CSS Solved Idioms (Past Papers from 2000 to Date)

‘Off the wall’ means: Unusual and amusing.

‘Groan inwardly’ means: Feel dismayed by something but remain silent.

‘Punch-up’ (Countable Noun) means: A fistfight (a spontaneous fight with bare fists) or a punch-up is a fight in which people hit each other with bare fists.
Example:
Modi was involved in a punch-up with his wife’™s former lover.
Thus, the right answer is ‘A spontaneous fight’.

‘Flavor of the month’ means: Temporarily popular.

‘Beard the Lion in his den’ means: To visit an important person in order to tell or ask them something unpleasant.

‘No to mince matters’ (Idiom) means: To speak (about something or someone) very bluntly and directly, without regard to whether one’s words may cause upset or controversy. This phrase is always put negatively.
Examples:
Wow, your uncle really doesn’t mince matters when he discusses politics, huh?
I won’t mince matters’”our company is in dire straits.

‘The primrose path’ means: An easy and pleasant life.

‘Stuff and nonsense’ (Idiom) means: Rubbish or nonsense.
Examples:
We have a meeting each day meant to plan the marketing strategies, but it is just stuff and nonsense.
Competitive aspirants don’™t understand the qualifiers’™ lectures. They are all stuff and nonsense.
Thus, the right answer is ‘Rubbish and nonsese’.

‘Show and tell’ means: A public display or demonstration or a visual presentation accompanied by an oral explanation.

‘To pig out’ means: Eat ravenously, gorge oneself.