CSS Solved Idioms (Past Papers from 2000 to Date)

‘Eager beaver’ means: A hardworking and eager person. Look at the sentence: New volunteers are always eager beavers.

‘Yeoman’s service’ means: Efficient or useful help in need.

‘Nip (something) in the bud’ (Idiom) means: To cease, stop, or prevent something at the early stage/phase, before it becomes too difficult or unmanageable.
Examples:
Why did they not nip the issue in the bud before it started affecting the entire society?
Thus, the correct answer is ‘To prevent something at start’.

‘Discretion is the better part of valor’ means: It is better to avoid a dangerous situation than to confront it.

‘Plough back’ means: To put profits made by a business back into it.

‘Out and out’ means: In every respect; absolute.

‘Keep one’s nose to the grindstone’ means: To work hard for a long period of time without stopping. Look at the sentence: The boss told me to keep my nose to the grindstone or be fired.

‘A casting vote’ means: The vote that gives one group a majority when the other votes are equally divided.

‘A storm in the tea cup’ means: Great outrage or excitement about a trivial matter.

‘To eat one’s words’ means: To retract what one has said.