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Important Questions on Idioms, Phrases and Proverbs

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NABARD Officers Assistant Manager (Grade A) & Manager (Grade B) Phase I - English>Chapter 10 - Idioms, Phrases and Proverbs>Exercise 1>Q 11
To cry wolf
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NABARD Officers Assistant Manager (Grade A) & Manager (Grade B) Phase I - English>Chapter 10 - Idioms, Phrases and Proverbs>Exercise 1>Q 12
A man of straw
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NABARD Officers Assistant Manager (Grade A) & Manager (Grade B) Phase I - English>Chapter 10 - Idioms, Phrases and Proverbs>Exercise 1>Q 13
To make clean breast of
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NABARD Officers Assistant Manager (Grade A) & Manager (Grade B) Phase I - English>Chapter 10 - Idioms, Phrases and Proverbs>Exercise 1>Q 14
To end in smoke
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NABARD Officers Assistant Manager (Grade A) & Manager (Grade B) Phase I - English>Chapter 10 - Idioms, Phrases and Proverbs>Exercise 1>Q 15
To leave someone in the lurch
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NABARD Officers Assistant Manager (Grade A) & Manager (Grade B) Phase I - English>Chapter 10 - Idioms, Phrases and Proverbs>Exercise 1>Q 16

Direction: In the following question, out of the given alternatives, select the one that best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

To play second fiddle

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NABARD Officers Assistant Manager (Grade A) & Manager (Grade B) Phase I - English>Chapter 10 - Idioms, Phrases and Proverbs>Exercise 1>Q 17
To set one's face against
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NABARD Officers Assistant Manager (Grade A) & Manager (Grade B) Phase I - English>Chapter 10 - Idioms, Phrases and Proverbs>Exercise 1>Q 18
To put one's hand to the plough