Idioms and Phrases - 05

01. The rebels held out for about a month

  • 1waited
  • 2retreated
  • 3bargained
  • 4resisted

02. You cannot have your cake and eat it too.

  • 1Enjoy forever
  • 2Have it both ways
  • 3Run away from responsibility
  • 4Absolve yourself of guilt

03. The robber took to his heels when the police arrived.

  • 1opened fire
  • 2hid himself
  • 3ran off
  • 4surrendered

04. The recent film "Secular India" has tried to keep the pot of Muslim women's Bill boiling

  • 1Earning enough to keep body and soul together
  • 2Keep a controversy alive
  • 3Boil the bill
  • 4Boil something in a pot

05. He visits the doctor off and on.

  • 1everyday
  • 2regularly
  • 3never at all
  • 4occasionally

06. Don't thrust your nose into my affairs.

  • 1Advise me about
  • 2Be in opposition
  • 3Deal with
  • 4Meddle officiously in

07. Some people now wonder whether we just pay lip-service or genuinely subscribe to democracy.

  • 1pay oral tribute
  • 2attach no value
  • 3remain indifferent
  • 4show only outward respect

09. His friends let him down.

  • 1failed
  • 2comforted
  • 3succeeded
  • 4stood by

10. Sanjay was the real power behind the throne and all politicians were aware of this.

  • 1The person who had the real control and power
  • 2The acknowledged leader
  • 3The person who controlled the monarch
  • 4The person who advised the queen
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