CPO 2022 Prelims Idioms Part 3

Question 1 of 27

1. Question

The accident site had become a bear garden by afternoon.

A place of noise and disturbance
A peaceful place
Unclean and dirty
A soothing environment

Question 2 of 27

2. Question

Nine times out of ten, he tells lies.

Sometimes
In most cases
All the time
Hardly

Question 3 of 27

3. Question

Against the clock

In a great hurry, as fast as possible
Race with others to win
Running faster with a clock in hand
Running faster without a clock

Question 4 of 27

4. Question

To beat a retreat

To face a situation
To leave a situation
To make a situation
To solve a situation

Question 5 of 27

5. Question

Spill the beans

Reveal a secret
Reveal a crime
Reveal a mystery
Reveal a plan

Question 6 of 27

6. Question

Get a second wind

To have renewed energy
To get a second chance
To commit the same mistake
To retell the same story

Question 7 of 27

7. Question

So far so good

No improvement in the work being done
Good things can go far away
Not impressed with how things are
Things are going well so far

Question 8 of 27

8. Question

Hang in there

To remain unresolved
To spend time with people
To give up completely
To persist in a difficult situation

Question 9 of 27

9. Question

Left, right and centre

 Happening in a lot of places or to a lot of people
To have been happening for a long time and there is a lot of activity
The news went from one person to the next
Start well

Question 10 of 27

10. Question

The detective suspected Shyam because of his odd behaviour while investing in the scam.

To hang fire
To smell a rat
A dog in the manger
To bite the dust

Question 11 of 27

11. Question

Get on like a house on fire

Like someone immediately
Get on extremely well with someone
Do something good for someone you have done something bad to in the past
Feel a lot of affection for one particular person, often without knowing why

Question 12 of 27

12. Question

In a nutshell

Knotty
Constructively
Scrupulously
Briefly

Question 13 of 27

13. Question

I took a quick trip to my cousin’s house before going on vacation to Africa.

Break the journey
Paid a flying visit
Float one’s boat
Lived out of a suitcase

Question 14 of 27

14. Question

He is a disgrace to his family.

A fish out of water
A lone wolf
A black sheep
A white elephant

Question 15 of 27

15. Question

To throw caution to the wind

To do something after thinking about the result
To do something carefully
To do something with caution
To do something without worrying about the risk

Question 16 of 27

16. Question

It is wise to sit on the fence and not become a party to another World War.

A person's lack of decisiveness, neutrality or hesitance to choose between two sides in an argument or a competition
Overtaking the thing of interest that the other parties are fighting for while they are fighting
Defending the no man’s land
Become a peacemaker between two fighting or competing parties

Question 17 of 27

17. Question

Be hard hit

To speak something unpleasant
An extreme struggle
Severely affected by something unpleasant
To hit someone hard

Question 18 of 27

18. Question

A wise man remains aware of fair-weather friends.

A helpful person
A person from an area of pleasant weather
A person with good knowledge of weather
A person not reliable in difficult time

Question 19 of 27

19. Question

Go round in circles

Believe something good about someone even though you could believe either good or bad
Be forced to explain your actions and probably be punished
Become very confused when you are trying to explain something
Make no progress in an argument or discussion

Question 20 of 27

20. Question

In seventh heaven

Extremely sad
Seven-day birthday ceremony
In the presence of God
Extremely happy

Question 21 of 27

21. Question

As good as gold

A person who is obedient and well-behaved
A person who loves gold
A person who is good like gold but not better
A golden person

Question 22 of 27

22. Question

To judge a book by its cover

To strictly follow the rules
To be good at evaluating people
To evaluate people’s worth by their outward appearance
To understand a difficult situation

Question 23 of 27

23. Question

Hold your horses

To keep the horse chain intact
Holding and keeping things by yourself
Give time to others for some rest
To tell someone to stop and consider carefully

Question 24 of 27

24. Question

Wet blanket

One who acts stupidly
One who spoils other people’s fun
One who is frequently ill
One who cannot be trusted

Question 25 of 27

25. Question

Sometimes I just have to resort to the carrot and stick approach with my children.

Mixture of rewards and punishments
Waste one's efforts by pursuing the wrong thing or path
Practically identical in appearance
To be optimistic or enthusiastic

Question 26 of 27

26. Question

At the eleventh hour

Time for debate
Very late in the evening
A state of confusion
Just before the deadline

Question 27 of 27

27. Question

Look, the devil is beating his wif̲e. Do you think we’ll see a rainbow?

One who presents a counter argument
If you have nothing to do, you are likely to do some mischief
The sun is shining while it rains
When someone comes in unexpectedly while being talked about