81.
Call a spade a spade
Answer: C
It means to speak plainly.
To call a spade a spade is to speak bluntly and use the plain word for a thing.
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Idioms and Phrases Questions and Answers
Direction for [ Question No: 81 To 90 ] :
Some proverbs/idioms are given below together with their meanings. Choose the correct meaning of proverb/idiom.
82.
To cut both ways
Answer: C
It means in favour of both sides.
An argument that cuts both ways tells equally for and against - a two-edged blade wounds whichever way it is swung.
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83.
Cocksure
Answer: C
It means very sure.
Cocksure means confident to the point of arrogance.
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84.
Close shave
Answer: B
It means a narrow escape.
A close shave is a narrow escape from danger - the razor passing near enough to graze.
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85.
Crocodile tears
Answer: B
It means insincere tears.
Crocodile tears are a false show of grief, from the old belief that the crocodile wept as it devoured its prey.
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86.
Carrot and stick policy
Answer: A
It means reward and punishment.
The carrot and stick policy offers inducement and threat together, from the driver who dangles a carrot before a donkey and holds a stick behind.
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87.
Dig the grave
Answer: B
It means to destroy.
To dig one's own grave is to bring about one's own ruin by one's own actions.
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88.
Damp squib
Answer: C
It means complete failure.
A damp squib fails to produce the effect intended - a firework that has got wet will not go off.
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89.
Die-hard
Answer: D
It means persistent in struggle.
A die-hard resists change to the last. The word came from the Middlesex Regiment, whose colonel at Albuera told his men to die hard.
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90.
Down and out
Answer: A
It means poor and ruined.
Down and out is destitute and without prospects, from boxing - a fighter down on the canvas and counted out.
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- Synonyms
- Antonyms
- Double Synonyms
- Homonyms
- One Word Substitution
- Reading Comprehension
- Cloze Test
- Theme Detection
- Deriving Conclusions from Passages
- Sentence Completion
- Passage Completion
- Fill in the Blanks
- Spotting Errors
- Sentence Improvement
- Passage Correction
- Choose the Correct - Incorrect Sentence
- Reconstruction of Sentence
- Sentences Rearrangement
- Reconstruction of Paragraphs
- Rearrangement of Jumbled Parts
- Word Formation
- Idioms and Phrases
- Active-Passive voice
- Direct-Indirect Speech
- Transformation of Sentences
- Spelling Test
- Phrasal Verbs
- Parts of Speech
- Tenses
- Articles and Determiners
- Prepositions
- Subject-Verb Agreement
- Figures of Speech and Poetic Devices