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In the following question, four alternatives are given or suggested for the idiom/phrase in italics in the sentence. Choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase in italics.

There is no love lost between the two neighbours.

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Important Questions on Idioms and Phrases

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Self Study Guide Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) for English>Chapter 4 - Idioms and Phrases>Practice Exercise>Q 6

Direction: In the following questions, four alternatives are given for the idiom/ phrase in bold in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

I did not mind what he was saying, he was only talking through his hat.

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Self Study Guide Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) for English>Chapter 4 - Idioms and Phrases>Practice Exercise>Q 7

In the following question, four alternatives are given or suggested for the idiom/phrase in italics in the sentence. Choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase in italics.

If you pass this difficult examination, it will be a feather in your cap.

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Self Study Guide Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) for English>Chapter 4 - Idioms and Phrases>Practice Exercise>Q 8

In the following question, four alternatives are given or suggested for the idiom/phrase in italics in the sentence. Choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase in italics.

He is in the habit of chewing the cuds.

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Self Study Guide Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) for English>Chapter 4 - Idioms and Phrases>Practice Exercise>Q 9

In the following question, four alternatives are given or suggested for the idiom/phrase in italics in the sentence. Choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase in italics.

If you rub him the wrong way, he is bound to react.

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Self Study Guide Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) for English>Chapter 4 - Idioms and Phrases>Practice Exercise>Q 10

In the following question, four alternatives are given or suggested for the idiom/phrase in italics in the sentence. Choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase in italics.

There was opposition to the new policy by the rank and file of the government.

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Self Study Guide Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) for English>Chapter 4 - Idioms and Phrases>Practice Exercise>Q 11

In the following question, four alternatives are given or suggested for the idiom/phrase in italics in the sentence. Choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase in italics.

Dowry is a burning question of the day.

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Self Study Guide Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) for English>Chapter 4 - Idioms and Phrases>Practice Exercise>Q 12

In the following question, four alternatives are given or suggested for the idiom/phrase in italics in the sentence. Choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase in italics.

His voice gets on my nerves.

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Self Study Guide Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) for English>Chapter 4 - Idioms and Phrases>Practice Exercise>Q 13

In the following question, four alternatives are given or suggested for the idiom/phrase in italics in the sentence. Choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase in italics.

The hero of Naipaul's novel 'A House for Mr. Biswas', like modern young men, wishes to paddle his own canoe.