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16th July 2015, 08:13 AM
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Idioms and phrases for CLAT
I am going to prepare for CLAT entrance exam, so I need CLAT Idioms and Phrases for English subject preparation, so can you please provide here CLAT Idioms and Phrases???
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16th July 2015, 02:11 PM
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Re: Idioms and phrases for CLAT
You are looking for CLAT entrance exam Idioms and Phrases, here I am giving: A wild goose chase ; An absurdly hopeless enterprise A bee in one's bonnet ; Be obsessed with something A bolt from the blue ; Unexpected A rainy day ; A time of need All at sea ; Confused A flash in the pan ; A Success that is not repeated A square peg in a round hole ; an unusual individualist who could not fit into his niche in his/her society A thorn in the side ; Perpetual source of trouble All and sundry ; Everyone without exception At one's wits end ; Desperate Arm chair theory ; Impracticable theory By fits and starts ; Irregularly Chip of the old block ; Very similar to his father Have an axe to grind ; Have a selfish purpose In the pink of condition ; In a weak condition In the doldrums ; Depressing Keep your hair on ; Think forcefully Lock Stock and Barrel ; Completely On the cards ; Probable Struck Several Patches ; Had many professional difficulties Sword of Damocles ; An imminent danger To eat humble pie ; To apologise To be hard up ; To be short of money To cry wolf ; To give false alarm To leave one in the lurch ; To desert one in times of difficulty To spilt hairs ; To make useless distinctions in arguments To get the sack ; To get dismissed from the job To take the wind out of one's sails ; To deprive one's argument of all force To be up to the eyes ; Be very busy To have a card up one's sleeves ; To have secret plan in reserve To tread on eggs ; To walk carefully To tell tales out of school ; Reveal confidential matters To give someone apple pie ; To flatter someone To burn one's boat ; To take an irreversible decision To burn the candle at both ends ; To waste money lavishly To do up ; To make tidy To catch a tartar ; To fight a strong enemy To have two strings to one bow ; To have more than one alternative To have a ball at one's feet ; Have the power to decide something To back bite ; To talk behind the back To die in harness ; To die while still working or active To feather one's nest ; To make money through unfair means To flog a dead horse ; To waste energy on some already rejected activity Wet behind the ears ; Cunning CLAT General English: Idioms and Phrases Questions 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 |
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6th August 2015, 01:20 PM
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Idioms and phrases for CLAT
I am going to prepare for CLAT entrance exam, so I need CLAT Idioms and Phrases for English subject preparation, so can you please provide here CLAT Idioms and Phrases???
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6th August 2015, 01:23 PM
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Re: Idioms and phrases for CLAT
You are looking for CLAT entrance exam Idioms and Phrases, here I am giving: A wild goose chase ; An absurdly hopeless enterprise A bee in one's bonnet ; Be obsessed with something A bolt from the blue ; Unexpected A rainy day ; A time of need All at sea ; Confused A flash in the pan ; A Success that is not repeated A square peg in a round hole ; an unusual individualist who could not fit into his niche in his/her society A thorn in the side ; Perpetual source of trouble All and sundry ; Everyone without exception At one's wits end ; Desperate Arm chair theory ; Impracticable theory By fits and starts ; Irregularly Chip of the old block ; Very similar to his father Have an axe to grind ; Have a selfish purpose In the pink of condition ; In a weak condition In the doldrums ; Depressing Keep your hair on ; Think forcefully Lock Stock and Barrel ; Completely On the cards ; Probable Struck Several Patches ; Had many professional difficulties Sword of Damocles ; An imminent danger To eat humble pie ; To apologise To be hard up ; To be short of money To cry wolf ; To give false alarm To leave one in the lurch ; To desert one in times of difficulty To spilt hairs ; To make useless distinctions in arguments To get the sack ; To get dismissed from the job To take the wind out of one's sails ; To deprive one's argument of all force To be up to the eyes ; Be very busy To have a card up one's sleeves ; To have secret plan in reserve To tread on eggs ; To walk carefully To tell tales out of school ; Reveal confidential matters To give someone apple pie ; To flatter someone To burn one's boat ; To take an irreversible decision To burn the candle at both ends ; To waste money lavishly To do up ; To make tidy To catch a tartar ; To fight a strong enemy To have two strings to one bow ; To have more than one alternative To have a ball at one's feet ; Have the power to decide something To back bite ; To talk behind the back To die in harness ; To die while still working or active To feather one's nest ; To make money through unfair means To flog a dead horse ; To waste energy on some already rejected activity Wet behind the ears ; Cunning CLAT General English: Idioms and Phrases Questions 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 |
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3rd May 2018, 08:29 PM
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Re: Idioms and phrases for CLAT
I am going to prepare for CLAT entrance exam, so I need CLAT Idioms and Phrases for English subject preparation, so can you please provide here CLAT Idioms and Phrases???pls its urgent.
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