Idioms and phrases

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41) The truant boy promised to turn over a new leaf.
A) Turn to nature
B) Start a new and better life
C) Move away from the place
D) Change for the worse

42) The man was willing to undertake the work for a consideration.
A) Out of sympathy
B) Against payment
C) Only for a brief period
D) On certain terms

43) I gave him a piece of my mind.
A) Expressed love
B) Fell in love
C) Expressed anguish
D) Trusted him

44) He has the gift of the gab.
A) A talent for speaking
B) A good voice
C) A logical bent of mind
D) Talking nonsense

45) She is a little under the weather today.
A) Feeling unwell
B) In sync with the weather
C) Feeling excited
D) Feeling sad

46) 'Hold fire' means
A) To delay doing something
B) Catch Fire
C) Prevent fire
D) Magnify

47) He tried by all means, by hook or by crook to win the case.
A) By any means fair or foul
B) By money
C) By Man power
D) By muscle power

48) He changed his job and was out of frying pan o fire.
A) Happy with the job
B) Misfit
C) In a condition from bad to worse
D) Lucky in the choice

49) To take up the gauntlet means
A) To accept the challenge
B) To refuse
C) To appreciate
D) To move

50) He 'made light, of his friend's warning means he ———
A) Lit a fire
B) Showed the light
C) Took seriously
D) Treated lightly

51) His observation were 'beside the point' means that his observations were ——— .
A) Written in point form
B) Written beside his points
C) Not relevant
D) Not heard by others

52) The boys were 'kept in' after school means that the boys were ———
A) Caned
B) Punished
C) Confined
D) Rewarded

53) In spite of all his brag he had 'to eat humble pie' means that he had to ———
A) Apologize
B) Surrender
C) Leave
D) Eat his food

54) 'A wild-goose chase' means ———
A) To go hunting
B) To go on a foolish, fruitless search
C) To chase wild geese
D) To protect