IPMPrepChoose the meaning of the idiom: 'Play second fiddle'.
Solution
'Play second fiddle' means: take a less important role than someone else.
Answer: (C) Take a less important role than someone else
Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension · Vocabulary
Idioms and Phrases: IPMAT practice questions
22 questions. Each is marked with the exam level it suits. Answer, then open the step-by-step solution.
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Choose the meaning of the idiom: 'Bury the hatchet'.
Solution
'Bury the hatchet' means: make peace and end a quarrel.
Answer: (B) Make peace and end a quarrel
Choose the meaning of the idiom: 'Hit the sack'.
Solution
'Hit the sack' means: go to bed.
Answer: (D) Go to bed
Choose the meaning of the idiom: 'Up in arms'.
Solution
'Up in arms' means: very angry and protesting.
Answer: (A) Very angry and protesting
Choose the meaning of the idiom: 'In the same boat'.
Solution
'In the same boat' means: in the same difficult situation.
Answer: (B) In the same difficult situation
Choose the meaning of the idiom: 'Keep one's head above water'.
Solution
'Keep one's head above water' means: manage to survive, especially financially.
Answer: (A) Manage to survive, especially financially
Choose the meaning of the idiom: 'Cut corners'.
Solution
'Cut corners' means: do something cheaply or carelessly to save time or money.
Answer: (C) Do something cheaply or carelessly to save time or money
Choose the meaning of the idiom: 'The tip of the iceberg'.
Solution
'The tip of the iceberg' means: a small visible part of a much larger problem.
Answer: (D) A small visible part of a much larger problem
Choose the meaning of the idiom: 'Take with a pinch of salt'.
Solution
'Take with a pinch of salt' means: not believe something completely.
Answer: (A) Not believe something completely
Choose the meaning of the idiom: 'By hook or by crook'.
Solution
'By hook or by crook' means: by any means possible.
Answer: (D) By any means possible
Choose the meaning of the idiom: 'On thin ice'.
Solution
'On thin ice' means: in a risky or uncertain position.
Answer: (A) In a risky or uncertain position
Choose the meaning of the idiom: 'Wild goose chase'.
Solution
'Wild goose chase' means: a hopeless or pointless search.
Answer: (A) A hopeless or pointless search
Choose the meaning of the idiom: 'Steal someone's thunder'.
Solution
'Steal someone's thunder' means: take credit or attention that someone else expected.
Answer: (D) Take credit or attention that someone else expected
Choose the meaning of the idiom: 'Read between the lines'.
Solution
'Read between the lines' means: understand the hidden meaning.
Answer: (D) Understand the hidden meaning
Choose the meaning of the idiom: 'A drop in the ocean'.
Solution
'A drop in the ocean' means: a very small amount compared with what is needed.
Answer: (C) A very small amount compared with what is needed
Choose the meaning of the idiom: 'Miss the boat'.
Solution
'Miss the boat' means: lose an opportunity by being too slow.
Answer: (D) Lose an opportunity by being too slow
Choose the meaning of the idiom: 'Burn one's bridges'.
Solution
'Burn one's bridges' means: do something that makes it impossible to go back.
Answer: (C) Do something that makes it impossible to go back
Choose the meaning of the idiom: 'Turn over a new leaf'.
Solution
'Turn over a new leaf' means: start behaving in a better way.
Answer: (A) Start behaving in a better way
Choose the meaning of the idiom: 'Jump on the bandwagon'.
Solution
'Jump on the bandwagon' means: join something because it has become popular.
Answer: (B) Join something because it has become popular
Choose the meaning of the idiom: 'Sit on the fence'.
Solution
'Sit on the fence' means: avoid taking sides.
Answer: (B) Avoid taking sides
Choose the meaning of the idiom: 'When pigs fly'.
Solution
'When pigs fly' means: something that will never happen.
Answer: (A) Something that will never happen
Choose the meaning of the idiom: 'See eye to eye'.
Solution
'See eye to eye' means: agree fully.
Answer: (A) Agree fully
These are original practice questions written by Target Campus in the pattern, syllabus and difficulty of IPMAT Indore, IPMAT Rohtak, JIPMAT, NPAT and SET. They are not previous-year papers.