MTS idioms 2016

MTS idioms 2016

1 A Man of letters:-  Scholar विद्वान

Hint:- pehle ke log village me Scholars se hi letter padhwate the

2 Under a cloud:- Under suspicion, in trouble, or out of favor

उपेक्षा या तिरस्‍कार की स्थिति में
Hint:- ab cloud ke andar kya ho raha h ye to suspicious hi hai

Options: 1) Shocked 2) Sad 3) Sick 4) Confused

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3 Bear in mind:-  Remember ध्यान में रखो

Hint:- easy hai yar

4 For keeps :- Forever हमेशा के लिए

Hint:- keep means rakhna or achhi chize forever ke liye rehti hai

5 Pale into insignificance :- Seemed less important महत्वहीनता

Hint:- jo less important hota h use pel(maar) dete h

6 With one voice :- Unanimously

Hint:- 1 voice me means 1 sath

7 For all intents and purposes :- Practically

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8 Go out of one's way :- Did everything possible

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9 In the running :- Has good prospects in the competition

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10 Pros and Cons :-  Advantages and disadvantages

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11 Once in a blue moon :- Very rarely

12 Fish out of water:-  An uncomfortable position

13 Cat-nap :- Short sleep

14 To pull a long face :- Looked sad

15 Fit her like a glove :- Perfectly

16 Put up the shutters :- Went out of business

17 A drop in a bucket :- A very insignificant amount

18 Draw a blank :- Find no favour किसी परिणाम पर न पहुँचना, कोई उत्तर न पाना

19 Catch a tartar :- To deal with a person who is more than one's match अपने से बलवान से जा भिड़ना

20 Cap in hand :-  In a respectful manner

21 In the blues:-  Cheerless and depressed

22 Be down with :-  Suffering from

23 Fair weather friend :- Supports only when easy and convenient

24 Pull together :- Work harmoniously

25 To bury the hatchet :- To make peace

26 Selling like hot cakes:-  To have a very good sale

27 Scot free :- Unpunished

28 Made light of :- Treated it lightly

29 Every inch a gentleman :- Entirely

30 Gall and wormwood :- Hateful

31 For keeps :- Forever

32 Pale into insignificance :- Seemed less important

33 With one voice :- Unanimously

34 Beat around the bush :- Avoiding the main topic

35 Make room :- Make space

36 Mend your ways:-  Improve one's behaviour

37 Beggar description :- Cannot be described

38 Drag one's feet :- Be reluctant to act

39 Hope against hope :- Nurture an impossible hope

40 Held up :- Delayed

41 To play fast and loose :- To act in an unreliable way

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42 Feather one's own nest :-  make money in an improper way

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43 pull a fast one :- play a trick

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44 grease the palm :- bribe
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45 turn turtle :- over-turn

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46 Caught red-handed:-  Discovered in the act of doing

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47 Gate crasher :- Uninvited guest

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48 To angle :- To fish
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49 To nip in the bud :- To stop something at the start

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50 To put a spoke in one's wheel:- To hinder

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51 To clip one's wings :- To deprive one of power

52 Feather in one's cap :- A new and additional distinction

53 Donkey's years :- A long time

54 Leave no stone unturned :- Try every possible way

55 Wet behind the ears :- Young and without much experience

56 Under a cloud :- Under suspicion

57 Get the sack :-  Be dismissed

58 Wild goose chase :- A foolish, unprofitable adventure

59 Smell a rat :- Suspect a trick or deceit 

60 A live wire :-  Lively and active

61 As daft as a brush :- Extremely silly

62 In a nutshell :- Briefly and concisely

63 Strain every nerve:-  Work very hard

64 Evening of life :- Old age

65 Button her lip :- Stop talking

66 Invent cock and bull stories :- Absurd and unlikely stories

67 Capital Punishment :- Death sentence

68 Leaps and bounds :- Rapidly

69 Smell a rat :- Suspect something wrong

70 To keep in abeyance :-  In a state of suspension

71 To be in a fix :-  In a difficult situation

72 To break the ice :-  Made people relaxed and comfortable

73 Weal and woe:- Good times and bad times

74 Call in question :-  Challenge

75 Make both ends meet :- Live within means