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O Related Idioms (c) To act confident in a difficult

situation
1. On the spur of the moment
(d) To commit a fraud
(a) To act impulsively without thinking
6. Over head and ears
(b) To ride a horse in a race
(a) secretly
(c) To act deliberately
(b) openly
(d) To act at the appointed time
(c) completely
2. On tiptoe
(d) sufficiently
(a) Greatly excited
7. Off and on
(b) To be disappointed
(a) Periodically
(c) To be in a confusing state
(b) Immediately
(d) To be doubtful
(c) Rarely
3. Open Pandora’s Box
(d) Seldom
(a) Build momentum to wave path for
8. On shank's mare
immediate success
(a) On foot
(b) Ruling out the myths about a mystery
(b) On an elephant
(c) A source of great troubles and
(c) On a bicycle
problems
(d) On a lion
(d) To everyone happy by distributing the
9. On thin ice
share equally
(a) To keep failing after repeated efforts
4. Out of the woods
(b) To endure a harsh winter
(a) Lacking in knowledge.
(c) To keep one's cool even in a tough
(b) To have passed a dangerous phase
situation
successfully.
(d) In a precarious or risky situation
(c) To be reduced to a shadow of one’s
10. Out of print
former self.
(a) Not able to print due to being short on
(d) To make something using forest
paper
based raw materials
(b) A book no longer available from the
5. On the rocks
publisher
(a) likely to fail
(c) Intentionally not mention some items
(b) To feel very sad
in the article or book

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(d) All publishers refuse to publish your (b) In agreement with
book (c) Voluntarily
(d) By forcible action
17. On good terms
11. Once and for all (a) Keep terms and conditions
(a) Now and for the last time; finally (b) Friendly
(b) To be successful in the first attempt
(c) Followed the rules
(c) To do a charitable act for the benefit (d) Be kind
of everybody 18. One track mind
(d) To speak for the majority (a) thinking of another point of view
12. Out of date (b) using a well-known path
(a) Not have time; very busy (c) always thinking of only one thing
(b) Not stick to the schedule (d) waiting anxiously for something
(c) Fail to find a partner 19. On the double
(d) Old-fashioned (a) on the verge of collapse
13. On the bum (b) at a fast pace
(a) To take for granted (c) out of order
(b) To live wandering life (d) between two undesirable things
(c) To refer to 20. Over one’s head
(d) To raise objections (a) something totally unexpected
14. On the button (b) being at a disadvantage
(a) To come into contact with (c) unable to function as before
(b) Roughly (d) beyond one’s capability to
(c) To do unimportant things first understand something
(d) Precisely 21. Odds and ends
15. Of no avail (a) Quarrelsome persons
(a) In favour with (b) Various intentions
(b) Useless (c) Mixture of different things
(c) Useful (d) Nonsense
(d) To be utterly lost 22. Over egg the pudding
16. Of his own accord (a) To try so hard to improve something
(a) Unwillingly that you spoil it

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(b) Fill the pudding excessively with egg. (a) of favorable opinion
(c) Add details in order to make (b) of ancient origin
something more exciting. (c) of the best quality
(d) Add important details to the content (d) of no significance
of a story. 29. Off the track
23. Old head on young shoulders (a) With great pace
(a) To be intelligent when old (b) To lose focus from main topic
(b) To be old and yet look young (c) Make mistake
(c) To be wise at a young age (d) Achieving impossible
(d) To be smarter with age 30. Out of whack
24. Out of the blue (a) Vitiated
(a) Beat someone black and blue (b) Flawed
(b) Loves to wear only blue colour (c) Out of order/ not working properly
clothes (d) Tired
(c) Completely honestly 31. Out and out
(d) Completely unexpectedly (a) Totally
25. On the wane (b) Simply
(a) On the rise (c) Merely
(b) Out of control (d) Slightly
(c) At the peak 32. Out of the top drawer
(d) On the decline (a) of great wealth
26. On edge (b) of high social standing
(a) Keeping things safely (c) of considerable education
(b) Doing exercises regularly (d) of great intellectual ability
(c) Nervous and unable to relax 33. On the ball
(d) Playing a tiring game (a) To be very close to a specific
27. On the brink of outcome or condition
(a) to be alert (b) Healing or getting well
(b) to be near to (c) Alert to new ideas, methods ant
(c) not at all trends
(d) occasionally (d) Exactly on time
28. Of the first water 34. Out at the elbows

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(a) By all means (c) Keep something away
(b) Old (d) Crazy, demented or out of one’s mind
(c) Poor 39. On a roll
(d) Forever (a) Running fast
35. On tenterhooks (b) To have trust in someone
(a) Alert and enthusiastic (c) Prolonged spell of success
(b) Anxious and tense (d) To meet a tragedy
(c) Happy and joyous 40. One swallow does not make a summer
(d) Neutral and undecided (a) The fact of failure or escape is not
36. On the back burner affected by the narrowness of the
(a) To cook a special dish slowly by margin
placing it on the back burner (b) To come out of one trouble and get
(b) To be unable to complete a task into a worse
because of a back problem (c) A single fortunate event does not
(c) To temporarily not deal with some mean that what follows will also be
matter because it is not urgent good
(d) To carry a heavy burden successfully (d) The whole of everything
and without complaining 41. On the job
37. On cloud nine (a) In the war
(a) Extremely happy and excited (b) Avoiding the work
(b) Crazy and foolish (c) Working at a particular job
(c) Knowledgeable and wise (d) On the contrary
(d) Very far away from home 42. On account of
38. Off one’s rocker (a) To settle dues
(a) No manners (b) To make excuses
(b) When someone does not want to (c) To mark one’s territory
make a decision (d) Because of

1. a 4. b 7. a 10. b 13. b 16. c 19. b 22. a 25. d 28. c 31. a 34. c 37. a 40. c

2. a 5. a 8. a 11. a 14. d 17. b 20. d 23. c 26. c 29. b 32. b 35. b 38. d 41. c

3. c 6. c 9. d 12. d 15. b 18. c 21. c 24. d 27. b 30. c 33. c 36. c 39. c 42. d

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