IDIOMS (Set-6)

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1➤ Raju is squirrelling money away for his retirement. Here squirreling means: (SI, EI 2010)

giving awaylending borrowing put in a secret place for later use

2➤ Phrasal verb: To shrug one's shoulders: (Dpty. Collector 2011)

to show disapproval to approve to wash one's hands to deny

3➤ The firm progressed ______. (LDC TVM 2011)

ways and meansheart and soul hue and cryby leaps and bounds

4➤ 'Chicken hearted' means: (LDC PTA 2011)

honestly friendly fearfully merrily

5➤ Go to the dogs means: (LDC ALP 2011)

be ruinedsearch go after the dogsrun fast

6➤ Hardly a soul knew me in the village where I spent a weekend, means _____. (LDC KTM 2011)

A few people knew me in the village I am a well-known person in the village Nobody knew me in the village I was very popular in the village

7➤ Jane 'turned a deaf ear' to the advice of her parents means, Jane ______. (LDC IDKI 2011)

deadly opposed her parents listened carefully to her parentscould not hear what her parents said did not pay attention to her parents

8➤ As the master batsman, he supported the team ______. (LDC TSR 2011)

through thick and thin hand in glove at sixes and at sevens beside the mark

9➤ His voice 'gets on my nerves' means: (LDC PLKD 2011)

makes me ill pierces my eardrumsmakes me sadirritates me

10➤ A baker's dozen means: (LDC MLPM 2011)

allowance twelve thirteen compensation

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