CSS Solved Idioms (Past Papers from 2000 to Date)

‘A queer fish’ means: Strange and unusual.

‘Helter-skelter’ (Idiom ‘“ used as an adverb and an adjective) means: In disorderly haste or confusion, chaotic, haphazard, disordered, etc. We use the idiom to talk about hurried and disorganized things, especially when things happen very quickly, one after the other.
Examples:
My children ran helter-skelter all over the house. (Adverb)
Her clothes were scattered helter-skelter about the room. (Adverb)
We ran in a mad, helter-skelter fashion for the exits. (Adjective)
My books, notes, and papers are always scattered on the desk in a helter-skelter manner.
Thus, the right answer is ‘In disorderly haste or confusion’.

‘Itching palm’ means: A desire for money; greed; avarice.

‘Chicken out’ means: To decide not to do something because one is afraid. Look at the sentence: Jane was going to go parachuting with us, but she chickened out at the last minute.

‘Twiddle your thumbs’ means: To do nothing. Look at the sentence: Don’t sit around twiddling your thumbs. Get busy!

‘Cast pearls before swine’ (Idiom) means: To present something valuable to one who does not recognize its worth.
Example:
To teach them how to write an essay is like casting one’s pearls before swine.
Thus, the right answer is ‘To present something valuable to one who does not recognize its worth’.

‘Meet halfway’ means: To compromise with someone.

‘To keep one’s fingers crossed’ means: To hope that things will happen in the way that you want them to.

‘Under the harrow’ means: In distress, upset, troubled.

‘Murphy’s law’ means: Humorous axiom stating that anything that can go wrong will go wrong.