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In English, what is meant by By the same token?

  • False or insincere sadness
  • For the same reason
  • Fail, be defeated, or die
  • Win or succeed in a contest or argument
Correct answer(s):
  • For the same reason

Select the option that best explains Come of age.

  • Become mature or legally adult
  • Control people by making them disagree with each other
  • Receive strong criticism
  • The hottest or most tiring days of a period
  • Destroy one’s chance of returning to a former situation
Correct answer(s):
  • Become mature or legally adult

Select the option that best explains By virtue of.

  • Go beyond acceptable limits
  • Make progress by doing something original
  • Become mature or legally adult
  • Make someone remember something
  • Because of or by the authority of something
Correct answer(s):
  • Because of or by the authority of something

Which option gives the correct meaning of Call a spade a spade?

  • For the same reason
  • Speak directly and honestly
  • Become mature or legally adult
  • Watch or pressure someone very closely
Correct answer(s):
  • Speak directly and honestly

For SSC English, identify the meaning of Call into question.

  • By a very small distance or amount
  • Try very hard to help or please someone
  • Become mature or legally adult
  • Cause doubt about something
Correct answer(s):
  • Cause doubt about something

What is the figurative meaning of Carry the day?

  • Pass from one owner to another
  • Win or succeed in a contest or argument
  • Stop oneself from saying something
  • Fail or end badly
  • Not relevant to the matter being discussed
Correct answer(s):
  • Win or succeed in a contest or argument

Which meaning matches the phrase Cast doubt on?

  • Pass from one owner to another
  • Make someone remember something
  • Make something seem uncertain
  • Keep changing one’s opinion or attitude
Correct answer(s):
  • Make something seem uncertain

Choose the best interpretation of Cast light on.

  • Help explain or clarify something
  • Keep changing one’s opinion or attitude
  • False or insincere sadness
  • Pass from one owner to another
Correct answer(s):
  • Help explain or clarify something

What idea does Catch someone red-handed usually express?

  • Make someone remember something
  • Change financial records dishonestly
  • Catch someone while doing something wrong
  • Speak directly and honestly
  • Already decided and not likely to change
Correct answer(s):
  • Catch someone while doing something wrong

Choose the best interpretation of Bear with.

  • Scarce and therefore valuable
  • Be patient with someone or something
  • Wait patiently for the right opportunity
  • The main point being discussed or disputed
Correct answer(s):
  • Be patient with someone or something

What idea does Bring to heel usually express?

  • Easy to understand and decide
  • Suddenly begin to cry
  • Force someone to obey or submit
  • Make financial records correct or make income equal expenses
  • By means of hard effort or a particular method
Correct answer(s):
  • Force someone to obey or submit

What idea does Behind the scenes usually express?

  • Fail, be defeated, or die
  • Using all one’s strength, effort, or resources
  • Happening privately, not in public view
  • Born and raised in a particular place or manner
  • At the beginning
Correct answer(s):
  • Happening privately, not in public view

Which explanation is closest to Bring to mind?

  • Easy to understand and decide
  • Pass from one owner to another
  • Make someone remember something
  • Reach a crisis or decisive point
Correct answer(s):
  • Make someone remember something

Which explanation is closest to Bend over backwards?

  • At the beginning
  • Try very hard to help or please someone
  • By a very small distance or amount
  • Very quickly and greatly
Correct answer(s):
  • Try very hard to help or please someone

How should we understand Beside the point in a sentence?

  • Force someone to obey or submit
  • Scarce and therefore valuable
  • By means of hard effort or a particular method
  • Not relevant to the matter being discussed
Correct answer(s):
  • Not relevant to the matter being discussed

What does the phrase Bide one’s time suggest?

  • Wait patiently for the right opportunity
  • Use force, influence, knowledge, or pressure effectively
  • Try very hard to help or please someone
  • Win or succeed in a contest or argument
  • Be patient with someone or something
Correct answer(s):
  • Wait patiently for the right opportunity

Pick the correct meaning of the expression Bite one’s tongue.

  • Happening privately, not in public view
  • Not relevant to the matter being discussed
  • Stop oneself from saying something
  • Cause doubt about something
Correct answer(s):
  • Stop oneself from saying something

Which answer best defines Bite the dust?

  • Fail, be defeated, or die
  • Being the person who suffers or is affected by something
  • Suddenly begin to cry
  • Unable to deal with a difficult situation any longer
Correct answer(s):
  • Fail, be defeated, or die

What does the idiom Blaze a trail mean?

  • Misunderstanding each other while working toward different aims
  • Be unable to decide between two choices
  • In disagreement with
  • Be the first to do something and show the way for others
  • The main point being discussed or disputed
Correct answer(s):
  • Be the first to do something and show the way for others

Choose the correct meaning of Blind alley.

  • By means of hard effort or a particular method
  • A course of action that leads nowhere
  • Do something new or original
  • By a very small distance or amount
Correct answer(s):
  • A course of action that leads nowhere