to Date)
Choose suitable meaning of idiom ‘To hang fire’
Very often
Everything
Delay
None of these
‘To hang fire’ means: Delay. Look at the sentence: Our plans have to hang fire until we get planning permission.
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rikazzz
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CSS Solved Idioms (Past Papers from 2000 to Date)
Choose suitable meaning of idiom ‘Go bananas’
Be left with an unwelcome responsibility
To become extremely angry or excited
Everything
None of these
‘Go bananas’ means: To become extremely angry or excited. Look at the sentence: Whenever I see Sally, I just go bananas! She’s fantastic.
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rikazzz
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CSS Solved Idioms (Past Papers from 2000 to Date)
Choose suitable meaning of idiom ‘With one’s tongue in one’s cheek’
Speaking or writing in an ironic or insincere way
A dominant or favorable position or situation
To become extremely angry or excited
None of these
‘With one’s tongue in one’s cheek’ means: Speaking or writing in an ironic or insincere way.
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rikazzz
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CSS Solved Idioms (Past Papers from 2000 to Date)
Choose suitable meaning of idiom ‘To pay through the nose’
To pay too much money for something
Speaking or writing in an ironic or insincere way
Be left with an unwelcome responsibility
None of these
‘To pay through the nose’ means: To pay too much money for something.
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rikazzz
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CSS Solved Idioms (Past Papers from 2000 to Date)
Choose suitable meaning of idiom ‘Take someone to the cleaners’
Be dominant partner in relationship
To defeat someone completely
Crazy or out of touch
None of these
‘Take someone to the cleaners’ means: To defeat someone completely. Look at the sentence: There was a real rough guy there who threatened to take me to cleaners if I didn’t cooperate.
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rikazzz
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CSS Solved Idioms (Past Papers from 2000 to Date)
Choose suitable meaning of idiom ‘Wear the pants’
A narrow escape from danger
Crazy or out of touch
Be dominant partner in relationship
None of these
‘Wear the pants’ means: Be dominant partner in relationship.
Author:
rikazzz
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CSS Solved Idioms (Past Papers from 2000 to Date)
Choose suitable meaning of idiom ‘To preen oneself’
To work hard to make oneself prominent
To pride (oneself) on an achievement
To secure (oneself) a dominant or favorable position
None of these
‘To preen oneself’ (Idiom) means: To pride (oneself) on an achievement, personal quality. If someone preen themselves, it means they spend a lot of time making themselves look neat & clean and attractive.
Author:
rikazzz
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CSS Solved Idioms (Past Papers from 2000 to Date)
Choose suitable meaning of idiom ‘To let the grass grow under one’s feet’
Waste time by delaying doing something
Attacking imaginary enemies
Be left with an unwelcome responsibility
None of these
‘To let the grass grow under one’s feet’ means: Waste time by delaying doing something.
Author:
rikazzz
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CSS Solved Idioms (Past Papers from 2000 to Date)
Choose suitable meaning of idiom ‘Where the shoe pinches’
To retract what one has said
Source of trouble, grief, difficulty, etc.
To retract what one has said
None of these
‘Where the shoe pinches’ means: Source of trouble, grief, difficulty, etc.
Author:
rikazzz
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