Idioms & Phrases for Admission & Job

This lesson contains the previous year's admission & job questions on Idioms & Phrases

Marine Academy Admission Questions 2012 to 2024

1. "Get one's goat" means:

  • Correct Answer: (iii) To irritate someone

2. "Under the weather" means:

  • Correct Answer: (i) Slightly unwell

3. The expression "take into account" means:

  • Correct Answer: (i) consider

4. The idiom "hit upon" means:

  • Correct Answer: (i) find

5. "Dog days" means:

  • Correct Answer: (iv) hot weather

6. "I am feeling under the weather" means:

  • Correct Answer: (i) Feeling slightly ill

7. "In the nick of time" means:

  • Correct Answer: (ii) In the appropriate time

8. "Once in a blue moon" means:

  • Correct Answer: (iii) very rarely

9. "Pros and cons" means:

  • Correct Answer: (iv) all of them

10. "Burning question" means:

  • Correct Answer: (i) a widely debated issue

11. The phrasal verb "write off" means:

  • Correct Answer: (iii) to cancel a debt

12. "Once in a blue moon" means:

  • Correct Answer: (iii) very rarely

13. "Pros and cons" means:

  • Correct Answer: (iv) all of them

14. "Burning question" means:

  • Correct Answer: (i) a widely debated issue

15. The phrasal verb "write off" means:

  • Correct Answer: (iii) to cancel a debt

16. "Run after" means:

  • Correct Answer: (iii) pursue

17. "Lack of" means:

  • Correct Answer: (iv) scarcity

18. "N.B." means:

  • Correct Answer: (ii) Nota bene

19. "My uncle has three sons, ---- work in the same office":

  • Correct Answer: (iv) all of whom

20. The expression "take into account" means:

  • Correct Answer: (i) consider

21. The idiom "hit upon" means:

  • Correct Answer: (i) find

22. "Bootleg" means:

  • Correct Answer: (iv) Smuggle

23. "He takes after his mother" - "takes after" is:

  • Correct Answer: (i) phrasal verb

24. "The exam has ----":

  • Correct Answer: (ii) set in

25. "He was pardoned ---- his age":

  • Correct Answer: (ii) in view of

26. Instead of "neglect" we can say:

  • Correct Answer: (iii) pass over

27. "Toil & moil" means:

  • Correct Answer: (iv) Hardship

28. "Maiden voyage" means:

  • Correct Answer: (ii) First voyage

29. "To read between the lines" means:

  • Correct Answer: (iii) To grasp the hidden meaning

30. The meaning of "bottom line":

  • Correct Answer: (iv) essential point

31. "Everybody should ---- their old parents":

  • Correct Answer: (i) look after

32. "At daggers drawn" means:

  • Correct Answer: (iii) on the point of fighting

33. "Dog days" means:

  • Correct Answer: (iv) Hot weather

34. "He takes after his mother" - "takes after" is:

  • Correct Answer: (i) phrasal verb

35. "Get one's goat" means:

  • Correct Answer: (iii) To irritate someone

36. "Under the weather" means:

  • Correct Answer: (i) Slightly unwell

37. "The man is 'over the moon'" means:

  • Correct Answer: (iii) He is extremely happy

38. "Salt of life" stands out in:

  • Correct Answer: (i) valuable thing

39. "Slow coach" means:

  • Correct Answer: (iii) a very lazy person

40. Instead of "execute" we can say:

  • Correct Answer: (ii) carry out

41. "Bootleg" means:

  • Correct Answer: (iv) smuggle

42. "At daggers drawn" means:

  • Correct Answer: (iii) on the point of fighting

43. "Bon voyage" is a:

  • Correct Answer: (ii) French word