Idioms and Phrases


Direction: In the following questions four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase in bold in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.

  1. keep body and soul together









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    keep body and soul together: stay alive especially in difficult circumstances; to have just enough to sustain. Here, to have just enough to sustain is the right option. Look at the sentence :
    ● Do you think a man can keep body and soul together by selling coconuts?

    Correct Option: C

    keep body and soul together: stay alive especially in difficult circumstances; to have just enough to sustain. Here, to have just enough to sustain is the right option. Look at the sentence :
    ● Do you think a man can keep body and soul together by selling coconuts?


  1. do a roaring trade









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    do a roaring trade : do very good business, to be highly successful. Here, highly successful is the right option. Look at the sentence :
    ● It was a hot sunny day and the ice cream sellers were doing a roaring trade.

    Correct Option: B

    do a roaring trade : do very good business, to be highly successful. Here, highly successful is the right option. Look at the sentence :
    ● It was a hot sunny day and the ice cream sellers were doing a roaring trade.



  1. blueblooded









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    blue-blooded : relating to royalty and the nobility; aristocratic; of noble birth. Here, of noble birth is the right option. Look at the sentence :
    ● Pt. Nehru was a blue-blooded politician.

    Correct Option: B

    blue-blooded : relating to royalty and the nobility; aristocratic; of noble birth. Here, of noble birth is the right option. Look at the sentence :
    ● Pt. Nehru was a blue-blooded politician.


  1. a storm in a teacup









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    a storm in a tea cup/a tempest in a teapot : a lot of unnecessary anger and worry about a matter that is not important. Here, big fuss over a small matter is the right option. Look at the sentence :
    ● To quarrel for a joke is like a storm in a tea cup.

    Correct Option: C

    a storm in a tea cup/a tempest in a teapot : a lot of unnecessary anger and worry about a matter that is not important. Here, big fuss over a small matter is the right option. Look at the sentence :
    ● To quarrel for a joke is like a storm in a tea cup.



  1. mare’s nest









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    mare’s nest : a discovery that seems interesting but is found to have no value; a very complicated situation; worthless thing. Here, worthless thing is the right option. Look at the sentence :
    ● The announced cure for the disease was merely another mare’s nest.

    Correct Option: B

    mare’s nest : a discovery that seems interesting but is found to have no value; a very complicated situation; worthless thing. Here, worthless thing is the right option. Look at the sentence :
    ● The announced cure for the disease was merely another mare’s nest.