idioms test 4

1. For his alleged involvement in espio-nage, he is under a cloud these days.

2. We have appealed to him again and again; there is no use flogging a dead horse now.

3. We shouldn’t look down upon the wretched of the earth.

4. Because of his misbehaviour, he is bound to face the music.

5. The working of the factory was distru-pted on account of a token strike by the workers.

6. By opposing his proposal he fell foul of him.

7. Those who work by fits and starts seldom show good results.

8. The new manager thought that he would give employees enough rope for the first six months after which he would check the work done himself.

9. He was all at sea when he began his new Job.

10. The sweeping statement by the boss left the conscientious workers disgusted.

11. The failure of crops in successive years put the farmer in a tight corner.

12. The effort to trace the culprit was a wild goose chase.

13. The story does not hold water.

14. Raj couldn’t pay the bill, so he asked the owner to put it on the cuff.

15. His statement is out and out a lie.

16. The luxury car that they bought turned out to be a white elephant.

17. If you are fair and square in your work you will definitely prosper.

18. There is no love lost between any two neighbouring countries in the world.

19. The heavy downpour played havoc in the coastal area.

20. To have a green thumb means

21. When he saw the snake he took to his heels.

22. He has to abide by the hard and fast rule of the company.

23. She goes to her mother’s house off and on.

24. The robber murdered, the woman in cold blood for the sake of the jewels.

25. Indians are going places in the field of software technology.

26. The poet drew on his fancy, not his knowledge of Nature, when he wrote his poem on birds.

27. My neighbour had to pay through his nose for a brand new car.

28. Very ambitious people do not like to rest on their laurels.

29. If he phones again, I am going to give him a piece of my mind.

30. The party high command wanted to stave off an open battle.