121)

Choose the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
To drag one’s feet

SSC CHSL 2021

A)

To walk with a limp

B)

To delay taking a decision

C)

To walk unsteadily

D)

To pull someone’s legs

122)

Choose the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
To make both ends meet

SSC CHSL 2021

A)

To try to do two different things at the same time

B)

To try to bring two parties together

C)

To have just enough money to live

D)

To try to solve a problem between friends

123)

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Living in a fool’s paradise

SSC CHSL 2021

A)

To believe wrongly that your situation is good

B)

To be fooled by someone

C)

To live in luxuriously after fooling someone

D)

To live in a world of imagination

124)

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Getting butterflies in one's stomach

SSC CHSL 2021

A)

To be confident of oneself

B)

To be anxious and nervous

C)

To be suspicious of someone

D)

To be very angry with someone

125)

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
A grey area

SSC CHSL 2021

A)

An unusual spot

B)

A special part of the brain

C)

An unclear situation

D)

An unspoken truth

126)

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
To be in the dark

SSC CHSL 2021

A)

to not know something others are aware of

B)

to be afraid of darkness and refuse to go out at night

C)

to learn to face dark places without fear

D)

to always be in a bad mood about darkness

127)

Directions: Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Under wraps

SSC CHSL 2021

A)

double layered

B)

under estimate

C)

underhand

D)

secretly

128)

Directions: Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
On tenterhooks

SSC CHSL 2021

A)

very angry

B)

Very tense

C)

Very happy

D)

Very sad

129)

Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined Idiom in the given sentence.
His jokes fell flat on the audience.

SSC CHSL 2021

A)

irritated

B)

failed to have an effect

C)

deeply touched

D)

provoked laughter

130)

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
To go red in the face

SSC CHSL 2021

A)

To feel embarrassed

B)

To shout at someone for doing something wrong

C)

To feel very happy and proud

D)

To feel extremely irritated