These are the most important 100 Idioms from the PAST PAPERS in entry tests. You can solve these Idioms for your test preparations.
1. To add insult to injury=> To intensify a person
2. To be born with a silver To be born in a rich family Spoon in one’s mouth=>
3. A bolt from the blue=> An expected disaster
4. To blow one’s own trumpet=> To boast
5. A bone of contention => Cause of quarrel
6. To burn one’s fingers => To suffer
7. To beat black & blue => To beat mercilessly
8. To cast an aspersion => To bring discredit
9. To cry over spilt milk => To feel sorry for what has happened
10. To cut a sorry figure => To make a poor impression
11. To die in harness => To die while doing one’s duty
12. To end in smoke => To fail
13. To go to the dogs => To be ruined
14. To hang in the balance => To remain undecided
15. To hit the nail on the head=> To do the right thing at the right time
16. To hold water => To sound logical
17. To live no stone unturned => To try one’s level best
18. To live from hand to mouth => To live with great difficulty
19. To make up one’s mind => To decide
20. To see eye to eye with => Agree
21. To play ducks and drakes => Waste
22. To put the cart before the hors => To do a thing in a wrong way
23. To have too many irons in the fire => To have too many things in hand
24. To read b/w the lines => To try to understand the hidden meaning
25. To turn over a new leaf => To change for the better
26. To take the bull by horns=> To face difficulties boldly
27. To win laurels => To distinguish oneself
28. At daggers drawn => At enmity or fighting
29. Blake and white => Written
30. By leaps and bounds => Very fast
31. In cold blood => deliberately
32. Laid up with => Confined to bed
33. Ins and outs => Full details
34. A black sheep => Scoundrel=> a bad person
35. A cock and bull story => An absurd tale
36. A gala day => A day of festivity=> a holiday with rejoicing
37. A hard nut to crack => A difficult person or problem to deal with
38. A turn coat => One who changes one’s opinion or party
39. A fool’s paradise => In a state of happiness founded on vain hopes
40. Beat a retreat => To retire before the enemy
41. To be on the horns of a dilemma=> To have a choice b/w two equal evils
42. To beat about the bush => Approach a subject in a round about method
43. Bury the hatchet => To make peace
44. By fits and starts => Irregularly
45. Capital punishment => Death sentence
46. By hook or by crook => By fair or foul means
47. Eat humble pie => To face humiliation
48. Hit below the belt => To act unfairly
49. In apple pie order => In perfect order
50. Leave one in lurch => To desert in difficulty
51. To make a clean breast of => To confess fully one’s faults
52. To nip the evil in the bud => To destroy an evil in early stage
53. Pick holes in another’s coat => To find fault with another
54. Scot free => To go unpunished
55. Smell a rat => To have a reason to suspect
56. Through thick and thin => Through every difficulty
57. True to one’s salt => Faithful to one’s master
58. To turn the corner => To begin to improve
59. With a grain of salt => To accept a statement with doubt as to its complete true
60. Worship the rising sun => To respect one rising in power
61. A Herculean task => An extremely difficult or dangerous task
62. A fish out of water => In a wrong place
63. A leap in the dark => An act of which we can’t force consequences
64. A thorn in one’s side => A constant source of annoyance
65. To be at one’s beck and call => Under one’s absolute control
66. Bread and Butter => Means of subsistence
67. Burn one’s fingers => To get into trouble
68. Burn the candle at both ends=> Use up too much energy
69. To cut the Gordian knot => To solve the difficulty
70. Cut and dried => Ready-made
71. Feather one’s own nest => To make money by unfair means
72. To fish in troubled water => To do something under very unpromising circumstance
73. To give oneself airs => Affected manners
74. To give the devil his due => To allow even a bad man the credit due
75. To hang by thread => To be in a critical condition
76. A henpecked husband => A man habitually snubbed by his wife
77. Hush money => Money given as a bribe to hush or make one keep silent
78. Kick up a row => Make a great noise
79. To let the cat out of the bag=> To reveal a secret
80. Null and void => Not valid=> of no effect
81. On the spur of the moment=> At once
82. Pay one back in one’s own coin => To treat in the same way as one has been treated
83. Put in cold storage=> To forget or neglect something
84. Pull wires => To manage the show by secret Influence
85. Read b/w the lines => To hit at the real meaning
86. Sit on the fence => To avoid taking sides=> to remain neutral
87. A square deal => Justice
88. Sword of Damocles => Treating danger
89. To take up the gauntlet => To accept the challenge
90. To eat one’s heart out => To suffer silently, bitterly
91. B/t the devil and the deep sea => B/w two dangers equally harmful
92. A sweet tooth => A liking for sweetmeat
93. A dark horse => An unknown person
94. A bottleneck => Anything that cause delays
95. To put one’s foot down => To show determination
96. A wet blanket => A grumbling, depressing person
97. To throw up the sponge => To acknowledge defeat
98. A feather in one’s cap => Something to be proud of
99. A red letter day => An auspicious day
100. Bag and baggage => With all one’s belongings
Most Important Idioms MCQs For Entry Tests
1. To add insult to injury=> To intensify a person
2. To be born with a silver To be born in a rich family Spoon in one’s mouth=>
3. A bolt from the blue=> An expected disaster
4. To blow one’s own trumpet=> To boast
5. A bone of contention => Cause of quarrel
6. To burn one’s fingers => To suffer
7. To beat black & blue => To beat mercilessly
8. To cast an aspersion => To bring discredit
9. To cry over spilt milk => To feel sorry for what has happened
10. To cut a sorry figure => To make a poor impression
11. To die in harness => To die while doing one’s duty
12. To end in smoke => To fail
13. To go to the dogs => To be ruined
14. To hang in the balance => To remain undecided
15. To hit the nail on the head=> To do the right thing at the right time
16. To hold water => To sound logical
17. To live no stone unturned => To try one’s level best
18. To live from hand to mouth => To live with great difficulty
19. To make up one’s mind => To decide
20. To see eye to eye with => Agree
21. To play ducks and drakes => Waste
22. To put the cart before the hors => To do a thing in a wrong way
23. To have too many irons in the fire => To have too many things in hand
24. To read b/w the lines => To try to understand the hidden meaning
25. To turn over a new leaf => To change for the better
26. To take the bull by horns=> To face difficulties boldly
27. To win laurels => To distinguish oneself
28. At daggers drawn => At enmity or fighting
29. Blake and white => Written
30. By leaps and bounds => Very fast
31. In cold blood => deliberately
32. Laid up with => Confined to bed
33. Ins and outs => Full details
34. A black sheep => Scoundrel=> a bad person
35. A cock and bull story => An absurd tale
36. A gala day => A day of festivity=> a holiday with rejoicing
37. A hard nut to crack => A difficult person or problem to deal with
38. A turn coat => One who changes one’s opinion or party
39. A fool’s paradise => In a state of happiness founded on vain hopes
40. Beat a retreat => To retire before the enemy
41. To be on the horns of a dilemma=> To have a choice b/w two equal evils
42. To beat about the bush => Approach a subject in a round about method
43. Bury the hatchet => To make peace
44. By fits and starts => Irregularly
45. Capital punishment => Death sentence
46. By hook or by crook => By fair or foul means
47. Eat humble pie => To face humiliation
48. Hit below the belt => To act unfairly
49. In apple pie order => In perfect order
50. Leave one in lurch => To desert in difficulty
51. To make a clean breast of => To confess fully one’s faults
52. To nip the evil in the bud => To destroy an evil in early stage
53. Pick holes in another’s coat => To find fault with another
54. Scot free => To go unpunished
55. Smell a rat => To have a reason to suspect
56. Through thick and thin => Through every difficulty
57. True to one’s salt => Faithful to one’s master
58. To turn the corner => To begin to improve
59. With a grain of salt => To accept a statement with doubt as to its complete true
60. Worship the rising sun => To respect one rising in power
61. A Herculean task => An extremely difficult or dangerous task
62. A fish out of water => In a wrong place
63. A leap in the dark => An act of which we can’t force consequences
64. A thorn in one’s side => A constant source of annoyance
65. To be at one’s beck and call => Under one’s absolute control
66. Bread and Butter => Means of subsistence
67. Burn one’s fingers => To get into trouble
68. Burn the candle at both ends=> Use up too much energy
69. To cut the Gordian knot => To solve the difficulty
70. Cut and dried => Ready-made
71. Feather one’s own nest => To make money by unfair means
72. To fish in troubled water => To do something under very unpromising circumstance
73. To give oneself airs => Affected manners
74. To give the devil his due => To allow even a bad man the credit due
75. To hang by thread => To be in a critical condition
76. A henpecked husband => A man habitually snubbed by his wife
77. Hush money => Money given as a bribe to hush or make one keep silent
78. Kick up a row => Make a great noise
79. To let the cat out of the bag=> To reveal a secret
80. Null and void => Not valid=> of no effect
81. On the spur of the moment=> At once
82. Pay one back in one’s own coin => To treat in the same way as one has been treated
83. Put in cold storage=> To forget or neglect something
84. Pull wires => To manage the show by secret Influence
85. Read b/w the lines => To hit at the real meaning
86. Sit on the fence => To avoid taking sides=> to remain neutral
87. A square deal => Justice
88. Sword of Damocles => Treating danger
89. To take up the gauntlet => To accept the challenge
90. To eat one’s heart out => To suffer silently, bitterly
91. B/t the devil and the deep sea => B/w two dangers equally harmful
92. A sweet tooth => A liking for sweetmeat
93. A dark horse => An unknown person
94. A bottleneck => Anything that cause delays
95. To put one’s foot down => To show determination
96. A wet blanket => A grumbling, depressing person
97. To throw up the sponge => To acknowledge defeat
98. A feather in one’s cap => Something to be proud of
99. A red letter day => An auspicious day
100. Bag and baggage => With all one’s belongings
