Idioms and Phrases

176. Choose the correct sentence --

• ক. I shall avail this opportunity
• খ. I shall avail myself of this opportunity
• গ. I will avail this opportunity
• ঘ. I would avail this opportunity

177. Select the correct sentence.

• ক. I am a man of words
• খ. I am a man of the words
• গ. I am a man of the word
• ঘ. I am a man of word

178. 'Cock and bull story' means -

• ক. a fable
• খ. a tragedy
• গ. a false story
• ঘ. a wonderful story

179. 'Let us call it a day ' means -

• ক. let us stop
• খ. let us call during the day
• গ. it is day time
• ঘ. the day is yet to end

180. 'At daggers drawn' means -

• ক. in disorderly
• খ. at a standstill
• গ. on embracing point
• ঘ. on the point of fighting

181. 'Apple of one's eye ' means -

• ক. Apple like eye
• খ. Big eye
• গ. Apple coloured eye
• ঘ. Extremely favourite

182. The phrase 'An apple of discord ' means -

• ক. A sweet apple
• খ. An unexpected gift
• গ. An important subject
• ঘ. An object of quarrel

183. To 'cold shoulder' somebody is to -

• ক. insult him
• খ. ignore him
• গ. abuse him
• ঘ. abode him

184. He showed ----- when the danger came.

• ক. cold feet
• খ. cold shoulder
• গ. cold water
• ঘ. cold water

185. Nazma was in seventh heaven when she heard about her son's result. Here seventh heaven refers to -

• ক. a state of shock
• খ. in a state of supreme happiness
• গ. a state of experation
• ঘ. in state of disenchantment

186. The weight was too much and the pillar gave way. Here 'gave way ' indicates -

• ক. bent down
• খ. was changed
• গ. was broken
• ঘ. vanished

187. Lutfa goes on helping everyone without saving anything for the rainy day . Here the rainy day indicates -

• ক. a day with rains
• খ. a day with cold weather
• গ. a day with hot weather
• ঘ. a difficult day

188. The idiom "between the devil and the deep sea" means -

• ক. happy situation
• খ. tempting situation
• গ. difficult situation
• ঘ. easy situation

189. 'He was in a reverie' means -

• ক. He was sleeping
• খ. He was unconscious
• গ. He was dreaming
• ঘ. He was relaxing

190. Do come and visit us the next time you're in Dhaka. The following words may be replaced by -

• ক. Enter
• খ. Pay a visit
• গ. Show up
• ঘ. Encounter us

191. Which word below can replace the following phase " went down" ?

• ক. Broke
• খ. Collapsed
• গ. Shattered
• ঘ. Splintered

192. With this I 'm sure the train ' will be late ', Which expression may replace the following phrase ?

• ক. bound to late
• খ. is bound to late
• গ. will bound to late
• ঘ. will be bound to late

193. Choose the appropriate meaning of the idiom : Mowlana abdul Hamid Khan Bhasani 'done yeoman's service' to the country .

• ক. An adventurous service.
• খ. Render a valuable service.
• গ. Render an ordinary service.
• ঘ. Agitable the people.

194. Choose the appropriate meaning of the idiom : It was his constant prayer that he might 'die in harness' .

• ক. die in business
• খ. die in peace
• গ. die in bed
• ঘ. die in honour

195. We should a void 'burning the candle at both ends' , otherwise it will make us suffer. The following portion indicates --

• ক. burning the candle fully
• খ. both ends to be demolished
• গ. wasting
• ঘ. burning valuables

196. Bad habits should be 'nipped in the bud'. The following phrase means -

• ক. crop up
• খ. to be stopped in the beginning
• গ. to shun
• ঘ. to be cultivated

197. Which one is the correct phrase to fill in the gap ? He refused --- to help me.

• ক. point blank
• খ. in good faith
• গ. out and out
• ঘ. by no means

198. Fill in the gaps with appropriate idiom phrase : I know nothing about the language , it is all --- to me .

• ক. English
• খ. Bengali
• গ. Greek
• ঘ. Hindi

199. At last the beast in him got ---- upper hand.

• ক. a
• খ. an
• গ. the
• ঘ. no word is required

200. I wanted to build a book case but I could not make --- of the instruction.

• ক. understanding
• খ. sense
• গ. reality
• ঘ. sight