Test Series - idioms and phrases

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Q: To leave someone in the lurch
A. None of these
B. To desert someone in his difficulties
C. To put someone at ease
D. Constant source of annoyance to someone
Solution: To desert someone in his difficulties
Q: To pick holes
A. To find some reason to quarrel
B. To destroy something
C. To criticise someone
D. To cut some part of an item
Solution: To criticise someone
Q: To be the question
A. To refer to
B. To take for granted
C. To raise objections
D. To be discussed
Solution: To take for granted
Q: A black sheep
A. An unlucky person
B. A negro
C. An ugly person
D. None of these
Solution: None of these
Q: A man of straw
A. A man of no substance
B. very active person
C. A worthy fellow
D. An unreasonable person
Solution: A man of no substance
Q: To smell a rat
A. To see signs of plague epidemic
B. To get bad small of a bad dead rat
C. To suspect foul dealings
D. To be in a bad mood
Solution: To suspect foul dealings
Q: Sobhraj could be easily arrested because the police were tipped off in a advance
A. Toppled over
B. Bribed
C. Given advance information
D. Threatened
Solution: Given advance information
Q: I met him after a long time, but he gave me the cold shoulder
A. scolded me
B. insulted me
C. abused me
D. ignored me
Solution: ignored me

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