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1. To speak daggers
A. To abuse someone
B. To indulge in voracious talks
C. To speak to a person with hostility
D. None of these
ANSWER:C
SOLUTION : To speak daggers: To speak harshly or maliciously, so as to hurt the listener.
2. To talk shop
A. To talk nonsense
B. To talk reasonably
C. To talk about business or professional affairs
D. To abuse someone
ANSWER: C
SOLUTION:To talk shop: discuss matters concerning one’s work, especially at a social occasion when this is inappropriate.
3. To let the cat out of the bag
A. To give latitude
B. To show compassion
C. To miss a golden opportunity
D. To tell a secret without intending to do so
ANSWER:D
SOLUTION:To let the cat out of the bag: to reveal facts previously hidden.
4. To get the hang of a thing
A. To know a secret
B. To understand the meaning of it
C. To find the cause of something
D. None of these
ANSWER:B
SOLUTION:To get the hang of a thing: learn how to do something and to become better or more skilled at something that you may initially not have been very good at.
5. To change colour
A. To change appearance
B. To get frightened
C. To favour the wrong person
D. None of these
ANSWER:B
SOLUTION: To become frightened, To turn pale, To blush from embarrassment, To shift positions or to resile from an earlier position, and To be cautious when an event occurs.
6. To pay off old scores
A. To have one’s revenge
B. To settle a dispute
C. To repay the old loan
D. None of these
ANSWER:A
SOLUTION : To pay off old scores: To have one’s revenge.
7. To keep one’s head above water
A. To be cautious
B. To be out of debt
C. To remain aloof
D. None of these
ANSWER: B
SOLUTION:To keep one’s head above water: avoid succumbing to difficulties, typically debt.
8. Be in the mire
A. Be under debt
B. Be in love
C. Be in difficulties
D. Be uneasy
ANSWER:C
SOLUTION:Be in the mire: in trouble, entangled, in difficulties, encumbered.
9. To hang up one’s hat
A. To challenge
B. To surrender
C. To postpone
D. To make oneself comfortable in another person’s home
ANSWER:D
SOLUTION:To hang up one’s hat: to take up residence somewhere.
10. To bear the palm
A. To win
B. To accept a challenge
C. To accept defeat
D. To endure something
ANSWER:A
SOLUTION:To bear the palm: To win reward.