Idioms MCQs
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Last Updated: 06 Jan 2022
- What is the meaning of the idiom/proverb: To spill the beans.
A. To misbehave
B. To reveal secret information
C. To keep calm
D. To cook the beans
Junior Clerk PWWB LHRD-19/AD Local Govt-20/Asst DMD BOR-21
- Choose the correct meaning of the idiom: To fish in troubled waters.
A. To indulge in evil conspiracies
B. To benefit from other people’s troubles
C. To aggravate the situation
D. To catch fish in disturbed waters
Asst Punjab Planning Dept-19/Asst PPD-20
- Choose the correct meaning of the idiom: A cock and bull story.
A. A true story
B. A foolish and concocted story
C. A story of animals
D. A story of mammals
Asst Punjab Planning Dept-19
- What is the meaning of the idiom/proverb: A pipe dream?
A. A pleasant dream
B. A bad dream
C. An impracticable wish
D. A foolish dream
Junior Clerk PPD-17/Asst Punjab Employees Social Security LHRD-19
- Guess the closest possible meaning of the given idiom from the options given below: A pipe dream.
A. A nightmare
B. A day dream
C. A hope or plan that will never come true
D. An unending dream
Asst S&GAD-20
- ‘To hit the road’ means to:
A. Finish journey
B. Start journey
C. Dismantle a road
D. Repair a road
Gender Monitoring Specialist WDD-18 (Contract Basis)/Asst Punjab Employees Social Security LHRD-19
- Fill in the blank: ‘If you find a single solution for two problems it is said that you have killed two _____ with one stone.’
A. Lions
B. Monkeys
C. Birds
D. Rabbits
Tax Inspector-18 (ADG)/Asst S&GAD-18
- Choose the correct meaning of the idiom: ‘Gift of the gab’.
A. A gift from a wealthy person
B. A gift from a poor person
C. A gift from a relative
D. Fluency of speech
Tax Inspector-18 (Fsd)