Directions (for the next 05 items that follow): Given below are some idioms/phrases followed by four alternatives to each. Select the most appropriate alternative which provides the correct meaning of the idiom/phrase and mark your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.
'A blot on the landscape'
Something ugly that spoils the appearance of a place
'A blot on the landscape' refers to something, often a building or structure, that is unsightly and spoils the overall appearance or beauty of a place. Hence, option (d), 'Something ugly that spoils the appearance of a place', gives the correct meaning of the idiom.
Direction : Given below are some idioms/phrases followed by four alternative meanings to each. Choose the most appropriate expression.
Fair and square
Direction : Given below are some idioms/phrases followed by four alternative meanings to each. Choose the response which is the most appropriate expression.
Be over the hill
Direction: Given below are some idioms/phrases followed by four alternative meanings to each. Choose the response which is the most appropriate expression.
Yellow journalism
Directions : Given below are some idioms/phrases followed by four alternative meanings for each. Choose the most appropriate answer from among the options (a), (b), (c) and (d).
A queer fish
Direction: Choose the response, whichever is the most appropriate expression and mark your response in your answer sheet accordingly.
A hunky-dory situationGiven below are some idioms/phrases followed by four alternative meanings to each. Choose the most appropriate expression.
Fight tooth and nail
Directions : Given below are some idioms/phrases followed by four alternative meanings to each. Choose the response (a), (b), (c) or (d) which is the most appropriate meaning, and mark your response accordingly.
Show your hand
Direction: Choose the response, whichever is the most appropriate expression and mark your response in your answer sheet accordingly.
Learning from the school of hard knocks
Direction: Choose the response, whichever is the most appropriate expression and mark your response in your answer sheet accordingly.
Be out of action
Directions : Given below are some idioms/phrases followed by four alternative meanings to each. Choose the response (a), (b), (c) or (d) which is the most appropriate meaning, and mark your response accordingly.
Once-over
Direction: Given below are some idioms/phrases followed by four alternative meanings to each. Choose the response (a), (b), (c) or (d) which is the most appropriate expression.
A match made in heaven
Direction: Given below are some idioms/phrases followed by four alternative meanings to each. Choose the response (a), (b), (c) or (d) which is the most appropriate expression.
A culture vulture
Direction: Given below are some idioms/phrases followed by four alternative meanings to each. Choose the response (a), (b), (c) or (d) which is the most appropriate expression.
A death blow
Direction:Given below are some idioms/phrases followed by four alternative meanings to each. Choose the response (a), (b), (c) or (d) which is the most appropriate expression.
The jewel in the crown
Direction: Given below are some idioms/phrases followed by four alternative meanings to each. Choose the response (a), (b), (c) or (d) which is the most appropriate expression.
To live in a fool's paradise