351. Being an introvert, He will only eat his heart out.
A. eat too much
B. keep brooding
C. invite trouble
D. suffer silently
✅ The correct answer is option D.
Idioms And Phrases MCQs
352. He is not worth his salt if he fails at this juncture.
A. quite worthless
B. very proud of himself
C. quite depressed
D. very strange
✅ The correct answer is option A.
353. A red letter day
A. An important day
B. An auspicious day
C. A dangerous day
D. An unimportant day
✅ The correct answer is option A.
354. To cut the Gordian knot
A. To solve a difficult problem
B. To be victorious
C. To break ties with someone
D. To defeat a powerful person
✅ The correct answer is option A.
355. I am afraid he is burning the candle at both ends.
A. putting in sustained efforts
B. working at night also
C. working hard
D. overtaxing his energies
✅ The correct answer is option D.
356. It was after a long time that the police was able to lay the thief by the heels.
A. run fast after
B. play tricks on
C. chase and capture
D. arrest
✅ The correct answer is option C.
357. She rejected his proposal of marriage point blank.
A. directly
B. pointedly
C. abruptly
D. briefly
✅ The correct answer is option B.
358. Rajeev achieved success by resorting to a hole and corner method.
A. obscure
B. usual
C. underhand
D. clever
✅ The correct answer is option C.
359. Things are progressing well. Don’t do anything to rock the boat.
A. create difficulties
B. conspire against
C. upset the balance
D. agitate against
✅ The correct answer is option C.
360. To wash one’s dirty linen in public
A. To criticise one’s nature in public
B. To quarrel in the open
C. To do some ugly work in public
D. To discuss dirty and scandalous matters of personal nature in the presence of strangers
✅ The correct answer is option D.