21)

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Child’s play

SSC CHSL 2021

A)

Something that everybody knows

B)

Something children have made by themselves

C)

Something for a child to play with

D)

Something that is very easy to do

22)

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Get One’s Ducks in a Row

SSC CHSL 2021

A)

have everything properly organized

B)

have everything messily arranged

C)

have nothing properly organized, though ready

D)

have everything improperly disorganized

23)

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
A sea change

SSC CHSL 2021

A)

Going on a trip abroad

B)

Complete transformation

C)

Health-related vacation

D)

Getting transferred overseas

24)

Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom in the given sentence.
Terrorists kill thousands of innocent people in cold blood.

SSC CHSL 2021

A)

 in mountainous areas

B)

accidentally

C)

cruelly, without any emotions

D)

by freezing to death

25)

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

26)

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

27)

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

28)

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

29)

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

30)

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