Idioms test 17

1. The manager dismissed the proposal out of hand and said that it was not at all practical.

2. The people of this village are the salt of the earth.

3. He accused her of talking through her hat and refused to accept a word of what she said.

4. Her mother saw through the excuse she gave.

5. She has a bee in her bonnet and can say anything.

6. Some people have the habit of working by fits and starts.

7. I expect my friends to stand by me.

8. The music group broke up unceremoniously.

9. She vaguely takes after her grandmother.

10. The mother always insists on keeping the house spick and span.

11. The man changed colours when I questioned him on the allocation of funds.

12.We cannot depend on him for this assignment as it needs careful handling and he is like a bull in a China shop.

13. He made a few statements, but all were wide off the mark.

14. The prices are going up by leaps and bounds.

15. I did not give in to his request.

16. In the last few years, India has advanced by leaps and bounds in Industrial sector.

17. The whole problem has been swept under the carpet, but that is not the solution.

18. The strawberry dessert you made was out of this world.

19. I take my hat off to all those who donate blood regularly.

20. You must admire the way she sticks to her guns.

21. You better learn to toe the line to avoid consequences.

22. He promised to look into the matter.

23. It is bad to try to fish in troubled waters.

24. Thousands put on a daily fight to keep the wolf from the door

25. How did you break the ice in the party ?

26. The policy has been declared to be null and void.

27. He is known for blowing his own trumpet.

28. He cut the Gordian knot by practising what he preached.

29. He took a leap in the dark with his latest investment in stocks.

30. Communicative English is the Achilles’ heel for the job aspirants.