Idioms Mcqs

A wild-goose chase

(A) Run after a bird
(B) A fruitful search
(C) Long pursuit
(D) Fruitless pursuit

Out and out

(A) Totally

(B) Simply

(C) Merely

(D) Slightly

A queer fish

(A) Funny person

(B) Strange person

(C) A mad person

(D) A confused person

A Sacred Cow

(A) A person never to be criticised
(B) A saintly person
(C) A helpful person
(D) A very religious person

Play truant

(A) Play a tyrant

(B) Stay away from duty

(C) Be responsible

(D) Be alert

To make up one’s mind

(A) To decide what to do
(B) To remember things clearly
(C) To remind oneself of something
(D) To think creatively

To call it a day

(A) Put off work for another day
(B) The day was marvellous
(C) Decide to finish working
(D) Give the day a name

Have a finger in every pie

(A) To be greedy
(B) To be meddlesome
(C) To be efficient
(D) To be quarrelsome