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SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Idioms/Phrases - 5 for SSC CGL 2024 is part of SSC CGL English Previous Year Papers (Topic-wise) preparation. The SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Idioms/Phrases - 5 questions and answers have been prepared according to the SSC CGL exam syllabus.The SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Idioms/Phrases - 5 MCQs are made for SSC CGL 2024 Exam. Find important definitions, questions, notes, meanings, examples, exercises, MCQs and online tests for SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Idioms/Phrases - 5 below.
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SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Idioms/Phrases - 5 - Question 1
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Directions: In the following questions, four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase underlined in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom / Phrase. [SSC Multitasking 2013]

The man changed colours when I questioned him on the allocation of funds.

Detailed Solution for SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Idioms/Phrases - 5 - Question 1

Phrase ‘change colour ’ means: to give a completely different form and to cause to be different etc.

SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Idioms/Phrases - 5 - Question 2
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Directions: In the following questions, four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase underlined in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom / Phrase. [SSC Multitasking 2013]

We cannot depend on him for this assignment as it needs careful handling and he is like a bull in a China shop.

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Idiom ‘bull in a China Shop’ means: one who is aggressive and clumsy in a situation that requires delicacy and care.

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SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Idioms/Phrases - 5 - Question 3
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Directions: In the following questions, four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase underlined in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom / Phrase. [SSC Multitasking 2013]

The mother always insists on keeping the house spick and span.

Detailed Solution for SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Idioms/Phrases - 5 - Question 3

Idiom ‘spick and span’ means: totally clean/organized.

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Directions: In the following questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom / Phrase underlined in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase. [SSC CHSL 2013]

The police cordoned off the area after the explosion.
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Phrase ‘Cordon off’ means: to close, isolate, block and barricade etc.

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Directions: In the following questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom / Phrase underlined in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase. [SSC CHSL 2013]

The manager hesitated to assign the job to the newcomer as he was wet behind the ears.
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Idiom ‘wet behind the ears’ means: inexperienced, often because one is young.

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Directions: In the following questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom / Phrase underlined in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase. [SSC CHSL 2013]

Mrs. Roy keeps_an open house on Saturday evening parties— you’ll find all kinds of people there.
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Idiom ‘keep an open office’ means: to have one’s house in a state or condition in which visitors or guests are welcomed at any time.

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Directions: In the following questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase printed in bold in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/ Phrase. [SSC Sub. Ins. 2013]

I tried to feel his pulse on the issue, but in vain.
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Idiom Feel pulse means: to try to know someone's views.

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Directions: In the following questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase printed in bold in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/ Phrase. [SSC Sub. Ins. 2013]

For this act of indifference, he will be taken to task by the authority.
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Phrase Take somebody to task means: to criticize somebody strongly for something they have done.

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Directions: In the following questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase printed in bold in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/ Phrase. [SSC Sub. Ins. 2013]

You need to have something up your sleeve if the present plan does not work.
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Idiom Have/keep something up your sleeve means: to keep a plan or an idea secret until you need to use it.

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Directions: In the following questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase printed in bold in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/ Phrase. [SSC Sub. Ins. 2013]

The new manager ruled the roost to every one.
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Phrase Rule the roost means: to be the most powerful member of a group.

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Directions: In the following questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase printed in bold in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/ Phrase. [SSC Sub. Ins. 2013]

Despite his initial arrogance, he had to eat humble pie.
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Phrase Eat humble pie means: to say and show that you are sorry for a mistake that you made.

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Directions: In the following questions, four alternatives are given to the Idiom/Phrase underlined in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase. [SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013]

What egged you on to become a social worker?
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Idiom ‘egged you on’ means: to encourage somebody to do something, to urge, push and incite etc.

SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Idioms/Phrases - 5 - Question 13
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Directions: In the following questions, four alternatives are given to the Idiom/Phrase underlined in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase. [SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013]

Many politicians in India are not fit to hold a candle to Mahatma Gandhi.
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Phrase ‘not fit to hold a candle’ means: not to be named in comparison with, inferior or of a lower quality.

SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Idioms/Phrases - 5 - Question 14
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Directions: In the following questions, four alternatives are given to the Idiom/Phrase underlined in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase. [SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013]

She must be paying through the nose for the face left.
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Idiom ‘Paying through the nose’ means: to pay an exorbitant amount of money, to pay excessive amount of money.

SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Idioms/Phrases - 5 - Question 15
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Directions: In the following questions, four alternatives are given to the Idiom/Phrase underlined in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase. [SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013]

He is putting the cart before the horse by purchasing furniture before buying a house.
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Idiom ‘putting the cart before the horse’ means: to do things in a wrong order.

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Directions: In the following questions, four alternatives are given to the Idiom/Phrase underlined in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase. [SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013]

Casting pearls before swine.
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Idiom ‘Casting pearls before swine’ means: to offer something valuable or good to someone who does not know its value.

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Directions: In the following questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase underlined. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/ Phrase. [SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013]

To be above board.
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Phrase If somebody is ‘above board,’ he/she is honest in any business deal.

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Directions: In the following questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase underlined. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/ Phrase. [SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013]

To cry wolf.
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Phrase ‘To cry wolf’ means that someone is giving false alarm.

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Directions: In the following questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase underlined. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/ Phrase. [SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013]

He is on the wrong side of seventy.
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Idiom ‘on the wrong side of (any age)’ means: some what more than (a specific age) i.e. more than the given age.

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Directions: In the following questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase underlined. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/ Phrase. [SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013]

To have an axe to grind.
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Phrase If you have ‘an axe to grind’ that means you have a private end to serve.

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Directions: In the following questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase underlined. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/ Phrase. [SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013]

To drive home.
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Idiom If you ‘drive something home’, that means you are making something completely clear to someone. She didn't have to drive the point home. The movie had done that.

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Directions: In these questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/ Phrase given in bold in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase. [SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013]

Let sleeping dogs lie.
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Idiom ‘Let sleeping dogs lie’ mean s to avoid mentioning a subject that happened in the past, in order to avoid any problems or argument.

SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Idioms/Phrases - 5 - Question 23
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Directions: In these questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/ Phrase given in bold in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase. [SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013]

To get admission in present day educational institutions, all children should be born with a silver spoon in the mouth.
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Phrase ‘Born with a silver spoon in your mouth’ means having rich parents.

SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Idioms/Phrases - 5 - Question 24
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Directions: In these questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/ Phrase given in bold in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase. [SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013]

A man of straw mean
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Idiom ‘A man of straw’ means a man of no substance; an ordinary man.

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Directions: In these questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/ Phrase given in bold in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase. [SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013]

Children complain about their parents' gifts. They should learn not to look gift horse in the mouth.
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Phrase ‘Look a gift horse in the mouth’ means to refuse or criticize something that is given to you for nothing.

SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Idioms/Phrases - 5 - Question 26
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Directions: In these questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/ Phrase given in bold in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase. [SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013]

Acquiring a job is a cakewalk for a student who has good academic performance coupled with the good attitude.
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Idiom ‘A cakewalk’ means something that is extremely easy to do.

SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Idioms/Phrases - 5 - Question 27
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Directions: In the following questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase printed in bold in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase. [SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2013]

Hard work pays in the long run.
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Phrase ‘In the long run’ means: concerning a longer period in the future.

SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Idioms/Phrases - 5 - Question 28
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Directions: In the following questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase printed in bold in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase. [SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2013]

I felt a fish out of water among the lawyers.
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Phrase ‘A fish out of water’ means: a person who feels uncomfortable or awkward.

SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Idioms/Phrases - 5 - Question 29
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Directions: In the following questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase printed in bold in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase. [SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2013]

The Cauvery water issue led to apple of discord between the two Governments.
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Idiom ‘Apple of discord’ means: cause of quarrel.

SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Idioms/Phrases - 5 - Question 30
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Directions: In the following questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase printed in bold in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase. [SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2013]

The construction remains unfinished and the workers have let the grass grow under their feet.
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Idiom ‘Let the grass grow under your feet’ means: to delay in getting things done.

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