Idioms and Phrases in English

• 43. End in smoke

  1. 3500
  2. 4500
  3. 5000
  4. 6000
  5. come to nothing
  6. end with a death
  7. end with a compromise
  8. end after fulfilling objective

  Answer :

  Option E

  Explanation:

  Example : Even after best players they ended in smoke as they were not able to win.

• 44. Play truant

  1. Rs 180.50
  2. Rs 182.50
  3. Rs 183.50
  4. Rs 187.50
  5. To be happy
  6. To be away from home
  7. To be absent from duty without persmission
  8. To be sad

  Answer :

  Option

  Explanation:

  Example : Company has zero tolerance policy for the employees who play truant.

• 45. Red tapism

  1. 320 Crore
  2. 420 Crore
  3. 520 Crore
  4. 620 Crore
  5. Official delay
  6. Associated with a brand
  7. Make someone angry
  8. Extreme love

  Answer :

  Option E

  Explanation:

  Example : Red tapism is bane for any bureaucracy.

• 46. Turn the corner

  1. to be at one side
  2. to pass a critical stage
  3. to make some one feel happy
  4. to make space to rest

  Answer :

  Option B

  Explanation:

  Example : After long illness finally he turned up the corner and now he is completely fine.

• 47. Pyrrhic victory

  1. Great victory
  2. Victory with a policy
  3. Much awaited victory
  4. Victory at a high cost

  Answer :

  Option D

  Explanation:

  Greek victory over Trojans proved to be pyrrhic victory.

• 48. Fish in troubles waters

  1. to take revenge
  2. to take advantage of trouble of others
  3. to take risk
  4. to get high profits

  Answer :

  Option B

  Explanation:

  Example : Clever businessmen fish in troubled water when there is scarcity of things.

• 49. In a red

  1. to be very angry
  2. to be in a loss
  3. to be in profit
  4. just a reference to colour

  Answer :

  Option B

  Explanation:

  Example : Govt. organizations are in a red due to lack of efficient administration.