Important Idioms and phrases for various exams

Shoulder to shoulder
A) to be in same profession
B) to be of same height
C) individual effort
D) with united effort
Shake in the shoes
A) to lost one’s balance
B) to die
C) to tremble with fear
D) to fit in a small size of shoes
Spick and span
A) friend and enemy
B) good and bad
C) neat and clean
D) in a span of time
Steal a march
A) to obtain an advantage by secret means
B) to be first in a competition
C) to be an influential person
D) to bribe someone in a huge amount
Take the Bull by the horns
A) an open challenge to an influential person
B) to adopt the most direct but the most dangerous way
C) enmity
D) to kill the animals for one’s own sake
Put in cold storage
A) to store things to keep them fresh
B) to close an argument
C) to avoid a situation deliberately
D) to keep a work pending
Small fry
A) an honest person
B) an insignificant person
C) to cook small portions of food
D) a poor person
Through thick and thin
A) in good and bad times
B) to be financially broke
C) insolvent
D) to be in a difficult situation
Turn over a new leaf
A) to be entirely changed for good
B) to be entirely changed for bad
C) to crush a leaf with the foot
D) to turn the page of your book
Play truant
A) to be unsuccessful
B) to argue mindlessly
C) to be absent from duty without permission
D) to play cleverly in order to win

Answers

Option D Option C 3. Option C 4. Option A 5. Option B 6. Option D 7. Option B 8. Option A 9. Option A 10. Option C