CSS Solved Idioms (Past Papers from 2000 to Date)

‘To be cognizant of’ means: Having knowledge or awareness.

‘In a jiffy’ (Phrase) means: In an instant, very soon, or very fast. If we say that we will do something in a jiffy, it means that we will do it very quickly or very soon.
Examples: I’ll be finished in a jiffy.
Hey, just wait a minute. I will be there in a jiffy.

‘Gloom and doom’ means: The feeling that a situation is bad and is not likely to improve.

‘Dog in the manger’ means: A person who stops other people from enjoying what he cannot use or does not want. Look at the sentence: Jane is a real dog in manger. She cannot drive, but she will not lend her anyone her car.

‘See eye to eye with’ (Phrase) means: To agree fully with someone, to be in full agreement with someone, or to have the same views about something. If two people see eye to eye, it means they agree with each other.
Examples:
My wife see eye to eye with me about the arrangements.
She is looking for a new job as she does not see eye to eye with her manager.
Thus, the correct answer is ‘To agree fully with someone’.

‘Tilt at windmills’ (Idiom) means: To waste time fighting enemies or trying to resolve issues, which don’™t even exist (Imaginary).
Examples:
It is time for the government to stop tilting at windmills and start fighting against the real enemy, unemployment.
I’™m not going to fight this issue. I’™ve wasted too much of my life tilting at windmills.
Thus, the right answer is ‘Attacking imaginary enemies’.

‘Out of the wood’ means: Free from difficulties. Look at the sentence: When the patient got out of the woods, everyone relaxed.

‘Hum and haw’ means: Be indecisive.

‘Unearthly hour’ means: Absurdly early or inconvenient.

‘Wool gathering’ means: To be day dreaming; not concentrating.