SSC CGL Verbal Ability Idioms and Phrases Online Test in English

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Though still a student Raj spends money Lavishy and he can afford it because he was born with a silver spoon in his mouth.

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It will be very difficult for Manoj to Handle the responsibility, he is still in his salad days.

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You needed food on a rainy day also. How did you get it unless you saved for the day?

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Neither the husband nor the wife has an accommodating nature, so their marriage is on the rocks.

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Mind your P’s and Q’s if you have to create a good impression.

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Reports often have a slip of the pen, the copy editor has to rectify those errors.

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The revolution of 1857 proved to be the last nail in the mughal empire’s coffin.

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Rohan found it difficult to run the family.So he ran away, leaving his family in the lurch.

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Ram is right hand man of Parkash.

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Businessmen prefer diversification, they are afraid of putting all their eggs in one basket.

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Under a cloud –

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Go bust

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Call it a day

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Be in two minds

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A sword of Damocles –

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The writing on the wall

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A nine day’s wonder

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Calculate on

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Spell out

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Throw away –

In the following question,four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase in bold in the sentences.Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

He went on sowing wild oats; he reaped suffering in his old age.

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I don’t know why she has become stand-offish recently.

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I cannot put up with your misconduct any longer.

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I did not mind what he was saying, he was only talking through his hat.

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He is so furious that he would go through fire and water to revenge himself on his foe.

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That fellow trumped up a story.

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A brave solider will never show the white feather in the face of his enemy.

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You have to be tactful in the handling the sensitive matters rather than putting the cart before the horse

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There followed an awkward silence after Ram declared his love to her.

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The two women are so jealous of each other, that at the drop of hat they start insulting each other.