IDIOMS/PHRASES
      Directions (349–353) : In the                Directions (359-363) : In each                Directions (369–373) : In the fol-
following questions, four alternatives       of the following questions, four alter-       lowing questions, four alternatives are
are given for the Idiom/Phrase. Choose       natives are given for the Idiom/              given for the Idiom/Phrase in bold in
the alternative which best expresses         Phrase. Choose the alternative which          the sentence. Choose the alternative
the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase              best expresses the meaning of the Id-         which best expresses the meaning of
             (SSC (10+2) Level Data Entry    iom/Phrase as your answer.                    the Idiom/Phrase as your answer.
       Operator & LDC Exam. 21.10.2012                                                                  (SSC (10+2) Level Data Entry
                                                          (SSC (10+2) Level Data Entry
                              (2nd Sitting))                                                      Operator & LDC Exam. 04.11.2012
                                                    Operator & LDC Exam. 28.10.2012
 349. a hard nut to crack                                                                                                (2nd Sitting)
                                                                             (1st Sitting)
      (1) a foolish search
                                             359. fall flat                                369. I took exception to his remarks
      (2) a difficult problem                                                                    and left the meeting.
      (3) an easy question                         (1) to fail to stand
                                                                                                 (1) objected       (2) suggested
      (4) expensive thing                          (2) to fail to realise
                                                                                                 (3) heard          (4) excused
 350. hand in glove                                (3) to fail to maintain
                                                                                           370. He turned a deaf ear to his par-
      (1) very difficult                           (4) to fail to produce intended
                                                                                                 ents’ advice.
      (2) open enemy                                    effect
                                                                                                 (1) listen carefully
      (3) very intimate                      360. carry weight
                                                                                                 (2) refused to obey
      (4) very rude                                (1) to carry burden
                                                                                                 (3) big help
 351. a lame excuse                                (2) carry the day
                                                                                                 (4) attentively
      (1) unsatisfactory explanation               (3) be important
                                                                                           371. Most people live from hand to
      (2) good explanation                         (4) carry through                             mouth these days because of
      (3) useless talk                       361. to pass away                                   inflation.
      (4) ill feelings                             (1) to ignore      (2) walk past              (1) lavishly       (2) happily
 352. at a loss                                    (3) die            (4) revise                 (3) comfortably (4) miserably
      (1) expert          (2) unable         362. turn down                                372. There are no hard and fast rules
      (3) able            (4) defeat               (1) to accept      (2) reject                 for admission to this college.
 353. in black and white                           (3) twist          (4) weave                  (1) easy           (2) strict
      (1) useless         (2) in writing     363. die hard                                       (3) fixed          (4) slow
      (3) in short        (4) in full swing        (1) unwilling to change                 373. Please hold your tongue in this
       Directions (354–358) : In the               (2) ready to change                           matter, otherwise you will re-
following questions, four alternatives             (3) egoist                                    pent.
are given for the Idiom/Phrase. Choose             (4) arrogant                                  (1) be silent      (2) give advice
the alternative which best expresses                Directions (364-368) : In the                (3) defend         (4) argue
the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase as           following questions, four alternatives               Directions (374–378) : In the
your answer.                                 are given for the Idiom/Phrase. Choose        following question, four alternatives
             (SSC (10+2) Level Data Entry    the alternative which best expresses          are given for the Idiom/Phrase in bold
       Operator & LDC Exam. 21.10.2012                                                     in the sentence. Choose the alterna-
                                             the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase as
                               (2nd Sitting)                                               tive which best expresses the mean-
                                             your answer.
 354. stand by                                                                             ing of the Idiom/Phrase.
                                                          (SSC (10+2) Level Data Entry
      (1) support         (2) postpone                                                                     (SSC Graduate Level Tier-I
                                                    Operator & LDC Exam. 28.10.2012
      (3) stand up        (4) resist                                                                   Exam. 11.11.2012 (1st Sitting)
                                                                             (1st Sitting)
 355. to give vent to
                                              364. turn up                                  374. If you want to be happy, cut
      (1) cause trouble                                                                           your coat according to your
                                                    (1) twist         (2) appear
      (2) lose courage                                                                            cloth.
                                                    (3) curt          (4) wind
      (3) circulate                                                                               (1) be honest in your dealings
                                              365. bad blood
      (4) express                                                                                 (2) work according to your ca-
                                                    (1) low blood pressure
 356. part and parcel                                                                                 pacity
      (1) partly                                    (2) feeling of love
                                                                                                  (3) live within your means
      (2) unnecessary part                          (3) feeling of hatred
                                                                                                  (4) don’t be too ambitious
      (3) essential element                         (4) high blood pressure
                                                                                            375. She broke down in the middle
      (4) large part                          366. by fits and starts
                                                                                                  of her speech.
 357. to get wind                                   (1) regularly     (2) irregularly
                                                                                                  (1) could not proceed
      (1) to forget (2) come to know                (3) certainly     (4) fairly
                                                                                                  (2) fell down
      (3) to tell      (4) to fly             367. to put an end to
                                                                                                  (3) became angry
 358. under the thumb of                            (1) continue      (2) start
                                                                                                  (4) cried
      (1) beyond control of                         (3) stop          (4) enforce           376. He lays out fifty percent of his
      (2) under the nose of                   368. to hail from                                   income on bonds and shares.
      (3) active                                    (1) call          (2) receive                 (1) allots       (2) distributes
      (4) under control of                          (3) come from (4) arrive                      (3) donates      (4) spends
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