IDIOMS (Set-9)

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1➤ I am extremely sorry I can't talk to you now; I am ______. (Secretariat Assi. 2013)

behind the time without timepressed for time lost in time

2➤ A lot of people are killed ______. (Women Police Constable (TSR, KNR) - 2014)

by blood and iron bad bloodblue bloodin cold blood

3➤ Find one word for the words underlined: Balu was walking through a forest. All 'at once' he saw an elephant in front of him. (Jr. Assi. Foam Mattings 2014)

Rapidly Occasionally Really Suddenly

4➤ The idiom 'let the cat out of the bag' means: (Male Warden, Jail (SR. SC/ST) 2014)

put forward a matter to public attention save someone from a dangerunderstand and share the feelings of others tell a secret by mistake

5➤ The idiom 'a bitter pill to swallow' means: (Male Warden Jail (NCA) 2014)

Something that is very unpleasant but which must be accepted. A pill that is so bitter that it cannot be swallowed A pill that is so bitter but very beneficial A pill that should not be avoid as it is bitter

6➤ The idiom dog's life means: (VEO (KLM, ALP) 2014)

a happy lifea free life a miserable life an easy life

7➤ The idiom 'dog's life' means: (VEO (KLM, ALP) 2014)

a happy life a free lifea miserable life an easy life

8➤ The idiom 'par excellence' means: (VEO (KLM, ALP) 2014)

far belowaverage above average above all

9➤ He always makes castle in the air means. (VEO 2014)

He used to make castlesHe would dream of making castles in the air He often dreams of things to be done in the airHe often dreams of things impossible to happen

10➤ Choose the correct meaning of the underlined idiom from the options given: Sheeja does not have much care and concern for her parents. She visits them 'once in a blue moon'. (LDC (SR-PH) - 2014)

extremely rarelyregularly occasionally never

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