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Kerala PSC English Grammar Book Study Materials 1 Page 744
Book's First PageIDIOMS/PHRASES 749. (4) 750. (3) 751. (3) 752. (1) enough rope to frame her own answer. 753. (2) 754. (4) 755. (2) 756. (3) The best option is enough free- 757. (2) 758. (4) 759. (3) 760. (1) 1. (3) under a cloud : under a sus- dom for action. picion 761. (3) 762. (2) 763. (3) 764. (2) 9. (3) all at sea : confused and not l As he behaved in an abnormal 765. (3) 766. (1) 767. (2) 768. (4) knowing what to do way, his activities were under a l I’m all at sea with these new rules 769. (1) 770. (3) 771. (1) 772. (3) cloud. and regulations. 773. (2) 774. (4) 775. (1) 776. (3) The best option is under suspi- The best option is puzzled. cion. 777. (3) 778. (1) 779. (3) 780. (3) 10. (4) sweeping statement : too gen- 2. (4) flogging a dead horse : wast- 781. (1) 782. (2) 783. (1) 784. (3) ing your effort by trying to do eral and failing to think about or 785. (3) 786. (2) 787. (2) 788. (2) something that is no longer pos- understand sible l His sweeping statement left the 789. (3) 790. (3) 791. (1) 792. (2) l He was warned again and again, board speechless. 793. (4) 794. (1) 795. (4) 796. (3) The best option is generalised but now I think there is no use 797. (2) 798. (3) 799. (4) 800. (4) flogging a dead horse. statement. 801. (3) 802. (4) 803. (3) 804. (3) The best option is wasting time 11. (3) in a tight corner : in a diffi- 805. (2) 806. (4) 807. (1) 808. (2) in useful effort. cult situation 3. (4) look down upon : think you l Unexpected excuses put him in 809. (3) 810. (2) 811. (2) 812. (1) are better than somebody/some- a tight corner. 813. (3) 814. (4) 815. (4) 816. (2) thing The best option is in a difficult 817. (1) 818. (2) 819. (2) 820. (1) l He always looks down upon his situation. 821. (2) 822. (2) 823. (3) 824. (2) poor brother. 12. (2) a wild goose chase : a search The best option is regard with for something that is impossible 825. (2) 826. (3) 827. (3) 828. (3) contempt. for you to find or that does not 829. (3) 830. (3) 831. (3) 832. (4) 4. (2) face the music : to accept or exist, that makes you waste a lot 833. (1) 834. (4) 835. (2) 836. (3) deal with criticism or punishment of time 837. (2) 838. (4) 839. (2) 840. (2) for something you have done l I cannot accompany you in this l He is prepared to face the music wild goose chase. 841. (4) 842. (2) 843. (1) 844. (3) for his conduct at the meeting. The best option is futile search. 845. (3) 846. (2) 847. (4) 848. (3) The best option is get reprimanded. 13. (3) does not hold water : cannot 849. (1) 850. (4) 851. (2) 852. (2) 5. (3) token strike : a brief strike be believed 853. (1) 854. (3) 855. (3) 856. (4) intended to convey the strength l His argument is baseless and of feeling on a disputed issue 857. (2) 858. (3) 859. (1) 860. (3) does not hold water. l The workers went on a one-day 861. (3) 862. (2) 863. (3) 864. (3) The best option is cannot be be- token strike to get their demands lieved. 865. (2) 866. (4) 867. (2) 868. (2) fulfilled. 14. (1) on the cuff : on credit 869. (3) 870. (1) 871. (1) 872. (3) The best option is short strike l I helped him clean up the shop, held as a warning. 873. (3) 874. (2) 875. (2) 876. (4) so the mechanic gave me an oil 6. (4) fell foul of : to get into trou- 877. (4) 878. (1) 879. (1) 880. (4) ble with a person/an organisa- change on the cuff. 881. (2) 882. (1) 883. (4) 884. (2) tion because of doing something The best option is on credit. 885. (1) 886. (2) 887. (3) 888. (3) wrong 15. (1) out and out : in every way; l The boy fell foul of his best complete 889. (2) 890. (2) 891. (1) 892. (2) friend, when he disagreed to his l What she said was an out and 893. (1) 894. (2) 895. (2) 896. (1) friends’s opinion. out a lie. 897. (4) 898. (2) 899. (3) 900. (2) The best option is got into trou- The best option is totally. 901. (3) 902. (4) 903. (2) 904. (4) ble with. 16. (3) a white elephant : a thing that 7. (3) by fits and starts : impulsive- is useless and no longer needed, 905. (3) 906. (3) 907. (1) 908. (2) ly and irregularly although it may have cost a lot of 909. (1) 910. (2) 911. (4) 912. (1) l A sincere student works regular- money 913. (2) 914. (3) 915. (4) 916. (1) ly, not by fits and starts. l The new office block has become 917. (1) 918. (1) 919. (4) 920. (3) The best option is irregularly. an expensive white elephant. 921. (2) 922. (3) 923. (3) 924. (2) 8. (4) enough rope : to allow free- The best option is costly or trou- dom to do what one wants blesome possession. 925. (1) 926. (2) 927. (3) 928. (3 l The question was so irrelevant 17. (2) fair and square : honest and 929. (3) 930. (4) 931. (2) that it gave the interviewee according to the rules SEE–751