Q11. To cast pearls before a swine
A. To waste money over trifles
B. To spend recklessly
C. To offer to a person a thing which he cannot appreciate
D. To spend a lot of money on the unkeep of domestic hogs
Q12. We should give a wide berth to bad characters.
A. Publicly condemn
B. not sympathise with
C. Give publicly to
D. Keep away from
Q13. Dog in the manager
A. A person who prevents others from enjoying something useless to himself
B. A dog that has no kennel of its won
C. An undersized bull almost the shape of a dog
D. A person who puts himself in difficulties on account of other people
Q14. She rejected his proposal of marriage point-blank.
A. directly
B. briefly
C. pointedly
D. abruptly
Q15. Something up one’s sleeve
A. Something important
B. A grand idea
C. A profitable plan
D. A secret plan
Q16. To bring one’s eggs to a bad market
A. To show ones talents before audience which is incapable of appreciating them
B. To face on humiliating situation
C. To fail in ones plans because one goes to the wrong people for help
D. To bring ones commodities to a market where there is no demand for them
Q17. To take the bull by the horns
A. To grapple courageously with a difficulty that lies in our way
B. To handle it by fierce attack
C. To punish a person severely for this
D. To bypass the legal process and take action according to one’s own whims.
Q18. To pour oil in troubled water
A. To instigate
B. To foment trouble
C. To calm a quarrel with soothing words
D. To add to the trouble
Q19. A bull in a china shop
A. A person who takes a sadistic delight in harming innocent people
B. A person who is very ugly but love the beautiful things of life
C. A person who becomes too excited where no excitment is warranted
D. A person who is rough and clumsy where skill and care are required
Q20. To fly off the handle
A. To dislocate
B. To lose one’s temper
C. To take off
D. To be indifferent