SECTION
IDIOMS & PHRASES: EXERCISE-01
1. ALL AND SUNDRY –
A. exception B. without C. with exclusion D. without exception
2. AS A RULE –
A. generally B. often C. usually D. sometimes
3. AT ALL HAZARD-
A. with all difficulties B. despite all difficulties C. at all difficulties D. at any difficulties
4 .AT ALOW EBB -
A. contrast B. increasing C. showing upper trends D. slackening
5. AT ARM’S LENGTH-
A. avoiding anyone B. cares for someone C. if it were D. close behind
6. AT DAGGER’S DRAWN-
A. at the point of fighting B. fighting with swords C. fighting violently D. fighting easily
7. AT ONE’S WITHS END-
A. bewildered B. confused C. destined D. in anxiety
8. AT STAKE-
A. in hope B. without exception C. in discrimination D. in good faith
9. BAD BOOLD-
A. good omen B. ill feeling C. bad position D. ill omen
10. BECK AND CALL-
A. at one’s will B. at one’s call C. at one’s airy gesture D. at one’s command
11. BODY AND CALL-
A. largely B. partly C. in every respect D. generally
12. BY AND BY-
A. lately B. before long C. thoroughly D. confidently
13. BY THE BY-
A. in passing B. in good hope C. by now D. by way of
14. BY AND LARGE –
A. chiefly B. freely C. almost D. commonly
15. FAIR AND SQUARE-
A. in abeyance B. struggling C. modest D. candid
16. IN A DELIMMA-
A. puzzled B. hopeful C. between two dangers D. irony of fate
17. INS AND OUT-
A. comprehensiveness B. details C. partly annexure D. description
18. IN A FIX-
A. outcry B. in a hole C. mystified D. in a dilemma
19. IN BLACK AND WHITE-
A. in lettering B. with black and white ink C. in paper D. cheerful
20. IN CAMERA-
A. on the sly B. during C. in force D. in goods
21. IN FULL SWING-
A. full of twists and turns B. joy full C. in the place of D. as regards
22. IN THE DARK-
A. in darkness B. in serious difficulties C. in fashion D. badly informed
23. IN THE VAN OF-
A. leaders B. in the caravan C. in headship D. ancestors
24. KITH AND KIN
A. blue blood B. bad blood C. main support D. kinsfolk
25. LOAVES AND FISHES-
A. own gain B. resistance C. livelihood D. abundance
