A. To restrain
B. To disappoint
C. To dismiss
D. To discourage
✅ The correct answer is option A.
Idioms And Phrases MCQs
My mother is in raptures over her new stove.
A. very enthusiastic
B. working vigorously
C. completely dissatisfied with
D. extremely angry
✅ The correct answer is option A.
It is time that professors came down from their ivory towers and studied the real needs of the students.
A. Detachment and seclusion
B. A tower made of ivory
C. Prison
D. Dream lands
✅ The correct answer is option A.
Having sold off his factory, Mr. Roy is now a gentleman at large.
A. held in high esteem
B. respected to everybody
C. has no serious occupation
D. living comfortably
✅ The correct answer is option C.
Sumit had to look high and low before he could find his scooter key.
A. nowhere
B. always
C. everywhere
D. somewhere
✅ The correct answer is option C.
No caring for the family, Devender wanted to gather roses only.
A. wanted to paint a rosy picture of the past
B. wanted to start business of roses
C. wanted to make safe investment
D. wanted to seek all the enjoyments of life
✅ The correct answer is option D.
Let us admit that we could not heap coals of fire on his head.
A. agitate him
B. incite him to a fight
C. put him to shame
D. make him feel sorry
✅ The correct answer is option C.
The police fired at random at the violent crowd and several persons lost their lives.
A. pointedly
B. aimlessly
C. unwillingly
D. intentionally
✅ The correct answer is option B.
The clerk wiped the nose of his employer by submitting a false bill and was dismissed from his job.
A. Cleaned the nose
B. Cheated
C. Abused
D. Slapped
✅ The correct answer is option B.
I ran out of money on my European tour.
A. exhausted my stock of
B. did not have enough
C. lost
D. carried a lot
✅ The correct answer is option A.