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 pride (oneself) on an achievement
’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.
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Choose suitable meaning of idiom ‘On the thin ice’A. Interrupt a tumble or descent
B. In a risky situation, endangered
C. Absurdly early or inconvenient
D. None of these
Choose suitable meaning of idiom ‘Penny wise and pound foolish’
A. Feel dismayed by something but remain silent
B. Interrupt a tumble or descent
C. Not willing to spend small amounts of money, careful and economical in small matters while being wasteful or extravagant in large ones
D. None of these
Choose suitable meaning of idiom ‘For good’
A. Permanently
B. Definitely
C. Happily
D. Abruptly
Choose suitable meaning of idiom ‘A Freudian slip’
A. Interrupt a tumble or descent
B. To retract what one has said
C. Unintentional error that seems to reveal subconscious feelings
D. None of these
Choose suitable meaning of idiom ‘Zero hours’
A. Not to be changed
B. In distress, upset, troubled
C. The time when something important is to start
D. None of these
Choose suitable meaning of idiom ‘Walk with God’
A. To become extremely angry or excited
B. To pay too much money for something
C. To live in obedience to His commands, and have communion with Him
D. None of these
Choose suitable meaning of idiom ‘To become reconcile to’
A. In an instant
B. Too accept or be resigned to something not desired
C. To pride (oneself) on an achievement, personal quality
D. None of these
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