CGL 2022 Prelims Idioms Part 1

Question 1 of 25

1. Question

All eyes

Watching eagerly
Watching with no interest
Not watching at all
Watching with anger

Question 2 of 25

2. Question

Like a cakewalk

Pleasant experience
Smooth surface
Easy task
Active

Question 3 of 25

3. Question

In weal and woe

In sad and gloomy days
In despair and failure
In prosperity and adversity
In happiness and good times

Question 4 of 25

4. Question

A green horn

Clever person
Uneducated person
Skilled person
Inexperienced person

Question 5 of 25

5. Question

He was murdered in cold blood.

deliberately
regretfully
in cold weather
when blood was cold

Question 6 of 25

6. Question

Bag and baggage

Without happiness
With burden
With all of one’s possessions
Without any aim

Question 7 of 25

7. Question

Fly into a passion

To be aggressive at times
To be always angry
To become aggressive often
To become angry suddenly

Question 8 of 25

8. Question

A skeleton in the cupboard

A popular fact which is not hidden
A popular fact to be kept secret
An embarrassing fact not to be kept secret
An embarrassing fact to be kept secret

Question 9 of 25

9. Question

Break the ice

Make people meeting first time feel more detached
Make people meeting first time feel more comfortable
Make people meeting first time feel uncomfortable
Make people meeting first time feel sad

Question 10 of 25

10. Question

Beat around the bush

Avoid using foul words to make someone uncomfortable
Avoid praising someone and demean
Avoid saying what you mean, usually because it is not funny
Avoid the main point by talking in a roundabout way

Question 11 of 25

11. Question

To smell a rat

To have reason to know the presence of a rat
To know the smell of a rat
To learn the smell of a rat
To have reason to suspect

Question 12 of 25

12. Question

Fair and square

Good looking
Fair-skinned
Being vague
Honestly

Question 13 of 25

13. Question

Being an ardent professional, the lawyer always kept his clients at an arm’s length.

Away from each other
Under wraps
At a distance
Alert and prepared

Question 14 of 25

14. Question

Cut a poor figure

Bad physical form
To put a bad impression
To put a good impression
In a poor state

Question 15 of 25

15. Question

Bear the palm

To advocate peace
To be a winner
To lose a game
To bring joyful news

Question 16 of 25

16. Question

“Just add a bit of cheese to your pasta and Bob’s your uncle!”Reena suggested to me over dinner last night.

It changes nothing
It ruins everything
It changes the appearance
It becomes easily and quickly achievable

Question 17 of 25

17. Question

When the District Attorney asked the convict about details of the day of the crime, he started beating about the bush.

Speaking in a confusing manner without giving a correct answer
Trying to invoke sympathy
Accusing others of the crime
Being excessively aggressive

Question 18 of 25

18. Question

I know she really wants the promotion, but she really hit me below the hand by telling the boss
about my personal problems.

hit me below the books
hit me the bricks
hit me below the bottle
hit me below the belt

Question 19 of 25

19. Question

I have been a vegetarian for a very long time.

donkey’s years
Damocles’ sword
duck in the thunderstorm
die in harness

Question 20 of 25

20. Question

He was sacked from his job because of a grave error on his part.

Himalayan blunder
raining cats and dogs
minding one’s p’s and q’s
picking holes in one’s cot

Question 21 of 25

21. Question

The announcement of the new tourism policy of the government has made some people excited or interested.

Quicken the pulse
Reach for the moon
Pull out all the stops
Run around in circles

Question 22 of 25

22. Question

In hot waters

To be in a hot climate
To dip in hot water
To be in trouble
To feel relaxed

Question 23 of 25

23. Question

Some people still feel that they have very little freedom to be innovative in their work.

elbow room
an old head on young shoulders
to make a pile
an old lady

Question 24 of 25

24. Question

The lecture by the French professor seemed Latin and Greek to the young students.

Incomprehensible
Lucid
Unbiased
Interesting

Question 25 of 25

25. Question

On the ball

To be lazy
Doing a bad job
To be alert
Doing an average job