Exercise: Idioms And Phrases

Questions for: Idioms And Phrases

There was no opposition to the new policy by the rank and file of the Government.
A:
the official machinery
B:
the ordinary members
C:
the majority
D:
the cabinet ministers
Answer: B
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You have to be a cool customer and be patient if you want to get the best buys.
A:
Be calm and not be excitable
B:
Have a cool head
C:
Be uncommunicative
D:
Be choosy
Answer: A
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It is time that professors came down from their ivory towers and studied the real needs of the students.
A:
Detachment and seclusion
B:
A tower made of ivory
C:
Prison
D:
Dream lands
Answer: A
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He never liked the idea of keeping his wife under his thumb and so he let her do what she liked.
A:
Pressed down
B:
Unduly under control
C:
Below his thumb
D:
Under tyrannical conditions.
Answer: B
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The secretary and the treasurer are hand in glove with each other.
A:
very good friends
B:
constantly fighting
C:
associates in some action
D:
suspicious of each other
Answer: A
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