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  • Question
  • To have an axe to grind


  • Options
  • A. A private end to serve
  • B. To fail to arouse interest
  • C. To have no result
  • D. To work for both sides
  • E. None of these

  • Correct Answer
  • A private end to serve 


  • Idioms and Phrases problems


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    • 1. To drive home

    • Options
    • A. To find one's roots
    • B. To return to place of rest
    • C. Back to original position
    • D. To emphasise
    • E. None of these
    • Discuss
    • 2. To catch a tartar

    • Options
    • A. To trap wanted criminal with great difficulty
    • B. To catch a dangerous person
    • C. To meet with disaster
    • D. To deal with a person who is more than one's match
    • E. None of these
    • Discuss
    • 3. To keeps one's temper

    • Options
    • A. To become hungry
    • B. To be in good mood
    • C. To preserve ones energy
    • D. To be aloof from
    • E. None of these
    • Discuss
    • 4. To make clean breast of

    • Options
    • A. To gain prominence
    • B. To praise oneself
    • C. To confess without of reserve
    • D. To destroy before it blooms
    • E. None of these
    • Discuss
    • 5. His behaviour is so unpredictable that he ......

    • Options
    • A. never depends upon others for getting his work done
    • B. is seldom trusted by others
    • C. always finds it difficult to keep his word
    • D. always insists on getting the work completed on time
    • E. seldom trusts others as far as the work schedule is concerned
    • Discuss
    • 6. To cry wolf

    • Options
    • A. To listen eagerly
    • B. To give false alarm
    • C. To turn pale
    • D. To keep off starvation
    • E. None of these
    • Discuss
    • 7. To end in smoke

    • Options
    • A. To make completely understand
    • B. To ruin oneself
    • C. To excite great applause
    • D. To overcome someone
    • E. None of these
    • Discuss
    • 8. To be above board

    • Options
    • A. To have a good height
    • B. To be honest in any business deal
    • C. They have no debts
    • D. To try to be beautiful
    • E. None of these
    • Discuss
    • 9. To put one's hand to plough

    • Options
    • A. To take up agricultural farming
    • B. To take a difficult task
    • C. To get entangled into unnecessary things
    • D. Take interest in technical work
    • E. None of these
    • Discuss
    • 10. To pick holes

    • Options
    • A. To find some reason to quarrel
    • B. To destroy something
    • C. To criticise someone
    • D. To cut some part of an item
    • E. None of these
    • Discuss


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