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Idioms MCQs |Past Papers English Mcqs with Answer Keys for written test preparation of all competitive exams in Pakistan, specially PPSC, FPSC, CSS, PMS, NTS, UTS, FTS, OTS

“Cap it all” means:____________?

A. To cover everything
B. To seize everything
C. To finish
D. To occur

“Never-never land” means:_____________?

A. An ideal pace
B. Dream land
C. A worthless place
D. A useless situation

“Hornet’s nest” means:___________?

A. A bee’s house
B. A violent situation
C. A good situation
D. A dangerous place

To make clean breast of ________?

A. To gain prominence
B. To praise oneself
C. To confess without of reserve
D. To destroy before it blooms

To have an axe to grind ___________?

A. A private end to serve
B. To fail to arouse interest
C. To have no result
D. To work for both sides

To cry wolf __________?

A. To listen eagerly
B. To give false alarm
C. To turn pale
D. To keep off starvation

To end in smoke ________?

A. To make completely understand
B. To ruin oneself
C. To excite great applause
D. To overcome someone

To put one’s hand to plough __________?

A. To take up agricultural farming
B. To take a difficult task
C. To get entangled into unnecessary things
D. Take interest in technical work

To pick holes _________?

A. To find some reason to quarrel
B. To destroy something
C. To criticize someone
D. To cut some part of an item

To leave someone in the lurch _________?

A. To come to compromise with someone
B. Constant source of annoyance to someone
C. To put someone at ease
D. To desert someone in his difficulties