1. To catch a tartar means:
To meet with disaster
To catch a dangerous person
To deal with a person who is more than one’s match
None of above
✅ The correct answer is option To catch a dangerous person.
Idioms And Phrases MCQs
2. He is busy with his work ______________?
inns and out
up to neck
up to the hilt
kith and kin
✅ The correct answer is option up to the hilt.
3. Idiom “Red letter day” means?
a dangerous day
an important day
an eventful day
a formidable day
✅ The correct answer is option an important day.
4. “Weal and woe” means__________?
Up & down
Joys & sorrows
whole heartedly
Extreme hate
✅ The correct answer is option Joys & sorrows.
5. It was he who “put a spoke in my wheel”.
tried to cause an accident
helped in the execution of the plan
thwarted in the execution of the plan
destroyed the plan
✅ The correct answer is option thwarted in the execution of the plan.
6. My friend is a couch potato. What does the idiom/phrase “couch potato” means?
active person
busy person
lazy person
angry person
✅ The correct answer is option lazy person.
7. The people of the village Afzal Khan are “the salt of the earth”?
Kind
Rich
Educated
Qurralsome
✅ The correct answer is option Kind.
8. “when pigs fly” means ______?
something that is easy to do
raining very heavily
something that will never happen or is impossible
miss the chance
✅ The correct answer is option something that will never happen or is impossible.
9. “Apple of discord” means ______?
A. Anything causing trouble, discord, or jealousy
B. A person that is not too smart; a person that acts stupid
C. To further a loss with sarcasm or indignity; to worsen an unfavorable situation
D. To speak the truth, even to the point of being blunt and rude
✅ The correct answer is option A. Anything causing trouble, discord, or jealousy.
10. “Your guess is as good as mine” means __________?
A. Join a popular trend or activity
B. To hear something from the authoritative source
C. To know the answer
D. To have no idea
✅ The correct answer is option D. To have no idea.