| 1. | The heavy losses in business came like a bolt from the blue. ? | |
|
a thunderstorm
|
||
|
an unexpected disaster
|
||
|
a windfall
|
||
|
an ominous warning
|
||
View Answer
Discuss in Forum
Report Question| 2. | Lead someone by the nose ? | |
|
to do the right thing
|
||
|
to force someone to take the blame
|
||
|
to dominate someone
|
||
|
to quarrel with someone
|
||
| 3. | To play ducks and drakes ? | |
|
to use recklessly
|
||
|
to change places
|
||
|
to be friendly
|
||
|
to act cleverly
|
||
| 4. | See eye to eye ? | |
|
See clearly
|
||
|
Stare at someone
|
||
|
Agree with someone
|
||
|
Be suspicious
|
||
| 5. | Give a piece of one's mind ? | |
|
To rebuke someone strongly
|
||
|
To advise someone
|
||
|
To share one's ideas
|
||
|
To donate something valuable
|
||
| 6. | Cut and dried ? | |
|
Badly hurt
|
||
|
Very old
|
||
|
Dead and gone
|
||
|
Already decided
|
||
| 7. | Making the final paper was a really difficult task but by the end of the week, I was able to______________ ? | |
|
Bark up the wrong tree
|
||
|
Wrap my head around it
|
||
|
Cry my eyes out
|
||
|
Run out of stream
|
||
| 8. | Suman really has _________. She moved to a new house just a month back but already has a lovely garden ? | |
|
A heart of gold
|
||
|
A bad hair day
|
||
|
A foot in the door
|
||
|
Green fingers
|
||
| 9. | to pigeon hole ? | |
|
To blindly accept someone
|
||
|
To typecast someone
|
||
|
To call someone names
|
||
|
To hurriedly reject someone
|
||
| 10. | As the crow flies ? | |
|
To be uncertain
|
||
|
A long winding path
|
||
|
The shortest route
|
||
|
To be directionless
|
||