MCQ
1261. What is the meaning of the idiom 'a bad egg'?
an unreliable person
a dangerous person
a person who can't create anything
None of these
1262. What is the meaning of the idiom 'bury the hatchet'?
stop doing something and going somewhere else
stop quarrelling and become friendly
preserve something for bad days
try to destroy a hatchet
1263. "Back up' means---
Stop
support
explode
continue
1264. Only those who are not serious to their success work by—and starts.
Long odds
against time
every inch
fits
1265. Bring to book' means –
book written by a famous writer
valueless person st
to rebuke/ punish
book which is lo
1266. Do not burn the candle---
at both ends
in daylight
when you are asleep
when you walk
1267. 'Burning question' means-
Hard question
Much talked about
To set fire to question paper.
To end the issue.
1268. I am afraid he is burning the candle at both ends and ruining his life. burning the candle at both ends means--
becoming overgenerous
losing his objectives
overtaxing his energies
wasting his money
1269. Choose the meaning of 'bring to pass'
cause to happen
cause to destroy
cause to pass
cause to carry out
1270. "By fits and start" means
at irregular intervals
at rapid rates
at regular intervals
suddenly
1271. What is the meaning of the expression "bottom of my heart"
close to my heart
lower part of my heart
core of my heart
close to my liver
1272. What is the meaning of the From the bottom of one's heart phrase "barking up the wrong free"?
Felling a worming tree
Removing the bark of a tree
Pursuing an incorrect lead
Planting a wrong tree
1273. Bury the hatchet' means-
make a noise
make peace
make a hole
bury a dead body
1274. By fits and start long means—
Irregularly
Carefully
Regularly
Attentively
1275. A "burning question" means -
a false question
An important question
A hard question
An uncommon question
1276. If you do something by fits and starts you do it-.
repeatedly
continuously
not continuously
seldom
1277. We should avoid burning the candle at both ends; otherwise it will make us suffer. The burning the candle at both ends indicates -
burning the candle fully
both ends to be demolished
wasting
burning valuables
1278. The price of daily necessaries increases by –
hook or by crook
fits and starts
and the by
leaps and bounds
1279. The price of rice is increasing by -
hook or by crook
fits and starts
and the by
leaps and bounds
1280. 'Burning question' means--
any easy question
A hotly discussed question
a hard question
a very important question