💬 Idioms & Phrases
200 exam-oriented MCQs across 20 sets · Contextual sentences · Detailed explanations
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200
Total MCQs
20
Sets
+1/−1
Marking
+2
Streak Bonus
1
Set 1
10 MCQs
Burn the midnight oil · Gift of the gab · At daggers drawn
Start Set 1 →2
Set 2
10 MCQs
Barking up the wrong tree · Once in a blue moon · Piece of cake
Start Set 2 →3
Set 3
10 MCQs
Hit the sack · Blessing in disguise · Turn a blind eye
Start Set 3 →4
Set 4
10 MCQs
Add fuel to fire · Give cold shoulder · Hit the books
Start Set 4 →5
Set 5
10 MCQs
In the nick of time · Kill two birds · Off the record
Start Set 5 →6
Set 6
10 MCQs
On thin ice · Out of the blue · Pass the buck
Start Set 6 →7
Set 7
10 MCQs
Actions speak louder · At drop of a hat · Cut corners
Start Set 7 →8
Set 8
10 MCQs
Fit as a fiddle · In the same boat · Over the moon
Start Set 8 →9
Set 9
10 MCQs
Put foot in it · Saved by the bell · Elephant in the room
Start Set 9 →10
Set 10
10 MCQs
Tie the knot · Wolf in sheep's clothing · Bury the hatchet
Start Set 10 →11
Set 11
10 MCQs
Burn bridges · Caught red-handed · Feather in cap · In hot water
Start Set 11 →12
Set 12
10 MCQs
Look before you leap · Make ends meet · Nip in the bud · Red tape
Start Set 12 →13
Set 13
10 MCQs
Smell a rat · Pot calls kettle black · Apple of one's eye
Start Set 13 →14
Set 14
10 MCQs
Devil & deep blue sea · Skin of one's teeth · Face the music
Start Set 14 →15
Set 15
10 MCQs
Green light · Upper hand · Hit the ground running · Long run
Start Set 15 →16
Set 16
10 MCQs
Make a beeline · On the same page · Paint the town red
Start Set 16 →17
Set 17
10 MCQs
Tip of the iceberg · Toe the line · Turn over a new leaf
Start Set 17 →18
Set 18
10 MCQs
Achilles' heel · All that glitters · Born with silver spoon
Start Set 18 →19
Set 19
10 MCQs
Make hay · On the cards · Shot in the dark · Storm in teacup
Start Set 19 →20
Set 20
10 MCQs
Cold turkey · Fly in the ointment · Hold your horses · Nutshell
Start Set 20 →Reference Hub
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💡 Exam Strategy
Idioms & Phrases account for 4–6 marksin SSC CGL and IBPS PO English sections. The most common trap is selecting an option that contains a keyword from the idiom (e.g. choosing “fire” for an idiom about anger) rather than understanding the full figurative meaning. Always eliminate literal interpretations first — the correct answer is almost never the one that reads the idiom word-for-word.