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Question
You cannot
have your cake and eat it too
.
Options
A. Enjoy forever
B. Have it both ways
C. Run away from responsibility
D. Absolve yourself of guilt
Correct Answer
Have it both ways
Idioms and Phrases problems
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1. The robber
took to his heels
when the police arrived.
Options
A. opened fire
B. hid himself
C. ran off
D. surrendered
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Correct Answer: ran off
2. The recent film "Secular India" has tried to keep the pot of Muslim women's Bill
boiling
Options
A. Earning enough to keep body and soul together
B. Keep a controversy alive
C. Boil the bill
D. Boil something in a pot
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Correct Answer: Keep a controversy alive
3. He visits the doctor
off and on
.
Options
A. everyday
B. regularly
C. never at all
D. occasionally
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Correct Answer: occasionally
4. Don't
thrust your nose
into my affairs.
Options
A. Advise me about
B. Be in opposition
C. Deal with
D. Meddle officiously in
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Correct Answer: Meddle officiously in
5. Some people now wonder whether we just
pay lip-service
or genuinely subscribe to democracy.
Options
A. pay oral tribute
B. attach no value
C. remain indifferent
D. show only outward respect
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Correct Answer: show only outward respect
6. The rebels
held out
for about a month
Options
A. waited
B. retreated
C. bargained
D. resisted
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Correct Answer: resisted
7. The new economic policy is
likely to run into rough weather.
Options
A. create problems
B. encounter difficulties
C. confuse matters
D. makes things difficult
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Correct Answer: encounter difficulties
8. The old father
brought
home the moral of unity by asking each of his sons to break the bundle of sticks
Options
A. emphasised
B. voiced
C. declared
D. suggested
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Correct Answer: emphasised
9. If you give John all your money, you are likely to
burn your fingers
.
Options
A. be unhappy
B. be happy
C. suffer
D. be ill
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Correct Answer: suffer
10. I am sure they will fight
tooth and nail
for their rights.
Options
A. with all their might
B. without any other weapon
C. resorting to violence
D. very cowardly
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Correct Answer: with all their might
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