BCA Entrance Preparation Quiz: Idioms and Phrases Leave a Comment / Entrance Exam, Mock Test / By Safal Adhikari 1. The idiomatic phrase “Spick and Span” means?Wisdom and foresightWatch the weatherspotlessly cleanspotlessly clean 2. What do you mean by Novel ___________ ?Short proseLong fictional prose with many charactersA short narrative proseA literary work on the stage 3. What the term Short Story stands for:A long prose fictionA story of figurative languageA story of many charactersA short prose fiction 4. To”Jazz Up” means to___________?Go fasterMake something more excitingMake a lot of noiseBe Strong 5. “All Hours” means___________?At Regular TimesAt Irregular TimesEvery HourNone of these 6. Idiom “A slap on the wrist” means?Hard PunishmentBeating SomeoneWarning or Small PunishmentMake someone sad 7. Idiom “To cut long story short” means?Tell the story brieflyCome to the pointMiss the main pointsNone of above 8. “En-route” means_________?oneway directionOn the wayLong-distanceNone of these 9. Idiom ” To make amend for” means___________?Make possible effortTo compensate for damageTo bring change in somethingNone of these 10. “Brain Drain” means__________?Mad PersonMigration Of Skilled Person To Other CountryEmigration Of Intellectualsnone 11. The idiom “To burry the hatchet” mean?To make peaceTo make a foolish choiceTo make a wrong decisionTo lose something 12. Idiom “Tie the knot” means?friendshipgetting marriedenmitycriticism 13. The Government ruled by Women is called?Petticoat governmentCorporatocracyPatriarchyNone of these 14. “Hold one’s horse” means__________?Keep one’s expectationsKeep one’s giftHave patienceHigh on energy 15. “Give cold shoulder” means__________?To supportCold meatTo ignoreShiver 16. To catch a tartar means:To meet with disasterTo catch a dangerous personTo deal with a person who is more than one’s matchNone of above 17. To make clean breast of meansTo gain prominenceTo praise oneselfTo destroy before it bloomsTo confess without of reserves 18. She turned heads wherever she went. What does the idiom/phrase “turn heads” mean? get angryattract a lot of attentiontoo pleasednot knowing what to say 19. My friend is a couch potato. What does the idiom/phrase “couch potato” means? active personbusy personlazy personangry person 20. He Was all at sea when he began his new Job.What does idiom / phrase “at sea” means __________?happysadpuzzledtriumphant 21. She goes to her mother’s house off and on. What does idiom / phrase “off and on” meansfrequentlyrarelyoccasionallysometimes 22. “Feel blue” means _________?feel sadfeel happy feel energaticfeel angry 23. “Black and blue” _____________ ?Full of bruisesa poor plan False sense of happiness or successSomething that is not understandable 24. “A litmus test” means __________ ?A decisively indicative testFalse sense of happiness or successSomething that is not understandableTo show dislike or disappointment through facial expressions 25. “when pigs fly” means ______?something that is easy to doraining very heavilysomething that will never happen or is impossiblemiss the chance 26. "cats and dogs" means _________?Raining very heavilyEasy optionVery rarelyone who presents a counter argument 27. “Keep at bay” means ______________.Keep in mindKeep at a distanceKeep thinking about somethingKeep at the sea-shore 28. "At the drop of the hat" means____________?As soon as it was spokenDone easily, without any preparationDone in an instantAfter something is done 29. “Your guess is as good as mine” means __________?Join a popular trend or activityTo hear something from the authoritative sourceTo know the answerTo have no idea 30. “Wild goose chase” _________?A foolish and hopeless search for or pursuit of something unattainableTo take credit for something someone else didTo not take what someone says too seriously; to treat someone’s words with a degree of skepticismA phrase implying that one is not proficient at performing a particular task and that they should not try to perform the task professionally 31. “Spill the beans” ________ ?Frivolously performing a simple taskReveal someone’s secretTo stop something at an early stageTo stop something at an early stage 32. “Get your goat” means _____?To pacify someoneTo irritate someoneTo soothe someoneTo Hug someone 33. “Best of both worlds” means ________?A phrase implying that a person is never satisfied with their current situation; they think others have it betterPeople’s intentions can be judged better by what they do than by what they sayA situation wherein someone has the privilege of enjoying two different opportunitiesJust the information I have on the subject 34. “An arm and a leg” means _________?Full throttle; at maximum speedVery cheap or inexpensive. A little amount of moneyVery expensive or costly. A large amount of moneyOne made powerless or ineffective, as by nerves, panic, or stress 35. “Achilles’ heel” means ________?To action a task; to initiate workA metaphor for a fatal weakness in spite of overall strengthA hidden or secret strength, or unrevealed advantageTo endure a painful or unpleasant situation that is unavoidable 36. “A hot potato” means _________?The one tiny drawback that ruins itTo go to bed to sleepTo find fault with something that has been received as a gift or favorA controversial issue or situation that is awkward or unpleasant to deal with 37. “Like a sitting duck” means________________?lazyfatsleepyignorant 38. blows his own trumpetflatterspraises othersadmonishes otherspraises himself 39. In the armed forces, it is considered a great privilege to “die in harness”.die on a horse backdie in the battlefielddie while still workingdie with honour 40. He “passed himself off” as a noble man.Was regarded asPretended to beWas thought to beWas looked upon 41. He could be easily arrested because the police were tipped off in a advance. tipped off means _____________?Toppled overBribedGiven advance informationThreatened 42. To smell a rat _______?To see signs of plague epidemicTo get bad small of a bad dead ratTo suspect foul dealingsTo be in a bad mood 43. A man of straw _________?A man of no substanceA very active personA worthy fellowAn unreasonable person 44. To put one’s hand to plough __________?To take up agricultural farmingTo take a difficult taskTo get entangled into unnecessary thingsTake interest in technical work 45. “Hornet’s nest” means:___________?A bee’s houseA violent situationA good situationA dangerous place 46. To end in smoke ________?To end in smoke ________?To ruin oneselfTo excite great applauseTo overcome someone 47. Pull your socks up:To get readyTo finishTo startTo improve Loading...
