Learn and Examine Yourself

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Phrases and Idioms

1.	You should show good manners in the company of young ladies. --Which is the appropriate phrase for the underlined expression above?

behave gently

practise manners

behave yourself

do not talk rudely

2.	Which of the following is a correct proverb?

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Fools rush in where an angel fears to tread.

A fool rushes in where an angle fears to tread.

Fools rush in where the angels fear to tread.

3.	A speech full of too many words is------

A big speech

Maiden speech

An unimportant speech

A verbose speech

4.	What is the meaning of the idiom’a round dozen?

a little less than a dozen

a little more than a dozen

a full dozen

round about a dozen

5.	The condition of most slum dwellers is so miserable that it cannot be described in words. ---- Which is the best phrase for the underlined expression above?

beggars description

cuts to the quick

boils down to this

keeps open house

6.	When a person says he’s all in ‘, it means----

He is very tired

He has arrived

He has finished packing

He has got everything