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‘Pull your socks up’ means:

A. To finish
B. To get ready
C. To start
D. To improve
Correct answer is: D. To improve
The idiom 'pull your socks up' means to make an effort to improve performance.

Meaning of the idiom a couch potato:

A. A clever person
B. An important person
C. An ideal person
D. A lazy person
Correct answer is: D. A lazy person
'Couch potato' refers to someone who is lazy and spends much time sitting.

To cry over ____ milk:

A. Spoil
B. Split
C. Sour
D. Hard
Correct answer is: B. Split
The idiom 'to cry over spilt milk' means regretting something that cannot be undone.

Meaning of ‘A storm in a teacup’:

A. Unexpected event
B. A danger signal
C. Much excitement over something trivial
D. A great noise
Correct answer is: C. Much excitement over something trivial
The idiom refers to exaggerated concern over a minor issue.

Meaning of ‘Fair and Square’:

A. Honest
B. Business-like
C. Active
D. Authoritative
Correct answer is: A. Honest
The idiom means doing something honestly and fairly.

Meaning of ‘Jump on the bandwagon’:

A. Be extremely excited about something
B. Be influenced easily
C. Join a popular trend or activity
D. Call for trouble
Correct answer is: C. Join a popular trend or activity
The idiom means to join a popular trend or activity.

Meaning of ‘Swallow the bait’:

A. To ignore a warning
B. To fully accept something, especially a trick or lie
C. To resist temptation
D. To speak without thinking
Correct answer is: B. To fully accept something, especially a trick or lie
The idiom means to fall for a trick or deception.

Meaning of ‘To take with a grain of salt’:

A. To take with some reservation
B. To take with total disbelief
C. To take wholeheartedly
D. To take seriously
Correct answer is: A. To take with some reservation
The idiom means to view something with skepticism or reservation.

Meaning of the idiom “Sit on the fence”?

A. Be in the middle of things
B. Run into trouble
C. Someone who does everything alone
D. Delay or avoid making a decision
Correct answer is: D. Delay or avoid making a decision

Complete the Idiom “Every cloud has a silver _______.”

A. Halo
B. Rain
C. Lining
D. Shadow
Correct answer is: C. Lining
The idiom "Every cloud has a silver lining" means that even bad situations have some positive aspects. The "lining" refers to the bright edge that is seen around a cloud when the sun is behind it.

Chose the correct meaning of the idiom ” A Gordian Knot “

A. A pice of rope
B. An easy Task
C. Complex Problem
D. None of these
Correct answer is: C. Complex Problem
a difficult problem or situation: to cut the Gordian knot (= to deal with problems by taking forceful action) Difficult things and people.

 Idiom “Eat like a horse” means:

A. - (A) To do something roughly
B. - (B) To speed up
C. - (C) Eating too excessively
D. - (D) None of these
Correct answer is: C. - (C) Eating too excessively
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Idiom cake and pie

A. A. very easy to eat
B. B. Very Thought
C. C. Thought Task
D. D. None
Correct answer is: B. B. Very Thought
There are actually two common idioms related to cake and pie, and they have opposite meanings:

A piece of cake: This idiom means something is very easy to do. It's like a piece of cake is easy to eat, so completing the task is effortless.

You can't have your cake and eat it too: This idiom means you can't have both of two desirable things at the same time. It's like if you eat your cake, you no longer have it.

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