CLAT Idioms

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English is an important section for Common Law Admission Test CLAT Exam. You may face many different types questions of English. Here I am providing you the CLAT General English idioms & Phrases.

CLAT General English idioms & Phrases

1. The authorities turned a deaf ear to the demands of the employees.

A) Immediately implemented

B) Agreed to listen to

C) Misrepresented

D) None of these

2. He is a plain, simple and sincere man, he will always call a spade a spade.

A) Be outspoken

B) Help needy person

C) Stand by his friends and relatives

D) Sacrifice his life for others

3. Tell me plainly who broke the mirror, do not beat about the bush.

A) Pretend to be unaware of the matter

B) Try to impress me with your arguments

C) Put any blame on others

D) Approach the matter in a roundabout way.

4. In the last few years India has advanced by leaps and bounds in the industrial sector.

A) Very rapidly

B) Very competently

C) Very slowly

D) Very pathetically

5. He is temporarily in charge of the company and is trying to feather his nest.

A) Bring order and discipline in the company

B) Raise the image of the company

C) Act for his own future benefits.

D) Diversity the product of the company

6. To leave someone in the lurch.

A) To come to compromise with someone

B) Constant source of annoyance to someone

C) To put someone at ease

D) To desert someone in his difficulties

7. A man of straw

A) A man of no substance

B) A very active person

C) A worthy fellow

D) An unreasonable person

8. To make clean breast of

A) To gain prominence

B) To praise oneself

C) To confess without reserve

D) To destroy before it blooms

9. To cry wolf

A) To listen eagerly

B) To a give false alarm

C) To turn pale

D) To keep off starvation

10. To end in smoke

A) To make completely understand

B) To ruin oneself

C) To excite great applause

D) To overcome some one

Answers:

1. d 2. a 3. d 4. a 5. C

6. d 7. a 8. c 9. b 10. B

1. To clear a fence

A) To jump high

B) To lose heart

C) To lose weight

D) To cross a hurdle

2. To clear the decks

A) To remove obstruction

B) To concentrate on studies

C) To pass the examination

D) To jump into the sea

3. To give the devil his due

A) To give credit to even a notorious person

B) To invite the devil

C) To stand in the way of the devil

D) To give encouragement even to the enemy

4. Under Duress

A) Of one’s own choice

B) According to merit

C) Under compulsion

D) In good faith

5. To edge out

A) To go out for lunch

B) To go out for walk

C) The outer edge of the table

D) To push out slowly

6. To egg on

A) To egg on slowly

B) To destroy slowly

C) To give a walk over

D) To instigate to proceed further

7. To eke out

A) To earn a living

B) To rush out

C) To finish oil

D) To go out of the way

8. Fabian policy

A) Dictatorial policy

B) Democratic policy

C) Systematic policy

D) Policy of caution persistence

9. To pin one’s faith

A) To be sure of somebody’s favour

B) To be unsure of favour

C) To bother for friends

D) To bother for one’s relatives

10. To play fast and loose

A) To be undependable

B) To cheat people

C) To hurt somebody’s feeling

D) To trust others

Answers:

1. D 2. A 3. A 4. C 5. D

6. D 7. A 8. D 9. A 10. A