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What does the idiom Close at hand mean?

  • Have effects on both sides
  • Control a difficult situation
  • Use force, influence, knowledge, or pressure effectively
  • Very near in time or place
  • Suddenly begin to cry
Correct answer(s):
  • Very near in time or place

What does the idiom By dint of mean?

  • Speak directly and honestly
  • By means of hard effort or a particular method
  • Suddenly begin to cry
  • Control a difficult situation
  • By a very small distance or amount
Correct answer(s):
  • By means of hard effort or a particular method

Choose the correct meaning of Come a long way.

  • Make great progress
  • By means of hard effort or a particular method
  • The hottest or most tiring days of a period
  • False or insincere sadness
Correct answer(s):
  • Make great progress

Choose the correct meaning of By leaps and bounds.

  • False or insincere sadness
  • Become mature or legally adult
  • Make progress by doing something original
  • Very quickly and greatly
Correct answer(s):
  • Very quickly and greatly

In English, what is meant by Come clean?

  • Force someone to obey or submit
  • Suddenly begin to cry
  • Receive strong criticism
  • Tell the truth after hiding it
Correct answer(s):
  • Tell the truth after hiding it

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

Select the option that best explains Back to basics.

  • Very hostile and ready to quarrel
  • Watch or pressure someone very closely
  • Make financial records correct or make income equal expenses
  • Suddenly begin to cry
  • Returning to simple and important principles
Correct answer(s):
  • Returning to simple and important principles

Which option gives the correct meaning of Born and bred?

  • Because of or by the authority of something
  • By a very small distance or amount
  • At the beginning
  • Born and raised in a particular place or manner
Correct answer(s):
  • Born and raised in a particular place or manner

Which option gives the correct meaning of Bad blood?

  • Angry or bitter feelings between people
  • Misunderstanding each other while working toward different aims
  • With all belongings; completely
  • Something that makes someone understand the truth
Correct answer(s):
  • Angry or bitter feelings between people

For SSC English, identify the meaning of Break fresh ground.

  • Do something new or original
  • Available for someone to use
  • Very quickly and greatly
  • Make financial records correct or make income equal expenses
Correct answer(s):
  • Do something new or original

For SSC English, identify the meaning of Bag and baggage.

  • Being the person who suffers or is affected by something
  • Remembered but not thought about all the time
  • With all belongings; completely
  • Wait patiently for the right opportunity
Correct answer(s):
  • With all belongings; completely

What is the figurative meaning of Break new ground?

  • Try very hard to help or please someone
  • Control a difficult situation
  • Create excitement, surprise, or public discussion
  • Make progress by doing something original
  • Attract attention
Correct answer(s):
  • Make progress by doing something original

What is the figurative meaning of Balance the books?

  • Wait patiently for the right opportunity
  • Make financial records correct or make income equal expenses
  • Being the person who suffers or is affected by something
  • Using all one’s strength, effort, or resources
  • Misunderstanding each other while working toward different aims
Correct answer(s):
  • Make financial records correct or make income equal expenses

Which meaning matches the phrase Breathe down someone’s neck?

  • Watch or pressure someone very closely
  • By means of hard effort or a particular method
  • Not relevant to the matter being discussed
  • For the same reason
Correct answer(s):
  • Watch or pressure someone very closely

Which meaning matches the phrase Be in two minds?

  • With all belongings; completely
  • Keeping a promise
  • Suddenly begin to cry
  • Be unable to decide between two choices
Correct answer(s):
  • Be unable to decide between two choices

Choose the best interpretation of Bring to bear.

  • Very near in time or place
  • Angry or bitter feelings between people
  • At the beginning
  • Use force, influence, knowledge, or pressure effectively
Correct answer(s):
  • Use force, influence, knowledge, or pressure effectively

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